One of my core beliefs is that belief itself is a choice that can be made of our own free will.

To abandon a comfortable lifestyle that isn't deeply fulfilling is to abandon nothing.

Risk the stuff. It's worthless anyway. But don't make the insane choice of sacrificing your happiness for stuff.

I believe we can proactively choose to believe whatever we want instead of merely letting our beliefs coalesce as reactions to events.

If you try to impress an alarm clock, it will simply tell you the time.

Pour the bulk of your time into action, not deciding. The state of indecision is a major time waster. Don't spend more than 60 seconds in that state if you can avoid it. Make a firm, immediate decision, and move from uncertainty to certainty to action. Let the world tell you when you're wrong, and you'll soon build enough experience to make accurate, intelligent decisions.

By all means listen to other people's advice, but when in doubt go with your gut instinct.