"What am I really trying to accomplish here?" You may realize the goal is not to write a best-selling book or earn that promotion or get into medical school, but rather to build a life you enjoy. And there are many versions of a life you enjoy.
"The problem with keeping your options open is that every option requires energy to hold. And a shelf full of maybes is often heavier than a hand holding one yes. Put something down."
Art can deliver those rare, fleeting experiences of clarity, inner stillness and harmony
The function of art is the renewal of memories of moments of perfection
Questions are answered as you MOVE. Moving forward with an answer that is partially correct will usually fill in the gaps faster than waiting until you come up with a plan that is perfectly correct
Success belongs to the person who can absorb the losses without absorbing the identity of โloserโ. Itโs the courage to start and stick with it that is the real separator. Results tend to find the person who stays in the game
"If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them."
Don't ruminate, activate.
Movement changes your state. And when your state changes, your perspective changes. New solutions appear. You notice options that were invisible when your mind was stuck running the same loop."