One of the most important lessons of childhood is discovering what you like to do.

What's fun for other people may not be fun for you- and vice versa.

Enthusiasm is more important to mastery than innate ability.

It's true that people do assume that people who are critical are smarter than people who are uncritical.

What I found is, really, you always have to begin by nailing what is true about you, because something that works very well for someone else might not work for you at all.

People are powerfully moved by imagination, belief, and knowledge. They can consider the past and future. They can make changes in their behavior out of reason, in a way that animals can’t do.

In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find — and I hear from other people that they agree — that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness.