The average person will need to put in about forty hours a week for five years to become highly accomplished in their chosen pursuit. It’s incredibly difficult to perform at an extremely high level in very different—and sometimes conflicting—pursuits. Get to the 90 or 95 percent level in any pursuit and you will be extremely successful and will feel incredibly good about yourself.

We are often distracted by interesting things.

If you can follow only one bit of data, follow the earnings—assuming the company in question has earnings.

Internalizers are highly perceptive and extremely sensitive to other people. Because of their strong need to connect, growing up with an emotionally immature parent is especially painful for them.

Now just think about the word “responsible”—“response-able,” able to choose your own response. That is the essence of proactivity.

Nature has some perfections to show that she is the image of God, and some defects, to show that she is only His image.Instead of complaining that God had hidden himself, you will give Him thanks for having revealed so much of Himself.

Great leaders bring out the best in everyone, rather than seeking to shine themselves.

The baptized Christian has ceased to belong to the world and is no longer its slave. He belongs to Christ alone, and his relationship with the world is mediated through him.

Vulnerability doesn’t come after trust—it precedes it. Leaping into the unknown, when done alongside others, causes the solid ground of trust to materialize beneath our feet.

The reality is that our emotions are a by-product of something else. Our emotions are a by-product of the way we think.