Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?

Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?

If the big rocks don't go in first, they aren't going to fit in later.

All things are created twice; first mentally; then physically. The key to creativity is to begin with the end in mind, with a vision and a blue print of the desired result.

If we want to make relatively minor changes in our lives, we can perhaps appropriately focus on our attitudes and behaviors. But if we want to make significant, quantum change, we need to work on our basic paradigms.

Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things.

In this knowledge-worker age, it's now increasingly tied to doing well in school so you can get into better grad schools so you can get better jobs - so the pressure to do well is really high.