"Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what one does not believe oneself." -Abba Eban

“Obvious” closes the door to inquiry. “Perhaps” opens it. Seth Godin's Blog

“If you never change your mind, why have one?” ― Edward de Bono

If a competent CEO got to run your life for a day, what is the first thing they would eliminate?

Discipline is cheaper than regret.

You never want to climb a tree that hasn’t been in a storm.

What hard lesson keeps repeating itself in your life because you refuse to learn it?

Courage is who you are when it's inconvenient. When no one is watching. When the rewards are uncertain. When the outcomes are unpredictable. Courage is defined at the testing point.

There’s someone out there living the life you want simply because they had the courage to act. They aren’t smarter than you. They aren’t more talented than you. They just took action when you didn’t.

Instant gratification is good for the days, but bad for the years. It may make your today, but it will ruin your tomorrow. Sacrifice is the cost of entry. Hard now, easy later. Delayed gratification is the key to building the life you want.

“It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It’s gratefulness that makes us happy.” — Brother David Steindl-Rast

"Sooner or later, we all sit down to a banquet of consequences." -Robert Louis Stevenson

If you're 37... Instead of regretting that you can't wake up age 18 again, pretend to yourself that you're 90 and you've woken up age 37 again, and that you get to magically, wonderfully have the next 50 years again.

Hard things don’t get easier, you get stronger. You grow. You change. You become different. And if you show up for long enough, somewhere along the way, you fall in love with the struggle. You find peace in chaos. That is the magic of life.

Interesting questions make you interesting.

“Life shrinks or expands according to one's courage.” -Anais Nin

Big obstacles are easy to blame, but it's the small, subtle frictions—negative mindsets, habits, relationships—that silently derail your progress. You can’t conquer your mountain until you remove your pebble.

Uncomfortable Ideas The ideas aren’t uncomfortable, we are. You don’t have to like the weather to acknowledge that it’s raining. Seth Godin's Blog

The clearer you are about your priorities, the easier it is to say no.

You can't make time go faster or success come sooner. The only thing you can control is the next action. James Clear