The pressure to achieve can lead to a cycle of constant striving, where success feels unsatisfying and leads to further pressure.

Keeping up with societal expectations can lead to financial strain and prevent you from achieving true happiness.

Objectives should feel uncomfortable and uncertain; if you're sure you'll achieve them, you're not pushing hard enough.

If you're trying to create something that doesn't improve people's lives, you should expect to fail.

To effectively change habits, you need incentives, whether positive or negative. Self-control is overrated, and setting up external commitments can help reinforce your goals, as I did when I announced my intention to start a company to my colleagues.

Real change comes from desire and understanding, not from forcing yourself to change.

Good intentions alone are insufficient for large organizations; effective mechanisms are necessary to ensure consistent values and principles across the company.

If you compromise your true self to cater to what you think the audience wants, it often leads to failure.

Maintaining energy and drive in social movements is crucial, as initial enthusiasm can fade if not continually nurtured.