Both design and people are powerful influences. Awareness of what you have total control of can empower you to make deliberate choices that reflect the reality that you’re the owner of you.

When you’re feeling overwhelmed, chuck the “to-do” list and start “to-be” work. Coping by non-striving is being mindfully attentive.

Assigning meaning is comprehending an experience. Being intelligible is understanding by intellect, not by sense. Since your body is a sensory powerhouse, assigning meaning to what you feel effectively builds skills.

There's a rationale to why dogs chase tails with why bodies seek (or avoid) stimulation. When the neural circuit that moderates boredom is active, it focuses on what not to do. 

Unique components that give life meaning and purpose are what you need in order for you (and possibly your family, friends) to routinely function every day.

At a certain point, tools can contribute to “control mania.” This mania is recognizable when the tool helps…until you “lose” control.

Change begins when you start saying things out loud. The vitality of change involves the willingness to express it. Competency takes practice.