Arnav

“Self-esteem is an essential psychological need—no one can live with the conviction that they are fundamentally no good, so people who lack the real thing attempt to fake it.”
― Edwin A. Locke, The Selfish Path to Romance: How to Love with Passion and Reason

“Walk through the pages of a book and
You’ll find characters, like old friends
In the corridors of time—”
― गुलज़ार, Half a Rupee: Stories

“What I “discovered” was that happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not something that money can buy or power command. It does not depend on outside events, but, rather, on how we interpret them. Happiness, in fact, is a condition that must be prepared for, cultivated, and defended privately by each person. People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy.”
― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

“Research shows that if you spend too much time imagining the outcome, you’re less motivated to actually do the work to get there.”
― Michael Bungay Stanier, The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever