Daniel Levitin Has More Insights Per Page

My Friends Tell Me That I Have A Tendency To Point Out Problems Without Offering Solutions, But They Never Tell Me What I Should Do About It.

Part Of Us Believes The New Car Is Better Because It Lasts Longer. But, In Fact, That's The Worst Thing About The New Car. It Will Stay Around To Disappoint You, Whereas A Trip To Europe Is Over. It Evaporates. It Has The Good Sense To Go Away, And You Are Left With Nothing But A Wonderful Memory.

Variety Improves The Things That We Do Too Often, But It Rules The Things That We Don't Do Often Enough.

Your Emotions Are Meant To Fluctuate, Just Like Your Blood Pressure Is Meant To Fluctuate. It's A System That's Supposed To Move Back And Forth, Between Happy And Unhappy. That's How The System Guides You Through The World.

No One Likes To Be Criticized, Of Course, But If The Things We Successfully Strive For Do Not Make Our Future Selves Happy, Or If The Things We Unsuccessfully Avoid Do, Then It Seems Reasonable (if Somewhat Ungracious) For Them To Cast A Disparaging Glance Backward And Wonder What The Hell We Were Thinking.