Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I fail, but every day is a clean slate and a fresh opportunity.

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.

It's so easy to wish that we'd made an effort in the past, so that we'd happily be enjoying the benefit now, but when now is the time when that effort must be made, as it always is, that prospect is much less inviting.

Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are and the less you complain, the more likely you are to be taken for granted.

Getting control of stuff makes people feel like they have more control over their lives - maybe irrationally, but it's one of these psychological truths.

The absence of feeling bad isn't enough to make you happy; you must strive to find sources of feeling good

If you're a night person you can barely get out of bed in time to get to work or get your kids off to school. You're at your most productive and creative much later in the day, and for you, something like getting up early to go for a run is not going to set you up for success because you're not a morning person.