Tom Schmidt

Happiness is a trailing indicator of impact.

Research suggests shame, not heroism , drives most brave acts—courage functions as a social virtue requiring an audience to operate

"Your first task is to find what feels effortless to you.

Your second task is to put maximum effort into it."

Prescribing a GLP-1 without talking about diet, lifestyle, and nutrition is like brushing your teeth while eating Oreos.” – Brigham Buhler

Nobel Prize-winning writer Toni Morrison on taking responsibility and seeing clearly:

"[T]his is my work. I have to take full responsibility for doing it right as well as doing it wrong. Doing it wrong isn’t bad, but doing it wrong and thinking you’ve done it right is."

George Leonard on how mastery is nothing but a series of plateaus with brief spurts of progress:

“The most important lessons here — especially for young people — is that even if you’re shooting for the stars, you’re going to spend most of your time on a plateau. That’s where the deepest, most lasting learning takes place, so you might as well enjoy... See more

A timely reminder from Clear Thinking:

“ One reason the best in the world make consistently good decisions is they rarely find themselves forced into a decision by circumstances. ”