Without acknowledging the ever-present gaze of death, the superficial will appear important, and the important will appear superficial. - Mark Manson

The best investments are the things no one can take away from you: knowledge, experience, mindset, attitude.

If your values aren’t tested, they’re not real. If they don’t cost you, they don’t matter.

With great power comes great responsibility.” It is true. But there’s a better version of this quote, a version that actually is profound, and all you have to do is switch the nouns around: “With great responsibility comes great power.” The more we choose to accept responsibility in our lives, the more power we will exercise over our lives. Accepting responsibility for our problems is thus the first step to solving them.