Stuff happens. Your stories about it determine whether it’s manageable or not.

Spontaneity is great but life is just easier and everything goes far better when we have protocols.

What makes your mind stronger, and more able to control your emotions, is internal discipline and toughness. No one can teach you this skill; you cannot learn it by reading about it. Like any discipline, it can come only through practice, experience, even a little suffering.

How do you formulate an aim in life when you don't even know what jobs will exist in a few years, or what will be invented? You don't shoot for a specific job. You shoot for the process the job does: I want to work with the human mind, code, solve problems, fix things, etc.

My most effective life hack has been to learn to be with my inner experience, just as it is. It changes everything. Unfortunately, most people want a more complicated solution and are dissatisfied with that answer. I just sit with that. :)

You are the machine that fuels everything else in your life. Paying attention to the mindset that drives that machine, is simply one of the most important things you can do. Every move, every decision, every action will rest on that. Be sure it is as optimal as it can be.

Pessimists see problems. They worry about what could go wrong in the future. Optimists see possibilities. They focus on what could go right in the future. Proactive people turn problems into possibilities. They give us reasons to be optimistic about the future.

Addictions are attempts to attain bliss without releasing defensive patterns.

Believing we’re separate, we seek control to remain safe. Releasing that belief, we discover our safety always lies in cooperation.

How to have more meaningful conversations. The Rose-Bud-Thorn Framework: