"What appears to be a rapid shift is often preceded by a gradual process. Our results gradually explode or vanish thanks to the small habits we repeat each day.

What radical change are you slowly marching toward? An incremental explosion or an incremental vanishing?"

"Look for situations where the energy is already flowing downhill. Invest in relationships where there is already mutual respect. Create products that tap into a desire people already have. Work on projects that play to your strengths.

And then, once the potential of the situation is already working for you, add fuel to the fire. Pour yourself into

Poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman on life:

"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to live the width of it as well."

Source: Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much​

Wisława Szymborska, poet and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature:

"Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life."

This thing that I am unhappy about... is it actually hard to change or is it simply hard to have the courage to change it?

"I split problems into two groups: muddy puddles and leaky ceilings.

Some problems are like muddy puddles. The way to clear a muddy puddle is to leave it alone. The more you mess with it, the muddier it becomes. Many of the problems I dream up when I'm overthinking or worrying or ruminating fall into this category. Is life really falling apart or am

Toni Morrison on beauty:

"I think of beauty as an absolute necessity. I don't think it's a privilege or an indulgence, it's not even a quest. I think it's almost like knowledge, which is to say, it's what we were born for. I think finding, incorporating and then representing beauty is what humans do. With or without authorities telling us what it

"The trick to viewing feedback as a gift is to be more worried about having blind spots than hearing about them."

1 Question For You

How can I improve the energy of the situations I am involved in today?

You may not control the outcome, but you can influence it.