Without a gut-level sense that you are ultimately in control of what's happening to you, you won't even consider the option that you could manage it better.

If you don't pay attention to the things that have your attention, you'll give them more attention than they deserve.

If you don't fall off the wagon regularly, you're not playing a big enough game.

Most people feel best about their work the week before their vacation, but it's not because of the vacation itself. What do you do the last week before you leave on a big trip? You clean up, close up, clarify, and renegotiate all your agreements with yourself and others. I just suggest that you do this weekly instead of yearly.

Your brain has an in-built mechanism for finding patterns you've programmed because of where you've put your attention. Solutions, innovations, and success come not from greater intelligence or creativity but from what we notice because of where we point those attributes

Focusing on values does not simplify your life. It gives meaning and direction-and a lot more complexity.

Trust yourself to do what you really feel like doing, and what you feel like doing will change. Don't, and it will plague you.