Behind our unremarkable front door waits the little world of our making - our home.

I grasped two things: I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasnt going to change unless I made it change.

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

Step by step, you make your way forward. That’s why practices such as daily writing exercises or keeping a daily blog can be so helpful. You see yourself do the work, which shows you that you can do the work. Progress is reassuring and inspiring; panic and then despair set in when you find yourself getting nothing done day after day. One of the painful ironies of work life is that the anxiety of procrastination often makes people even less likely to buckle down in the future.

Enthusiasm is a form of social courage.

I'm a person who's fine saying 'No.' I like saying to myself, "no gossiping," "no nagging."

I spend a lot of time saying to myself, "Well, is that really what I like to do? Is that really something that makes me happy?" and letting go of the things that don't make me happy.