It is better to look suffering straight in the eye, acknowledge and respect it’s presence, and then get busy as soon as possible focusing on things we choose to focus on.

Happiness does not simply happen to us. It's something that we make happen.

Studying creativity is not an elite distraction, but provides one of the most exciting models for living.

Some individuals have developed such strong internal standards that they no longer need the opinion of others to judge whether they have performed a task well or not. The ability to give objective feedback to oneself is in fact the mark of the expert.

Attention is psychic energy, and like physical energy, unless we allocate some part of it to the task at hand, no work gets done.

Other things equal, a life filled with complex flow activities is more worth living than one spent consuming passive entertainment.

When each of these three elements of vision-concern for excellence, for people and for the wider environment-are present, business is transformed from a tool for making profits into a creative, humane experiment for improving life.