I think positive stress is actually a good thing. It's sort of the stretch goal "Wow, let me see how much faster I can run" or "Let me see how many more ideas I can generate in five minutes."

In Ireland we have a very old saying, When you can see the mountains it's going to rain and when you can't see the mountains it's raining.

The balance you have between drive and patience may be your master key to success.

Everything you’ve told yourself you ought to do, your mind thinks you should do right now. Frankly, as soon add you have two things to do stored in your RAM, you’ve generated personal failure, because you can’t do two things at the same time. This produces an all-pervasive stress factor whose source can’t be pin-pointed.

Creativity and freedom are two sides of the same coin. I like the best of both worlds.

Anything that does not belong where it is, is an "open loop" pulling on your attention.

The better you get, the better you better get.