What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.

If you're also in the arena and you're putting your ideas out and you're owning them and you're saying "I disagree with you about this and that, I think you've got this wrong" - then not only do I invite that, I freaking love that. I love that. I'm an academic. I'm hardwired for a good debate.

That's what life is about: about daring greatly, about being in the arena.

When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.

It's not about 'what can I accomplish?' but 'what do I want to accomplish?' Paradigm shift.

Rest and play, are as vital to our health as nutrition and exercise

[I] never talk about gratitude and joy separately, for this reason. In 12 years, I've never interviewed a single person who would describe their lives as joyful, who would describe themselves as joyous, who was not actively practicing gratitude.