Willpower Doesn't Work: Discover the Hidden Keys to Success

“Self-made is an illusion. There are many people who played divine roles in you having the life that you have today. Be sure to let them know how grateful you are.

If you play by the same rules as everyone else, your results will be average.

If you can go outside or expose yourself to lots of external stimuli, such as trees and people, all the better.

Traditions are established to remember.

Brilliant things happen for you after you’ve crossed the threshold of decision and commitment. Things seemed to fall into place in almost a mystical manner.

You want to leap into a demanding situation and allow that situation to reshape your identity.

Keeping your options open often sets you up for paralysis and failure.

Although you are the product of your environment, that environment must be your proactive decision.

mindfulness is nothing more than awareness of context, as well as awareness of variability or alterations in that context. If you’re mindless, then you don’t notice nuance. You assume everything is black and white. You assume the rules in one environment are the same as the rules in another.

You need enough clarity to have high motivation to move forward.