I fall in love with certain stories. Those stories tend to be connected to my life some way - for instance, with my first book I was writing about the experience of coaching Little League in the Chicago inner city. But the common thread tends to be exploring some kind of mystery. Simple questions that spiral deeper.

The solution is to ignore the bad habit and put your energy toward building a new habit that will override the old one.

Skills are really just circuits in your brain

Skill is a cellular insulation that wraps neural circuits and that grows in response to certain signals.

You have to be willing to stop and fix. Deep practice requires a willingness to do what many of us find uncomfortable: to admit to our errors, and focus on them.

Baby steps are the royal road to skill.

Failure is not a verdict; making mistakes is the price of the ticket.