Research shows that “only 6 percent of people work in the profession they aspired to in childhood” and a third of people end up in a career that has … - Eric Barker

a healthy mind tells itself flattering lies.

Mentoring a young person is four times more predictive of happiness than your health or how much money you make.

Without institutional obligations, the upkeep of friendships require must be very deliberate...

However, the weakness of friendship is also the source of its immeasurable strength. Why do true friendships make us happier than spouses or children? Because they're always a deliberate choice, never an obligation...

Someone does not cease to be your parent, boss, or spouse because you stop liking them. Friendship is more real because either person can walk away at any time. Its fragility proves its purity.