I encourage active skepticism - when people are being skeptical because they're trying to identify the best course of action. They're trying to identify the next step for themselves or other people.

For most people, life would be boring without meaningful work.

The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

Exercise is overrated.

The commonsense rules of the "real world" are a fragile collection of socially reinforced illusions.

Unbeknownst to most fun-loving bipeds, not all stress is bad. Indeed, the New Rich don't aim to eliminate all stress. Not in the least.