To rid yourself of old patterns, focus all your energy not on struggling with the old, but on building the new.

Masters of one art have mastered all because they have mastered themselves. With dominion over both mind and muscle, they demonstrate power, serenity, and spirit. They not only have talent for their sport, they have an expanded capacity for life. The experts shine in the competitive arena; the masters shine everywhere.

As you manage your money, you manage your life.

As poet-philosopher Rabindranath Tagore reminds us, "We cannot cross the sea merely by staring at the water." Simplicity has power. And living on purpose comes to this: Just do it. How much simpler can we get?

Your body is malleable; you can sculpt it over time with daily habits of diet and exercise. The law of accommodation reminds us that the body may change slowly, but it will change.

No need to feel brave or confident; just behave that way.

People love miracle stories and dramatic moments of transcendence or transformation, and may then pursue their own dramatic "awakenings."