Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.

– Alejandro Jodorowsky

Research consistently links gratitude with life satisfaction. When comparison triggers negative feelings, redirect your focus to what’s going right in your life.

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Trust is the ultimate retention strategy

"Your best performances will come when you are working in a way that is a full expression of you. The work becomes a natural display of your personality. This is when you not only get better results, but also love the activity — because in doing the craft, you feel alive."

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."

Average people do average things:

    They gossip, complain, shirk responsibility, and are often rude to others.

The New Year is coming...

Don't be average.

"there is someone out there with a wound in the exact shape of your words." 

To hope is to give yourself to the future – and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.

– Rebecca Solnit

You stop playing a character, and start being yourself. 

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Often, individuals go through life thinking they are each an isolated wave, forgetting that the wave is actually part of a vast, interconnected ocean.

Often, you cannot stop inner storms, but you can learn to anchor yourself

Not crazy for the sake of crazy, but crazy for the sake of progress. Demonstrable, undeniable, awe-inspiring progress

The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past, it holds the awakening soul still in its grip

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

– Jiddu Krishnamurti

When walking, walk. When eating, eat.

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” 

happiness is like a butterfly, if you chase it will run away but if you stand still it will come to you 

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The unsung heroes are those navigating life’s complexities, aka poorly defined problems, with grace and wisdom. – Kai

“This is the only real concern of the artist,
to recreate out of the disorder of life
that order which is art.”
 
James Baldwin 

"A great relationship is not only finding the person you have fun with, but also finding the person you want to be bored with. The beauty of long-term relationships is often hidden in boring, ordinary moments."

A friend is one who knows all about you and still respects you.

What will your legacy look like?

The secret to happiness is adaptability. 
As long as you don't let small ruin your perfect plan or quickly find to overcome the problems you will be just fine 

Wisdom lies in correctly discerning where we are free to mold reality to our desires and where we must accept the unaltered with tranquility.

– Seneca

Name your octopus. Hold it out, look at it, and put it down. Take a deep breath, and keep moving.

Software engineer David Clarke on priorities:

"20 years from now, the only people who will remember that you worked late are your kids." 

High achievers push themselves through the discomfort and discontent rather than trying to escape it with distraction.