Everything you do, you'll do better with a good night's sleep.

Don't buy society’s definition of success. Because it’s not working for anyone. It’s not working for women, it's not working for men, it's not working for polar bears, it's not working for the cicadas that are apparently about to emerge and swarm us. It’s only truly working for those who make pharmaceuticals for stress, sleeplessness and high blood pressure.

Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.

Have you noticed that when we die, our eulogies celebrate our lives very differently from the way society defines success?

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.

In theory we are all equal before the law. In practice, there are overwhelming privileges that come with winning the birth lottery.

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.