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Conformity is the drug with which many people self-medicate.
Real happiness, however, comes from who you are—from who you’ve become.
You can take pictures of items you want to remember.
The best juicer we’ve found is the Omega J8004 Masticating Juicer.
the most important measurements of success were not measured in pounds on a scale, but rather by two things: Are we constantly improving our fitness? Are we happy with our progress?
There are very few musts with respect to your health, and these musts are fairly broad: You must eat a nutritional diet to be healthy. You must exercise regularly to be healthy. You must drastically reduce or eliminate consumption of harmful substances. You must treat your body like it is your most precious possession—because it is.
You can learn from your past relationships though. The good times tell us what went well and give us a strategy by which you can model your future. And the bad times help you to identify how things went wrong and give you clues and social cues by which you can avoid bad relationships in the future.
There are three ways to create better relationships: You can find great new relationships. You can transform your current relationships. You can change who you are.
the best relationships are always growing—that’s one of the reasons they’re so great. If your relationships aren’t growing, they’re dying.
you need a compelling vision of what you want your relationships to be, what you want your relationships to look like. If your vision is compelling enough, you’ll do anything to make it happen.
Commonalities make relationships work, but differences make relationships exciting and passionate.
Trust breeds more trust, which encourages habitual honesty from both parties.
You must find ways to continuously nourish your primary relationships every day.
anything can be your passion.
Certainty feels nice—it makes you feel comfortable, it makes you feel warm and fuzzy—but it’s often the biggest underlying reason you don’t make the changes you want to make in your life.
We weren’t downsizing, we were uprising.
What would you do with your life if money wasn’t an object?
Your assignment is to do the same: find at least three people who are making a living doing what you’re passionate about.
The first step in any change, big or small, is making the decision to change.
While you’re taking your daily incremental actions, it’s important to raise the bar just a little each day, especially when it’s uncomfortable.
The key to real growth is consistency.
we go out of our way to make things playful, silly, fun, and exciting.
How could I make this experience fun and exciting?
