Shift your energy from protecting yourself from failure to squeezing the life out of life.

Eventually, you have to stop picking a fight with your true nature and decide to seek the joy that underlies it all.

I focus for periods of time on creative work and I'm very insular during those times - not a lot of socializing. I play when I want. That means I can take off on a retreat, catch a matinee, make friends. My core desired feelings are my time management system.

You will fail. At some point. More than once. Guaranteed. Proceed anyway.

Feeling good is the primary intention

Enthusiasm is a heightened state of consciousness, and it's one of the best feelings there is to feel.

Love the necessary hard work.