Over the long run, the unglamorous habit of frequency fosters both productivity and creativity.

Give warm greetings and farewells. I was surprised by how much this resolution changed the atmosphere of my home.

We become strong by embracing vulnerability, we dare more greatly when we acknowledge our fear.

Watching TV is companionable: you share an experience, you can comment on the action here and there for a bit of conversation it's a way of showing someone that you want his or her company and engaging in a low-key, pleasant, undemanding way.

Self awareness is a key to self mastery.

Happy people make people happy, but I ca' make someone be happy, and no one else can make me happy.

In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find - and I hear from other people that they agree - that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness.

People are powerfully moved by imagination, belief, and knowledge. They can consider the past and future. They can make changes in their behavior out of reason in a way that animals can't do.

We can use decision-making to choose the habits we want to form, use willpower to get the habit started, then - and this is the best part - we can allow the extraordinary power of habit to take over. At that point, we're free from the need to decide and the need to use willpower.

Most decisions don't require extensive research.