...Do everything you can in advance when you are having people over for dinner. No matter how easy and tossed-off the task may be...

...“I’ve always felt ideas were a dime a dozen,” he said. “If you had one that didn’t work out, you should not fight too hard to save it, just go find another.”...

...Psychologists call this the hedonic treadmill, in which satisfaction wears off almost immediately and we must run on to the next reward to avoid the feeling of falling behind...

...This oven-baked meal combines flavorful sausages and tender vegetables in a homemade gravy sauce...

...Career changes are some of the biggest moves we will ever make, but they don’t have to be daunting. Using mental models helps us find both the direction we want to go and a path we can take to get there. The result is a change that aligns with the person we are, as well as the person we want to be...

...A likely culprit is overestimating the consequences of mistakes. One solution is to be concrete and write down what you expect to happen if it turns out you have a typo, miss a shot, or bomb a test...

...We just don't have enough experience with early versions of ambitious projects to know how to respond to them. We judge them as we would judge more finished work, or less ambitious projects. We don't realize they're a special case...

...Culture comes from the top, the bottom, and everywhere in between...

...the regret of not having lived a life true to themselves is the most common regret...

...At critical moments in time, you can raise the aspirations of other people significantly, especially when they are relatively young, simply by suggesting they do something better or more ambitious than what they might have in mind. It costs you relatively little to do this, but the benefit to them, and to the broader world, may be enormous...

...If you don’t ask the question, you probably won’t get the answer...

...My blueprint - 13 principles that help him in business and life...

...The question isn’t would I rather do this thing or nothing, it’s would I rather do this thing or everything else in my already packed life that I’m currently living...

...This eats like a cross between a pecan pie, sticky toffee pudding, and a butterscotch sundae...

...Play is an essential way of learning about the world. Doing things we enjoy without a goal in mind leads us to find new information, better understand our own capabilities, and find unexpected beauty around us...

...What made them all effective is that they followed the same eight practices: • They asked, “What needs to be done?” • They asked, “What is right for the enterprise?” • They developed action plans. • They took responsibility for decisions. • They took responsibility for communicating. • They were focused on opportunities rather than problems. • They ran productive meetings. • They thought and said “we” rather than “I.”...

...First, make sure you understand what’s being said. Give your counterpart your full attention, and truly digest what they have to say. Next, interpret what’s been said. What does this mean, based on the purpose of your discussion, what the speaker cares most about, or what’s been said before? Third, verify what’s been said. Don’t assume you understand; confirm what was said by paraphrasing what you think you heard. Finally, consider how your point of view relates to what’s been said...

...When the cost of topping off your battery is less than the catastrophic risk of running out of juice, it pays to add to your reserves...

...these mini breaks might be a good way to see how your spending habits might change...