An underrated life lesson: Your energy creates your reality. Give your energy to stress, complaints, and negative people, they will grow. Give your energy to ambitions, gratitude, and positive people, they will grow. Your energy is your destiny. Choose wisely.

“It’s hard to be an artist. It’s hard to be anything. It’s hard to be.” - Everything worth doing is hard - A mediocre life is harder - Being broke is harder Dare to f*cking dream

A life lesson I wish I learned earlier: Your thoughts shape your reality. Think small, live small. Think big, live big. Upgrade your thoughts. Demand more from yourself. Reality bends to those who believe it can.

Battle over Jimmy Buffett's $275 million estate highlights risks of family trusts cnb.cx/4jRMw5b

Simple investing in the public markets is the best approach. Complexity is costly—both in fees and taxes—and the learning curve for heirs who must handle your estate if you become disabled or pass away can be overwhelming. In despair, those heirs often turn to the high-fee

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Enduring happiness is not the result of constant pleasure or achievement. It is the byproduct of ordering your life around the things that are worthy of your love. In my work and research, I’ve found that deep happiness most often arises from five sources: 1. Love: A commitment

Car payments are crushing the middle class: Up 60% since 2015. Now eating 14% of household income—an increase from just 9-10%. People need cheaper cars ... and it starts with lower rates, lower insurance, and more cars on the lot. (data from today's CDG Newsletter)

Prices on a lot of things have simply risen past the point of my enjoyment. Not to say that I can’t afford them, but they have jumped the shark when it comes to units of enjoyment per dollar spent.

A mark of emotional intelligence is prioritizing your values over your moods. Immature people are victims of their feelings. Their choices are governed by fleeting sensations. Mature people take responsibility for their reactions. Their choices are guided by lasting principles.

If you reach your goals by compromising your values, you haven’t succeeded. If you fall short of your goals by upholding your values, you haven’t failed. The true measure of accomplishment is standing by your principles when they’re tested.

There are three macronutrients for happiness, just like there are three for food. You have to get them in balance. The three are: Enjoyment: Pleasure + people + memory. It’s not just what feels good. It’s what lasts and connects. Satisfaction: The joy you get from

The essence of dignity is to be needed. The essence of despair is to be managed like a liability. The belief that your work creates value for others and that your contribution matters is how happiness should be taught in the workplace. When people are treated as assets to be

Fulfillment cannot come when the present moment is merely a struggle to bear in service of the future.

Lasting satisfaction does not come from having more. It comes from wanting less. We often think of our lives the way we think of a blank canvas. Add more achievements, more recognition, more experiences, and eventually the picture will feel complete. But that way of thinking

How do I stay positive with all the chaos? Stop giving everything permanent residence in your head. That’s the mistake. Life is impermanent — even you are impermanent. The five-year-old version of you is gone. So is that the old version of the country. Marcus Aurelius

i don't know who needs to hear this but your ability to create the reality that you want is directly determined by your willingness to experience its opposite. - saving money will have you feeling broke while it's actually making you rich. - setting boundaries will have you

11 Greatest Theories I know at 40, I wish I knew at 20: 1.

Bob Odenkirk drops a heartbreakingly beautiful truth on Mike Birbiglia: “Who are you jealous of?” “Anybody who’s still got little kids at home growing up. No question.” He explains: When his kids were young, he knew exactly who he was every single day. “I didn’t have to ask

This paragraph by C.S. Lewis, written in 1948, still hits hard: “If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things—praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing