If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. …

Friendship does the heavy lifting of happiness in our lives, so I’d say it deserves better. Time is critical, vulnerability is essential, but maybe something else we should remember is gratitude. Hug a friend today. We don’t celebrate our friendships enough. Eric Barker, Plays Well with Others Did you know…

Many people assume they are bad at writing because it is hard. This is like assuming you are bad at weightlifting because the weight is heavy. Writing is useful because it is hard. It’s the effort that goes into writing a clear sentence that leads to better thinking. James Clear …

Whatever has happened to you in life. Whatever hardship. Whatever pain …. They pale in comparison to the power you have to choose what to do now. Greg Mckeown, Effortless Sometimes the past feels like a heavy weight that we are dragging behind us. Something happened that hurt us emotionally…

Life is best organized as a series of daring ventures from a secure base. John Bowlby Are you Warren Buffet or Elon Musk? Are you Marie Kondo or Bear Grylls? Are you a scheduler or an explorer? Are you a saver or an investor? Which seems the worst situation to…

Choose not to be harmed — and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed — and you haven’t been. Marcus Aurelius How amazing would it be to have a day where everything goes smoothly, where the people you meet are kind and considerate, where the universe just seems to be…

Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one. Every day, from here to there, funny things are everywhere. Dr. Seuss, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Sometimes the fun police get carried away. Yesterday, a college pitcher was tossed for celebrating an inning-ending, bases-loaded strikeout. But…

In order to “have” you must “do,” and in order to “do” you must “be.“ Terry Crews “What do you want?” As children, we answered this with things we wanted to have. We generally assumed that Mom and Dad would buy them for us. As we got older, we discovered…

So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains And we never even know we have the key “Already Gone,” by The Eagles What one change could you make in your life that would produce the greatest benefits for you and your loved ones? Think about those…