Do whatever work feeds your true self, even if it’s not a safe bet, even if it’s like a crazy risk, even if everyone in your life tells you you’re wrong or bad or crazy.

If a problem looks difficult, relax. If it looks impossible, relax even more. Then begin encouraging small changes, putting just enough pressure on yourself to move one turtle step forward. Then rest, savor, celebrate. Then step again. You’ll find that slow is fast, gentle is powerful, and stillness moves mountains.

When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.

Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving.

Having fun is not a diversion from a successful life; it is the pathway to it.

Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else.

People who get what they want tend to be the ones who make the effort to know what they want.