I know there’s a lot of ra ra about the new year, but if you need a new year to set goals and resolutions, I think you’ve honestly missed the point.
Life is about being clear on where you’re going and taking small actions on a daily basis to go in that direction.
January or December, it doesn’t matter. After all, dates are just made up by humans.
Don’t be seduced into thinking a new year is any different.
Unless you are.
In arguments, we often want to be right. But being right is not the same as being wise.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.