There are several ways to mess up your life by fighting to make your calendar age match your felt age. I live in the Southwest, a part of the country with more than its share of fair skies, material wealth,… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Imagine what you'd do if it absolutely didn't matter what people thought of you. Got it? Good. Never go back. — Martha Beck Copy Share
In one century, we've added 28 years to our average life span - a change so rapid that our brains couldn't possibly have evolved… — Martha Beck Copy Share
If I tell a man he needs to quit his soul-sucking job, he has to go home and fight with his wife or fight… — Martha Beck Copy Share
I was learning to track rhinoceroses in Africa and tracked right up on an animal that really I thought was going to kill me. — Martha Beck Copy Share
There has never been, and never will be, anyone who sees, thinks, or responds exactly the way you do. Whether you’re revolutionizing physics or… — Martha Beck Copy Share
Most of my clients don't realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues. — Martha Beck Copy Share
The power to bring me out of solitude - or to push me back into it - had never belonged to another person. It… — Martha Beck Copy Share
Learning to quit while you're not ahead, when the dull ooze of depression tells you things are not going to get any better, is… — Martha Beck Copy Share
The important thing is to tell yourself a life story in which you, the hero, are primarily a problem solver rather than a helpless… — Martha Beck Copy Share
A joyful life isn’t about others; it’s about the brightness that is associated with being alive. Your path to it is through anything that… — Martha Beck Copy Share
Fear is the raw material from which courage is manufactured. Without it, we wouldn't even know what it means to be brave. — Martha Beck Copy Share
Many people think passion is a fuzzy feeling that makes taking action effortless. In fact, it's the gritty courage and tenacity to forge onward. — Martha Beck Copy Share
