Quote of the Day

“When we recognize that we don’t have all the time in the world, we see our priorities most clearly.” — Laura Carstensen, Older people are happier

Quote of the Day

“Anger is like gasoline. If you spray it around and somebody lights a match, you’ve got an inferno. [But] if we can put our anger inside an engine, it can drive us forward.” — Scilla Elworthy, Fighting with non-violence

Quote of the Day

“There are thousands and thousands of people out there leading lives of quiet, screaming desperation, where they work long, hard hours at jobs they hate to enable them to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.” — Nigel Marsh, How to make work-life balance work

Quote of the Day

“If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average.” — Shawn Achor, The happy secret to better work

Quote of the Day

“If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.” — Simon Sinek, How great leaders inspire action

Quote of the Day

“When you can’t smoke, if you stand and stare out of the window on your own, you’re an antisocial, friendless idiot. If you stand and stare out of the window on your own with a cigarette, you’re a fucking philosopher.” — Rory Sutherland, Perspective is everything

Quote of the Day

“Reality isn’t a particularly good guide to human happiness.” — Rory Sutherland, Perspective is everything

Quote of the Day

“The circumstances of our lives actually matter less to our happiness than the sense of control we feel over our lives.” — Rory Sutherland, Perspective is everything

Quote of the Day

“[It’s] the lens through which your brain views the world that shapes your reality.” — Shawn Achor, The happy secret to better work