Learning to label emotions with a more nuanced vocabulary can be absolutely transformative. Brené Brown, Atlas of the Heart Human beings are emotional beings. Not some people. Every person. Not sometimes. All the time. We believe that we are largely rational, but that is just our brain playing tricks on…

I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else. G. K. Chesterton You are not losing your mind. Forgetting is a feature of your brain, not a bug. Remembering everything would be as useful as a life-sized map. …

The way we think you get peace is by resolving all your external problems, but there are unlimited external problems. So, the only way to actually get peace is on the inside by giving up this idea of problems. Naval Ravikant In the words of the modern philosopher Roseanne Roseannadanna…

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride When kids in my generation became teenagers, we told our parents we needed to be ourselves. Surprisingly, our unique identity seemed to be a carbon copy of every…

The relationship between real fear and worry is analogous to the relationship between pain and suffering. Pain and fear are necessary and valuable components of life. Suffering and worry are destructive and unnecessary components of life. Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear Real fear, like pain, is a gift. …

I also find it helpful to remind myself that every human is a mess on the inside. It’s easy to assume the good-looking and well-spoken person in front of you has it all together and is therefore your superior. The reality is that everyone is a basket case on the…

Only you can show what you are. You choose by what you do. Elanor Brandyfoot in The Rings of Power “You will never amount to anything.” Maybe you never heard those exact words, but you got the message. It could have been some sarcastic remark about your appearance. It could…

Being absolutely right and being spectacularly wrong feel exactly the same. Scott Adams, Loserthink My father taught me many valuable lessons. One of the most valuable was that I should be cautious when I’m convinced that what I’m saying is 100% correct. Just because I am confident that is no…

We should stop worrying about outcomes we can’t control and instead focus on the inputs we can. Input is much more certain than outcome. When it comes to living the life you want, making sure you allocate time to living your values is the only thing you should focus on. …