Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.

I win the private victory when I have made my mind up and commit to live by correct principles and to serve worthy purposes.

Someone once inquired of a Far Eastern Zen master, who had a great serenity and peace about him no matter what pressures he faced, "How do you maintain that serenity and peace?" He replied, "I never leave my place of meditation." He meditated early in the morning and for the rest of the day, he carried the peace of those moments with him in his mind and heart.

Leadership is a choice, not a position

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are - or as we are conditioned to see it.