...So how do you positively charge your money to create Happy Money? Gratitude and appreciation...

...Put confirmation bias, group polarization, and culture together, and we start to understand why people can come to completely different views about which risks are frightening and which aren’t worth a second thought...

...The rules used by surgeons to make decisions are: Rule one: In a condition that is likely to cure itself or to stabilize itself without risk or danger or great pain to the patient, you put it on watch and check regularly. But you don’t cut. To do surgery in such a condition is an unnecessary decision. Rule two: If the condition is degenerative or life-threatening and there is something you can do, you do it—fast and radically. It is a necessary decision despite the risk. Rule three: This is the problem in between, and it’s probably the largest single category—the condition that is not degenerative and not life-threatening but still not self-correcting and quite serious. This is where the surgeon has to weigh opportunity against risk. And it is this decision that distinguishes the first-rate surgeon from the also-ran...

...If I had to pick a single core principle for success in business, it would be this: choose one thing, focus on that one thing, and execute it to the absolute limit of your abilities. Focus on your career, invest in yourself, and learn how to say no to everything else...

...no aspect of your business should be off-limits to reevaluation...

...Don’t be afraid to say no to projects. Prove that you’re serious about specialization by turning down work that falls outside your area of expertise...

...the more appropriate framing of the question is: “What are your purposes of life right now?”...

...What is thrilling on Monday becomes boring by Friday. We habituate, which means that we respond less and less to stimuli that repeat...

...More often, food becomes unhealthy when we consume too much or too little of it. The trick is to figure out how much is too much, and how little is too little...

...What was an unexpected pleasure yesterday is what we feel entitled to today, and what won’t be enough tomorrow...

...The only two questions, at any moment of choice in life, is what the price is, and whether or not it’s worth paying...

...Clean out your attic; secrets and lies will catch up with you; say the things that matter most...

...There is magic in doing things simply...

...It was a world I’d never been to and yet had known was there all along, one I’d staggered to in sorrow and confusion and fear and hope. A world I thought would both make me into the woman I knew I could become and turn me back into the girl I’d once been. A world that measured two feet wide and 2,663 miles long. A world called the Pacific Crest...

...Do Not Fight The Last War - You must consciously wage war against the past and force yourself to react to the present moment. Be ruthless on yourself; do not repeat the same tired methods. Sometimes you must force yourself to strike out in new directions, even if they involve risk...

...It’s easy to complain about your life—how tough it is, how unfair it is, how stressful it is, how everyone else has it much better. But if you step into the life of someone you envy for just a day, you’ll discover that everyone has their own problems, and they’re usually worse than yours. Because your problems are designed specifically for you, with the specific purpose of helping you grow...

...millionaires, who had three times the wealth as those in The Millionaire Next Door, reported as being most important in explaining their economic success. Among those factors were integrity, discipline, social skills, a supportive spouse, leadership qualities, and having a love for one’s vocation...

...“You’ve got to find what you love,” Jobs told the graduating class. “And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”...

...If we assume that your income pays for your necessities, then your wealth pays for your upgrades...

...The right sort of practice carried out over a sufficient period of time leads to improvement. Nothing else...