3-2-1: On practice, the soap opera of your life, and the danger of choosing the easy path

If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.

After a lifetime of blaming others, it is exceedingly difficult for us to finally acknowledge that the only person who has consistently been in all the scenes of that long-running soap opera we call our life is us, and, as a necessary corollary, that we bear some large responsibility for how the drama is turning out.

Whenever you are stuck searching for the optimal plan, remember: Getting started changes everything.

Strangely, life gets harder when you try to make it easy.

Easy has a cost.

Be forgiving with your past self. What's done is done. Take the lessons with you and release the guilt.

Be strict with your present self. Win the moment in front of you right now.

Be flexible with your future self. There are many paths to success. You don't need life to be a certain way to live well.

If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.