There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn't. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.

Training moments occur when both parents and children do their jobs. The parent's job is to make the rule. The child's job is to break the rule. The parent then corrects and disciplines. The child breaks the rule again, and the parent manages the consequences and empathy that then turn the rule into reality and internal structure for the child.

That is why success and fruitfulness depend as much upon focusing on the "who" you are as much as the "what" of the work you do. Invest in your character, and it will give you the returns that you are looking for by only investing in the work itself. You can't do the latter without the former.

Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are. If you show up in a masquerade outfit, neither is going to happen.

Spouses in healthy relationships cherish each other's space and are champions of each other's causes.

We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we're going to need the next day.

Who a person is will ultimately determine if their brains, talents, competencies, energy, effort, deal-making abilities, and opportunities will succeed.