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Keyword enjoyment keyword time devote your time and energy to things you enjoy. Excellence follows enthusiasm, and doing anything solely for prestige rarely leads to success. If you have passion for pursuing your dreams and if you persevere and if you are committed to helping others you will have a full and consequential life and always have a chance of greatness. And the benefit of your gifts will accrue to yourself, the people you love and to society at large.

— from Fuel (Energy)

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Then refill it with zest, the vibrant inside of a meaningful life, found in almost any activity you bring yourself fully to. Keep the spiritual tank topped, because it powers all the rest. This is the fuel of meaning, and it is fed by your deepest values — the enduring code of conduct that purpose is built upon; devote your time and energy to the things you genuinely enjoy, for excellence reliably follows enthusiasm and rarely follows mere prestige-seeking. Know your refuelers. Make an honest list of what actually gives you energy and what drains it; renew all four dimensions on a schedule, the way an athlete trains and recovers; keep an inventory of your peaks and troughs across a typical week to see your real pattern. — Fuel (Energy)

Keep an inventory of the happy moments you've already had; it makes you grateful, and it quietly reminds you that hard stretches end the way the good ones do. Above all, devote your time and energy to what you enjoy, because excellence follows enthusiasm, and almost nothing done purely for prestige ever satisfies. Satisfaction won't simply fall into your lap, either — you have to create it for yourself, and that takes a bit of motivation. — Enjoy the Flight (Living/Balance/Happiness/Passion)

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