Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.

A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.

Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.

The only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves

If you look at the purported dangers of salt or fat, there is no consensus of support in scientific literature. So I would ask first: 'Is it possible to have an informed government that actually follows the science?' From what I've seen, it's not likely.