We worry about things that might not work out.
We weigh up the upside, and we weigh up the downside.
That’s reality.
But the problem most of us face is that we put too much weight on the downside, and that causes us not to act.
You’ll regret the things you didn’t do much more than the things you did do that didn’t work out.
Maybe it’s time to dive in?
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.
We often try to outrun the storm, emotionally, physically, spiritually.
We’re entering an age where machines do our thinking before we’ve even had a chance to try.