The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything

Do Anything

I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

—THE NUMBER ONE REGRET OF THE DYING, REPORTED BY A PALLIATIVE NURSE IN THE GUARDIAN

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

—STEVE JOBS

Remind yourself. Nobody built like you. You design yourself.

—JAY Z