Basically, success the way we've defined it is no longer sustainable. It's no longer sustainable for human beings or for societies.

Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an afterlife.

But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid.

I'm passionate. I find if I really believe something, I want to put my entire being behind it.

It is the Fourth Instinct (the spirit - RJ) that urges us to exceed ourselves ... by awakening our intuitive selves, and striving to be all that we were intended to be. It takes us beyond self-centeredness and enables us to resist the combined forces of indifference and meaninglessness. It awakens us to a sense of responsibility for those most in need of our society as well as for that world that future generations will inherit.

The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.

I studied, I met with medical doctors, scientists, and I’m here to tell you that the way to a more productive, more inspired, more joyful life is: getting enough sleep.