The negative examples always spread farther and faster than the positive examples. In a world this big, you'll find at least one negative example eve… - James Clear

Measure your success against others and you'll be unhappy when they win—and less likely to receive help from them due to your jealousy.

Measure your success against yourself and you can be happy when others win—and more likely to receive help from them thanks to your support.

One of my hopes is to age into a better mindset.

The general trend seems to become less open minded, less resilient, less capable of handling change with ease and flexibility as the years roll by.

I hope to grow in the opposite direction. How can my mindset be better today than it was yesterday?

The mind is alive when it is flexible and adaptable. It can be updated, take new form, endure change.

The mind is dead when it is fixed and immovable. It cannot absorb new ideas or thoughts. It is stiff and brittle.

When we lose our ability to adapt, to move with the environment, to tolerate new beliefs and reshape our old ones, our mind is at risk of becoming outdated. The fixed mind becomes a relic.