真正的成长来自于挑战现状,而不仅仅是维持现状。
True growth comes from challenging the status quo, not just maintaining it.
There's a real correlation between a society that tells people that they can do anything, and the existence of low self-esteem. So that's another way in which something quite positive can have a nasty kickback. There is another reason why we might be feeling more anxious --about our careers, about our status in the world today, than ever before. And it's, again, linked to something nice. And that nice thing is called meritocracy.
如果你能让一个女孩跳舞,你就能让她做任何事。
The only constant is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today.
我专注于我需要做的让自己变得伟大。
The best way to own stocks is through an index fund.
让我能够做出人生重大抉择的最主要办法是,记住生命随时都有可能结束。因为几乎所有的东西——所有对自身之外的希求、所有的尊严、所有对困窘和失败的恐惧——在死亡来临时都将不复存在,只剩下真正重要的东西。记住自己随时都会死去,这是我所知道的防止患得患失的最好方法。你已经一无所有了,还有什么理由不跟着自己的感觉走呢。