relationship with self

One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.

A man who lies to himself is often the first to take offense.

— Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

It might seem like you need some wiser person to tell you what the specific advice is, but not really. Say the idea of carpe diem resonates with you. You can ask yourself, “How would I ‘seize the day’ on this sleepy Tuesday afternoon in my office?” and a more specific principle might occur to you:Attempt difficult tasks at times when you want to do... See more

Whatever emotion you try to avoid, you end up inviting into your life - in the exact way you try to avoid it.

This is the ultimate trapdoor in the hall of fame; to become a prisoner of one's own persona. The desire for recognition in an increasingly atomized world lures us to be who strangers wish us to be. And with personal development so arduous and lonely, there is ease and comfort in crowdsourcing your identity. But amid such temptations, it's worth... See more