God can and will throw a lifeline to you, even when you are surrounded by terrible circumstances. Things that seem impossible to solve can be fixed or worked around. Changes can feel... supernatural. That's because they are.

Don't put down roots in locations with bad soil.

You will never have all the answers. You will never feel ready. You will always be busy. Jump in the water or get off the diving board.

It's OK to road-test a business or lifestyle before jumping in with both feet. Not every choice is for everybody.

You have two ways of looking at the same coin: "Not everyone gets to be an astronaut", or: "Not everyone needs to be an astronaut".

Kind, trusting, and giving people are a magnet for predators. Be careful who and what you let into your life.

Why do people spend too much time on their phones? It's simple. Whatever is on their phones is more compelling than what's happening in their lives offline.

If everything is a priority, nothing is a priority.

You can't buy the secrets to success for $29.95.

If you get discouraged at times, that's a good thing. It means you're taking your path seriously, and you realize that the obstacles in your way are real.

Most people don't really want to dramatically change the course of their lives. The good news is, if you feel that way, there's a strong possibility you may be right to believe it.

Happiness begins by realizing you are where you are for a reason. While your individual circumstances may not always be happy, if you were meant to be born in a different time and place, you would have been born in a different time and place.

Think of mindless scrolling through trash content as allowing strangers to pick your pocket. They are stealing your time, attention, energy, and joy away from your life.

You are what you read.

You should be getting rejections of some kind frequently: Jobs, clients, funding, proposals, applications, competitions, even potential friends or dates. If you aren't used to being rejected, you're living your life on autopilot and you're not challenging yourself.

Your life is largely the product of the decisions you've made to this point.

Beginner knowledge is cheap and widely available. Expert knowledge isn't cheap or easy to come by. There are reasons for that.

Avoid lazy people like the plague. Laziness is a contagion.

Success for some people won't match what popular culture tells us success looks like. Popular culture tells you success means spending huge sums of money on self-serving, shallow interests. Success shouldn't be the road to ruin.

You can't reason with unreasonable people.