One of life’s small pleasures is to return something to its proper place;
Of all the things that wisdom provides for living one’s entire life in happiness, the greatest by far is the possession of friendship.
My home is a place of unconditional belonging, which is part of its pleasure, part of its pain—as Robert Frost wrote, home is Something you somehow haven’t to deserve.
Just taking one drifting step can you set you in a course that’s very hard to stop.
It’s hard to do even simple things well, and most things aren’t simple. As
It’s fun to fail, I kept repeating. It’s part of being ambitious; it’s part of being creative. If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing badly.
In the Strategy of Pairing, I couple two activities, one that I need or want to do, and one that I don’t particularly want to do, to get myself to accomplish them both. It’s not a reward, it’s not a t...
If you’re not failing, you’re not trying hard enough. Over-the-counter
I should pursue only those habits that would make me feel freer and stronger.
I feel unsettled at any time when I’m not writing. And I mean that. There’s a sense of peace, and of being in the right place, that I experience only when I’m writing.
I can DO ANYTHING I want, but I can’t DO EVERYTHING I want.
Exercise for sanity not vanity.
But it doesn’t matter what we think a person (or ourselves) should be able to do—what matters is only what works for each individual. To help people change their habits or behavior, we should help get...
Arranging to Fail Loophole:
An unmade bed is a common broken window, which is why Make the bed is one of the most popular happiness-project resolutions, and in fact, as Charles Duhigg points out in his fascinating book The Power...
Aaron Beck, founder of cognitive behavioral therapy, maintains that people find it easy to notice what their partners do wrong, but not what they do right, so he suggests keeping marriage diaries to t...
A habit requires no decision from me, because I’ve already decided.
الزواج الناجح أحد أهم وأقوى العوامل المرتبطة بالسعادة
The Strategy of Pairing, I couple two activities, one that I need or want to do, and one that I don’t particularly want to do, to get myself to accomplish them both. It’s not a reward, it’s not a trea...
Severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.