There are some conditions where you have to trust your intuition.

It's a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient.

Each additional day together is a gift. The end of the day means the end of hostilities, the recognition that the underlying shared values and commitment to the relationship trump the need for one last dig or self-righteous justification.

Most people are highly optimistic most of the time.

Some achieve a reputation for great successes when in fact all they have done is take chances that reasonable people wouldn't take.

All of us roughly know what memory is. I mean, memory is sort of the storage of the past. It's the storage of our personal experiences. It's a very big deal.

A general “law of least effort” applies to cognitive as well as physical exertion. The law asserts that if there are several ways of achieving the same goal, people will eventually gravitate to the least demanding course of action. In the economy of action, effort is a cost, and the acquisition of skill is driven by the balance of benefits and costs. Laziness is built deep into our nature.