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Making a living is no longer enough. Work also has to make a life. This means that it will be more important than ever to make work both productive and achieving.

In life, there are few things more consequential than the judgments people make of our potential.

…statistics dictate that, on average, those born to married parents live longer, advance farther in school, earn more as adults, and are less likely to have emotional problems or commit crimes.

For essentially all of human history until the last few generations, the typical person’s lot has been unceasing toil, meager living circumstances, uncertainty about food, rudimentary health care, limited education, little travel or entertainment; all followed by early death.

Nearly all well-being research supports the basic conclusion that money and material things are only weakly associated with leading a good life.

…most men and women grow more anxious as they age: A lifetime of learning fears has made them proficient at anxiety.

…positive psychology finds that people who take a grateful attitude toward life, counting their blessings rather than inventorying their complaints, tend to be healthier, happier, and more successful than others.

Both contemporary psychological research and age-old common sense suggest that a feeling of purpose improves a person’s experience of life.

Sprinkled among every walk of life… are a handful of people with a truly extraordinary knack of making friends and acquaintances.

High-concept and high-touch aptitudes are moving from the periphery of our lives to the center.