When risk is a challenge, fear becomes a compass — literally pointing people in the direction they need to go next - Steven Kotler

The one commonality was encouragement, a lot of encouragement. In each case, there was a parent or close relative who rewarded any display of talent, and ignored or punished the opposite. Prodigies, it seemed, were made, not born.

Flirting has to be the original form of guerrilla marketing, from back before markets even existed.

Flow is more than an optimal state of consciousness — one where we feel our best and perform our best — it also appears to be the only practical answer to the question: What is the meaning of life? Flow is what makes life worth living.