If I’ve got a big goal, like writing a book, running a half marathon, or not eating queso every night as if it’s some sort of melty vegetable, I try to overwhelm the goal with action to make sure I accomplish it.

If you’re still having trouble deciphering whether a soundtrack is kind, an easy way to check is to ask yourself, “If I repeatedly told a friend this, would they still want to be my friend?”

when we experience a social rejection, our brain releases the same kind of opioids it releases during a physical trauma.

One of the fastest ways to get evidence is to get a second opinion.

Whenever I would get discouraged, I would flip “I can’t be a public speaker” to “I can be a public speaker,” and then I put in the work to make that new thought true.

And the antidote to overthinking isn’t more thinking—the antidote is action.

“It’s not a switch though,” he continued, “it’s a dial. The goal isn’t to turn it off forever, the goal is to turn down the volume. It’s going to get louder sometimes. That’s how dials work. But when life turns up the negative thoughts, we get to turn them down. That takes a lot of the pressure off because when you hear one again, it’s not a sign t

A broken soundtrack will never transition into building you back up.

When you pick the soundtracks you listen to the most, there’s no limit to what you can accomplish.