Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.
The message of the summoned life is that you don't need to panic if you don't yet know what you want to do with your life. But you probably want to throw yourselves into circumstances where the summons will come.
The daily activity that contributes most to happiness is having dinner with friends. The daily activity that detracts most from happiness is commuting. Eat more. Commute less.
The school asks a person who has achieved a certain level of career success to give you a speech telling you that career success is not important.
