Do not be a passive observer of your life, waiting for things to happen to you. Instead, be engaged, take ownership of your life.

From the book [[predictably-irrational]], there is an idea of emotional reasoning, where you make decisions because of your emotions. The problem is that your emotions are quite mallebale, so they are not good for making decisions. For example, I don't feel like working out as a reason to not work out. You can accept this fate, or change your emotions so you do want to workout. If you want to do something, but your emotions are stopping you, then instead of focusing on achieving the thing, focus on changing your emotions.

You cannot accomplish anything without growth. You are born as a baby with absolutely nothing. If you did not grow you would be crawling around on the floor your entire life, being unable to understand or be understood.