If you see distraction externally, you end up creating an internally distracted state.

I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.

Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all.

Personal branding is about managing your name - even if you don't own a business - in a world of misinformation, disinformation, and semi-permanent Google records. Going on a date? Chances are that your "blind" date has Googled your name. Going to a job interview? Ditto.

Awareness, even at a subconscious level, beats fancy checklists without it, track or you will fail.

Resveratrol is fascinating stuff. One of the best sources of information about it is the Immortality Institute. They have a forum where some people are in the 500 Club, as they call it. They've been taking 500 milligrams for years. It's a really great source of data.

If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.