Money…
Possessions…
Achievements…
When is enough, enough?
In my experience, it’s never enough until we find inner peace.
There is a stage in life when ‘more’ does help move us towards inner peace. But past a point, more takes us away from it.
That’s the value of zooming out and taking stock, because that inflection point is very easy to blow past.
And there’s nothing worse than a rich and miserable person…
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.