Novelist and writer Marguerite Yourcenar on helping others become who they are and not who we want them to be: “Our great mistake is to try to exact from each person virtues which he does not possess, and to neglect the cultivation…

“Stress only happens when you resist life’s events. If you’re neither pushing life away, nor pulling toward you, then you are not creating any resistance. You are simply present. In this state, you are just witnessing and experiencing the events…

“Many people view their habits and routines as obstacles or, at the very least, obligations to get through. Making the morning coffee, driving your kids to the next activity, preparing the next meal—we often see our routines as chores to…

Sister Elizabeth Kenny—a self-trained nurse who made major contributions to the treatment of polio and provided care during World War I—discusses anger: “He who angers you, conquers you.” Source: Sister Kenny

“Busy is a decision. We do the things we want to do, period. If we say we are too busy, it is just shorthand for the thing being “not important enough” or “not a priority.” Busy is not a badge.…

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences; all events are blessings given to us to learn from. There is no need to…

In the beginning, your skills are raw, your knowledge is sparse, and you lack experience. At best, you will be able to produce work that is “just okay.” And even then, you’ll only manage to reach “just okay” by giving…

If there’s one thing most CFOs likely learned in 2020, it’s that you can’t plan for everything. That’s why Christina Spade, the executive vice president and CFO at AMC Networks, keeps things in perspective: “I always like to say, whenever…