That kind of flexibility helps people sustain change, and it's also a way of treating yourself with kindness and respect.

When you know who you are, and live it, you are at home in the world.

Discipline really means our ability to get ourselves to do things when we don't want to.

That's what makes it a resolution. It's more likely to succeed if you go through all of these steps before you make the resolution.

Realize a resolution is a decision. It needs to come from inside, rather than what somebody else thinks.

If we lived the plans we do more as bets than as forecasts, we would be less anxious and more prepared for the unexpected.