For instance: in our society, there seems to be a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it.

The truth as I see it, is not that I’m an idiot or you’re an asshole but that sometimes in order to protect yourself, you act like one.

The only relationship between work and chatter is that one kills the other.

Totalitarian movements are mass organizations of atomized, isolated individuals’: Hannah Arendt, The Origins of T otalitarianism (New Y ork: Harvest, 1973), 323.

If we create a routine that enshrines the essentials, we will begin to execute them on autopilot. Instead of consciously pursuing the essential, it will happen without our having to think about it.

You’ve been given your life. No one else has your version.

Daring greatly is not about winning or losing. It’s about courage.

Use feedback analysis to uncover your strengths and weaknesses.

It was this combination of passion and perseverance that made high achievers special. In a word, they had grit.

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.