I think we are in a non-essentialist bubble—everything seems important—so of course nothing is.

Essentialism: only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.

Take a deep breath. Get present in the moment and ask yourself what is important this very second.

Discern the vital few from the trivial Many.

Done right, a strategic intent is really one decision that makes 1,000 decisions.

Remember that if you don’t prioritize your life someone else will.

Play stimulates the parts of the brain involved in both careful, logical reasoning and carefree, unbound exploration.

I think we’ve been oversold the value of more and undersold the value of less.

We often think of choice as a thing. But a choice is not a thing. Our options may be things, but a choice—a choice is an action. It is not just something we have but something we do.

The ability to choose cannot be taken away or even given away-it can only be forgotten.

There should be no shame in admitting to a mistake; after all, we really are only admitting that we are now wiser than we once were.

It’s not that I’ve been invited to the hole I’m standing in. It’s that I accepted the invitation.

If it’s reality you want, I suggest you look out the window.

I'm learning that sometimes there are no answers to our questions & sometimes we don't have to understand. Thats part of life and it is ok..

Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orc

You do the things that need to be done according to priority.

Learn to breathe, learn to speak, but first... learn to feel.

Humour breaks down boundaries, it topples our self-importance, it connects people, and because it engages and entertains, it ultimately enlightens.

Pure love is an incomparable, potent power for good. Righteous love is the foundation of a successful marriage.

...to photograph is to frame, and to frame is to exclude.

The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power.