All self-help is Buddhism with a service mark

I'm a project manager, not a magician. Magicians have way cooler hats.

Before you sweat the logistics of focus: first, care. Care intensely.... Obsessing over the slipperiness of focus, bemoaning the volume of those devil "distractions," and constantly reassessing which shiny new "system" might make your life suddenly seem more sensible - these are all terrifically useful warning flares that you may be suffering from a deeper, more fundamental problem.... Know in your heart that what you're making or doing matters... First, care. Then, as you'll happily and unavoidably discover, all that "focus" business has a peculiar way of taking care of itself.

People with tiny glasses and costly shoes can always find a couple of hours to explain how you did it all wrong.

If you need to appear on an internet list to know whether you're someone's friend, you may have problems a computer can't solve.

Creative work only seems like a magic trick to people who don't understand that it's ultimately still work.

Typing in all lowercase is popular among young people, SMS users, and anyone who feels literacy has become too time-consuming.