Every day, pick some work that involves physical movement and some that provides inspiration.

Almost every day the news brings a reminder of how limited our view of the future is.

Imagine one thing you might do that would make some of your detractors begin to doubt their ideas about your supposed errors or shortcomings.

If you were to create a story of your live over the next five years based on a cautious, pragmatic projection of the recent past, and another story of the next five years based on a fairy-tale view of your life, the fairy-tale story would serve as a better point of reference for helping you decide what you want to do today.

Sometimes you can discover what you want by looking at what you don’t want.

Any call to action can be phrased as a request for change or as a request to continue an action as it is already being done.

A question that seems impossibly vague may nevertheless have a simple answer.

“Dreams do come true, so dream big!” –Soraya

If you’re playing a concert, don’t start with the most important song. Start with a song that you can play easily even if several things go wrong.

If it is night and there is something you need to look for, it may go faster if you wait for daylight.

If brainstorming so rarely arrives at a solution, it is because it is not connected to either your goals or your capabilities.

Think of one way in which you could simplify your life by making a firm decision.

Make a short list of your memberships and subscriptions.

The largest institutions are so large and so powerful that it is hard for them to imagine that people like you really exist. It is better not to rely on them to make decisions on your behalf.

If you want to learn to make use of the power of attraction, you must learn to recognize and observe attraction. When you can observe attraction, you can adjust your own actions to increase it in some areas and decrease it in others. This is something you cannot do if you approach attraction as a random magical effect, unable to be seen or predicted.

A difficult task may become easier if you visualize yourself working at a task far greater in scope.

“When stressed don’t react, just observe the impulse to react.” —Deepak Chopra

Today, notice how the outside of each building creates a different impression than the rooms inside.

If you want to expand your comfort zone, the best way is to address the cycle of inflammation that is behind most lasting discomfort.

Imagine one thing you could learn that would solve some of your more pressing problems.

Updated versions of excuses aren’t really anything new.

Instead of thinking of “good days” and “bad days,” it may be more accurate to describe them as days with inspiration and days without inspiration.

“You can’t please everyone” — so you have to decide.

“Let sleeping dogs lie” — especially important if you have any tasks or obligations that remain incomplete.

A suggestion from Longwalker: Clean up your back yard. Make it as good as you know how to. Show it to your friends and see what they think of it. Repeat 5 times.

To create space you can use you have to focus on what is already there.

Do you have any boxes that have been sealed for so long that you no longer know what they contain? If so, open one and see what is inside.

If you take a good look at an area of your life for the first time in years, you are likely to be embarrassed at what you see. Don’t focus on the embarrassment, but on what you can change.

You may feel more comfortable after a day spent seeking adventure than after a day spent seeking comfort.

Part of the value you represent for your friends comes from the way you help them focus on productive topics. If you are primarily a distraction, that too may be useful if you can distract your friends from painful and unproductive lines of thought.