<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Nearly everything in life is held by contract.... > Nearly everything in life is held by contract. Jobs, relationships, living situations, and family arrangements all rest on terms someone accepted, consciously or not, and you cannot negotiate a fair deal for yourself any more than you can sell a table at a yard sale without knowing what it is worth. Once you see your arrangements as contracts, you can recognize which ones you would never sign again and begin renegotiating them. **Source:** [[livestreams/Baby Steps, Self-Worth, and the Long Horizon — Monday Motivation Part 1 - Workbook|Baby Steps, Self-Worth, and the Long Horizon — Monday Motivation Part 1]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Nearly everything in life is held by contract. Jobs, relationships, living situations, and family arrangements all rest on terms someone accepted, consciously or not, and you cannot negotiate a fair deal for yourself any more than you can sell a table at a yard sale without knowing what it is worth. Once you see your arrangements as contracts, you can recognize which ones you would never sign again and begin renegotiating them.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-nearly-everything-life-sign-begin-renegotiating ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->