“Autonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing.”

In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.

Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.

Nothing is meaningless it’s how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.

One key to success is knowing the difference between knowledge and wisdom. One is information from the past while the other is the key to the future.

Leaders should interact with everyone in their organization as if the interaction is being recorded and will be used as a training film on how to treat colleagues, coworkers, and customers.

Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others’ expense … Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.

Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.

Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.

You can’t fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.

Want to change your experience of life? Change the problem to the practice field.

The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.

Peace of Mind? Don’t leave home (or go home) without it.

There are only three things we ‘have to’ do in this world we have to be born, we have to die, and we have to live until we die. Everything else is a choice!

If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.

Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.

We’re creating a TV show of Scrooge, starring Jamie Farr, with Buddy Hackett as Scrooge.

They keep creating new ways to celebrate mediocrity.

In 1967 I entered Harvard as a freshman, confident – in the way that only 17-year-olds are – that I could change the world.

Labor should not be about creating monuments on hills or statues in parks. Labors monuments and statues are when a young person can find a job, when a person with disability can get access to the ordinary life that others take for granted.

Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.

Life is not a means to an end but a series of experiences. Are you creating your series ‘on purpose’ ?

The tax collector must love poor people, he’s creating so many of them.

Permaculture offers a radical approach to food production and urban renewal, water, energy and pollution. It integrates ecology, landscape, organic gardening, architecture and agro-forestry in creating a rich and sustainable way of living.