Truth

“Worrying about the future is like watching a leaf fall and trying to predict where it will land. Stop trying to guess where the wind will blow and get to work.”

When you’re first born you’re free, then the society you grow up in teaches you rules and limitations which stunt your growth unless you hijack it.

I’d tell men and women in their midtwenties not to settle for a job or a profession or even a career. Seek a calling. Even if you don’t know what that means, seek it. If you’re following your calling, the fatigue will be easier to bear, the disappointments will be fuel, the highs will be like nothing you’ve ever felt

“You can attract luck simply by telling people what you are working on.”

So this is the one piece of advice I give everyone who will listen: Start something just to make your life more exciting . It doesn’t matter how small it starts (or stays). Personal projects are a vehicle to explore the things that interest you.

I don’t chase, I attract.

When your priorities are clear, every 'no' becomes a step toward what matters.

The entire self-help industry in one sentence: Do what makes mornings exciting and nights peaceful.

Will this make me excited to wake up? Will this let me sleep in peace?

Everything that fails both tests is noise.

“The best moments in reading are when you come across something—a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things—that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it’s as if a hand has come out and taken yours.”