I was like, ‘I have a job and I like it.' all of this sort of fell into our laps. Chip Gaines More Quotes by Chip Gaines More Quotes From Chip Gaines We’ve got two boys and two girls, this is really upsetting the balance of power. The boys might be able to outvote from here 'till kingdom come. Chip Gaines entertainment I had been feeling a little emotional and crazy and thought, ‘Wow, this isn’t me,’ then all of a sudden I realized, ‘Hey, I remember this.’. Chip Gaines entertainment I'm extremely easy to watch. I think I'm generally handsome, charming. Chip Gaines thinkhandsomecharmingeasy Some advice from a beginner: never judge your full potential based on your first run. Chip Gaines yourjudgeneveradvice Though farm chores and construction work are the most physically demanding jobs that I currently do, they feel like recess to me. And there's something really beautiful about work that feels like play. Chip Gaines feelmeworkbeautiful Do what you love. Do what is important to you and your family. I just want to encourage people to just go for it and do what makes sense to you. Chip Gaines youfamilylovepeople Whenever you're at a poker table - and you're betting all of your chips - you're worried, you're scared. Is it the right play? Have I thought through all the angles? That's what stinks about life and business in general. If I had to calculate 100% certainty on every deal I did, I literally would do zero deals. Chip Gaines thoughtyoubusinesslife When I was supposed to go to a certified kindergarten that's supposed to teach you actual things like how to read, I went to a daycare that my parents thought was a kindergarten. I was Crayola-ing inside the lines with no fundamental education at all. So I walked into the first grade with no formal education at all. Chip Gaines parentsthoughtyoueducation In my junior high and high school days, I would just pick up a mower and go mow the neighbor's grass and make an extra 30 bucks. Chip Gaines school-dayshigh-schoolgrassschool We do the impossible when we tell ourselves we can. Chip Gaines ourselvestellimpossible Without God, for me, I'm not the best version of myself. Chip Gaines bestmyselfmegod As much as I love Twitter, Twitter feuds aren't going to work. Actually connecting requires true face-to-face time. I believe with all my heart that it's only after working side by side with another person that you earn the right to speak into that person's life. Chip Gaines worktimelovelife Getting up at four in the morning to tend the farm while the world is quiet - feeding animals, mucking stalls, gathering eggs, filling water troughs, checking fences, letting animals out into the field - is a high point to my day. Chip Gaines daymorningwaterworld It probably would be wiser, from a time-management standpoint, if I hired a crew to take care of the farm so I could get a little more rest. But the thing is, when I start my morning out there, I'm more productive for the rest of the day. Chip Gaines restdaycaremorning A job is something you do for money. Your life's work is done for a bigger purpose... And when you manage to find that work - that's when it starts feeling like play. Chip Gaines youmoneyworklife I have learned very quickly where my strengths are, and color coordination of particular things is not a strong suit. Chip Gaines thingsi-have-learnedcolorstrong If you're talented and hardworking, great - good for you. You're gonna make it; you're gonna go places. But if you're talented and don't have the work element behind it, the guy that works harder is going to eventually outpace you and outrun you. Chip Gaines greatgoodyouwork For me, I do everything all the way. When I love my wife, I love her all the way. This isn't a sales pitch; this isn't a tagline. You'll see us in our 80s, and we'll be sitting together on a rocking chair. That's how it is. That's how it ends for us. Chip Gaines meyouwifelove I've gotten a little bit pompous. When I get out in public, I really notice myself looking at my reflections as a I walk though. New York is not a great place for me. Chip Gaines walkgreatmyselfme Obviously, Jo and I, as a couple, we just don't want to redline. You know, we don't want to run so hard after some dream or some goal only to find out that we've neglected the thing that means the very most to us, which is our marriage and our relationship. Chip Gaines youmarriagedreamrelationship
