Metacognition is the capacity or skill to...

Metacognition is the capacity or skill to become aware of one’s own mental process. So on the one hand it seems kind of obvious, but if you say, today I’m going to try to notice and simply just notice a part of my mental process I had not yet been aware of. Now that’s interesting because what that is, it’s not just an observational thing. You’ll notice it opens doors to things you never thought of.

Remember to connect with...

Remember to connect with people now and then. In fact, pick up the phone, right now, and call a friend for no other reason than to say hi.

If you don’t get...

If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want.

A happy person isn’t someone who’s...

A happy person isn’t someone who’s happy all the time.  It’s someone who effortlessly interprets events in such a way that they don’t lose their innate peace.

The attachment to beliefs is...

The attachment to beliefs is the greatest shackle. To be free is to know that One does not know.

There will be no one like us when...

There will be no one like us when we are gone, but then there is no one like anyone else, ever. When people die, they cannot be replaced. They leave holes that cannot be filled, for it is the fate—the genetic and neural fate—of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death.

Money can’t buy happiness, but the absence of...

Money can’t buy happiness, but the absence of money can cause unhappiness. Money buys freedom: intellectual freedom, freedom to choose who you vote for, to choose what you want to do professionally. But having what I call “fuck you” money requires a huge amount of discipline. The minute you go a penny over, then you lose your freedom again. If money is the cause of your worry, then you have to restructure your life.