This quote from Tony Hsieh contains so much truth: “Happiness is really just about four things: perceived control, perceived progress, connectedness (number and depth of your relationships), and vision/meaning (being part of something bigger than yourself).”

“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger Schank

Parents think they can hand children permanent confidence—like a gift—by praising their brains and talent. It doesn’t work, and in fact has the opposite effect. It makes children doubt themselves as soon as anything is hard or anything goes wrong. If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children t... See more

Great artists don’t study art history to figure out what art to create. Great founders don’t analyze the market to figure out what product to build.

i wish more people knew psychological impact of using the word “but” - it can negate all that came before it in the listener’s ears. often acting as an unintentional dismissal

björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw

• About 99% of the time, the right time is right now.

• No one is as impressed with your possessions as you are.

• Dont ever work for someone you dont want to become.

• Cultivate 12 people who love you, because they are worth more than 12 million people who like you.

• Dont keep making the same mistakes; try to make new mistakes.

• If you stop to listen

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