Shift Often From Openness To Closure.

Unless A Person Knows How To Give Order To Her Thoughts, Attention Will Be Attracted To Whatever Is Most Problematic At The Moment.

It Is By Being Fully Involved With Every Detail Of Our Lives, Whether Good Or Bad, That We Find Happiness, Not By Trying To Look For It Directly.

In Large Organizations The Dilution Of Information As It Passes Up And Down The Hierarchy, And Horizontally Across Departments, Can Undermine The Effort To Focus On Common Goals.

A Person Can Make Himself Happy, Or Miserable, Regardless Of What Is Actually Happening 'outside,' Just By Changing The Contents Of Consciousness.

There Are Two Main Strategies We Can Try To Improve The Quality Of Life. The First Is To Try Making External Conditions Match Our Goals. The Second Is To Change How We Experience External Conditions To Make Them Fit Our Goals Better.