Book Titles

Pushing beyond our comfort zone is uncomfortable, but it’s the only means by which we can learn and grow, and ultimately perform better and experience deeper satisfaction.

We create the highest value not by focusing solely on our strengths or by ignoring our weaknesses, but by being attentive to both.

It is through… embracing self-acceptance that we’re freed to both acknowledge the obstacles we face and build the capacities we need to perform at our best.

If we have to rely on willpower to sustain a new behavior the overwhelming likelihood is that we’ll eventually fail.

We’re run by the automatic processes of the primitive parts of our prefrontal cortex. In short, we think we’re in charge of our lives, but often we’re not.

The less conscious willpower we have to expend to make things happen, the more effective we become.

Self-consciousness interferes with the ability to perform any complex task.

By defining precisely when we’re going to undertake a behavior, we reduce the amount of energy we have to expend to get it done.

If you have to consciously think for very long about doing something, it’s unlikely you’ll end up doing it for very long.

When you make a commitment to someone else to change a specific behavior, it creates a higher level of accountability.