(1) talent requires deep practice; (2) deep practice requires vast amounts of energy; (3) primal cues trigger huge outpourings of energy.

The more things a given cue is associated with, the weaker any given association... Poke too many holes and you’ll get barely a trickle from each.

The efficiencies of the adult mind, useful as they are, blind us to the present moment.

Dream Big. Start small. Act now.

You just need to be positive, believe in yourself, and focus on others.

Feedback and workplace guidance. You will inevitably make mistakes. The sooner you get to know about them, the better. Criticism should be delivered in private, while praise – in public.

Learning is the master skill. When you fully engage in learning—when you throw yourself wholeheartedly into experimenting, reflecting, reading, or receiving coaching—you are going to experience the thrill of improvement and the taste of success.

These three agents of change I call the Law of the Few, the Stickiness Factor, and the Power of Context.

Humility is the only soil in which the graces root; the lack of humility is the sufficient explanation of every defect and failure. Humility is not so much a grace or virtue along with others; it is the root of all, because it alone takes the right attitude before God, and allows Him as God to do all.

Our holy fear grows proportionally to our comprehension of God’s greatness.