And so it’s a subtle balance: 1.​You have a bold vision for the future pulling you forward. 2.​Yet . . . you’re happy in the NOW. - Vishen Lakhiani

Amy Wrzesniewski, associate professor of organizational behavior at Yale University, has been studying a classification system that can help you recognize your orientation toward your work and attain greater job satisfaction. She defines work in three ways: 1.​A JOB is a way to pay the bills. It’s a means to an end, and you have little attachment to it. 2.​A CAREER is a path toward growth and achievement. Careers have clear ladders for upward mobility. 3.​A CALLING is work that is an important part of your life and provides meaning. People with a calling are generally more satisfied with the work they do.

If so much of what we call life is mostly created by our thoughts and beliefs, then much of what we take to be real — all the constructs, rules, and “shoulds” of the culturescape — is nothing more than an accidental tweak of history.

Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived. — JAMES J. LACHARD,
ON WHAT IS MOST SURPRISING ABOUT HUMANITY