2024.04.07 [Master of change]_ 16-18p

-We'll learn about fascinating new research showing that the core of what makes us who we are lies not in our thoughts but in our feelings and the behaviors that give rise to them.

-Interesting opportunities may be calling you from the sides, but when you are on a road, the goal is to stay on the road, to get where you are going as fast as you can.

-A road resists time and the elements, building up tension until eventually it cracks and crumbles. A path embraces change and is constantly rerouting itself accordingly. Though at first a road may seem stronger, a path is far more robust, durable, and persistent.

-Cultivating a strong and enduring sense of self means treating your life like a path.

-Fortunately, the same science agrees that we can also become stronger and grow from change, and that much about how we navigate it is behavioral; that is, it can be developed and practiced, which is what the rest of this book is about.