Are defeats necessary?

Well, necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin fighting for a dream, we have no experience and make mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

The enjoyment of leisure

The enjoyment of leisure is decidedly less costly than the enjoyment of luxury. All it requires is an artistic temperament which is bent on seeking a perfectly useless afternoon spent in a perfectly useless manner.

Go out and live fully now

Whether you have ten years left or a hundred years left, your life is an incredibly brief moment. We know for sure you won't be here in a century. But today? Today you are in the Great Game. And this moment you have right now might as well be the most important in the universe. Your time is thin. Go out and live fully now.

The temptation of discovery and the new

Built into the concept of “interesting” is the unexplored. The temptation of discovery and the new. And so, by definition, wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, it’s likely that there is something more interesting somewhere else. Part of the curse of the smartphone is that it brings the more-interesting chasm right into our hands. As long as we choose to imagine it, the apparent insufficiency of here and now will be with us. Sometimes it even comes knocking.

The next take is where hope lies

Nailing it in the first take is a sign of preparation and professionalism. No need for two tries if you are clear about what you’re doing and how. The next take is where hope lies. This one was pretty good, but next time, we’ll bring it. And the last take is good enough. That’s why there are no more takes after that.

The secret of being happy

The secret of being happy consists of knowing how to enjoy yourself- enjoy being at the table, in bed, enjoy standing up, sitting down, enjoy the nearest ray of sunshine, the slightest bit of landscape: in other words, love everything.

It's hard to learn when you feel defensive

It's hard to learn when you feel defensive. Relax. You are capable and you can recover from whatever you face. You can accept feedback without taking it personally. What is this moment teaching you?