Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.

Joy comes to us in moments--ordina ry moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.

When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful.

How can we embrace rest and play if we've tied our self-worth to what we produce?

Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?"

Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.

We're all so busy chasing the extraordinary that we forget to stop and be grateful for the ordinary.