We have become too cognitive when we should be more emotional; too utilitarian when we should be using a moral lens; too individualistic when we should be more communal.

As you learn and gain skills you can begin to vary what you do, finding nuances that you can develop in the work, so that it becomes more interesting.

It is a paradox that when people are finding themselves they often have a sensation that they are letting go and surrendering themselves. You stop asking, What do I want? and start asking, What is life asking of me? You respond.

With age and experience, however, you learn two things: first, that the world is full of great opportunities, more than you can ever take advantage of, and, second, that real opportunities don’t disappear.

Ever since I became a Christian I have thought that the best, perhaps the only , service I could do for my unbelieving neighbours was to explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times.

Successful people have a glaring tendency to overcommit. If you outline seven flaws, they’ll want to tackle all of them.

To not give a f*ck is to stare down life’s most terrifying and difficult challenges and still take action.

Your mountain is the block between you and the life you want to live. Facing it is also the only path to your freedom and becoming.

Eights don’t feel like they have to be the person in control—they just don’t want to be controlled.

Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it’s about how to get the right things done…it is about making the wisest possible investment of your time and energy in order to operate at our highest point of contribution by doing only what is essential.