Nothing is more exhausting than the task that’s never started.
Skillful conversationalists can explore disagreements and make points in ways that feel constructive and positive rather than combative or corrective.
Having less often leads us to use our things more often and with more enjoyment, because we're not fighting our way through a welter of unwanted stuff.
Instead of always worrying about being efficient, I wanted to spend time on exploration, experimentation, digression, and failed attempts that didn’t always look productive.
What's fun for other people may not be fun for you- and vice versa.
Experts say that denying bad feelings intensifies them, acknowledging bad feelings allows good feelings to return.
What we do every day matters more than what we do once in a while..
One of the biggest wastes of time is doing something well that didn’t need to be done at all.
It’s easier to keep up than to catch up...
I started thinking more about music. I thought I'd accepted the fact that, as part of Being Gretchen, I didn't really like music, but in fact, the truth was slightly different: I thought I didn't like...
When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including...
Growing up in Kansas City, I was always neat, the teacher's pet, know-it-all type.
As one Questioner pointed out, 'The Rebels' best asset is their voice of dissent. We shouldn't try to school it out of them, or to corporate-culture it out, or shame it out. It's there to protect us a...
These tasks weren't urgent (which was the reason they didn't get done), but because they weighed on my mind, they sapped my energy.
All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking,
Rebels aren't persuaded by arguments such as 'People are counting on you,' 'You've already paid for it'...'Things should be done this way,' 'You have an appointment,' 'You said you'd do it'...'It's ag...
'Potato-chip news' is news that's repetitive, requires little effort to absorb, and is consumable in massive quantities: true crime, natural disasters, political punditry, celebrity gossip, sports gos...
One study showed that children who got a reward for coloring with magic markers—an activity that children love—didn’t spend as much time with markers, later, as children who didn’t expect a reward. Th...
The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone...
Once I started trying to give positive reviews, though, I began to understand how much happiness I took from the joyous ones in my life---and how much effort it must take for them to be consistently g...
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