Do one thing every day that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt Fear was designed to protect us. It can prevent us from putting ourselves in dangerous situations. But fear can also be irrational. Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. I’ve never had my life threatened by the number 13…

Whatever makes you weird, is probably your greatest asset. Joss Whedon We all want to fit in—be like everyone else. But there’s always something weird about each one of us. Maybe we look different. Maybe we act different. Maybe we think different. As children, we were teased and maybe even…

Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love. Gandalf, The Hobbit “One person cannot change the…

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion…

A problem is a chance to do your best. Duke Ellington Problems are opportunities. They certainly don’t feel like that. They seem to come at exactly the wrong time. Sometimes it feels like they are piling on. Maybe those folk superstitions were right about them clumping in groups of three. …

Behavior that is incongruent with the self will not last. James Clear, Atomic Habits You can fake it only so long. If your job requires you to do something that is inconsistent with your values, one of two things will happen. You will quit, or you will stay while your…

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him. Epictetus Anger is a tricky thing. It is both an emotion and an attitude. As an emotion, it is important for me to identify my feelings of…

When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse Out of the corner of my eye I turned to look but it was gone I cannot put my finger on it now The child is grown The dream is gone I have become comfortably numb “Comfortably Numb,” song by…

A professional does not take success or failure personally. That’s Priority Number One for us now. That our project has crashed is not a reflection of our worth as human beings. It’s just a mistake. It’s a problem — and a problem can be solved. Steven Pressfield, Do the Work …