By working only when you are most effective, life is both more productive and more enjoyable. It's the perfect example of having your cake and eating it, too.

Lacking an external focus, the mind turns inward on itself and creates problems to solve, even if the problems are undefined or unimportant. If you find a focus, an ambitious goal that seems impossible and forces you to grow, these doubts disappear.

I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

Seemingly unrelated [things] that are in fact really related, that's the stuff I like to talk about. Like dancing, language learning, swimming, three-pointers.

Language learning deserves special mention. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking.

Don’t follow a model that doesn't work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good a cook you are.

Doing the unrealistic is easier than doing the realistic.