There is such pressure in the West to be likable that people often reconfigure their entire personality depending on the person they’re dealing with. - Mark Manson

"Life is essentially an endless series of problems," the panda told me.

Action isn’t just the effect of motivation; it’s also the cause of it. Most

Good values are 1) reality-based, 2) socially constructive, and 3) immediate and controllable. Bad values are 1) superstitious, 2) socially destructive, and 3) not immediate or controllable. Good, healthy values are achieved internally. Something like creativity or humility that can be experienced right now. You simply have to orient your mind in a certain way to experience it. These values are immediate and controllable and engage you with the world as it is rather than how you wish it were. Bad values are generally reliant on external events.