People do things for love and belief and passion, not just because they're paid to do it.
Focusing on solutions fuels progress.
Too often we forget how powerful we are as individuals to shape how other people see the world. Each one of us constantly broadcasts to other people - whether consciously or unconsciously - verbally or non-verbally - and those messages influence their brain.
There is no greater prediction in the research of our levels of happiness than the breadth and depth of our relationships.
Social comparison that leads to unhappiness is the downside of social media.
Too quickly, venting can turn into dumping garbage on the people around us.
People will often say "You can't change other people. " My research shows this societal belief is not only dis-empowering, it is scientifically false.
You can learn so much from bad things. I feel boring. I feel like, Why is everything so easy for me? I can't wait for something crazy to f***ing happen to me. Just life. I want someone to f*** me over! Do you know what I mean?
Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.
In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.