Failure is an inescapable part of life and a critically important part of any successful life. We learn to walk by falling, to talk by babbling, to s…

- Tal Ben-Shahar

When you appreciate the good, the good appreciates.

- Tal Ben-Shahar

Attaining lasting happiness requires that we enjoy the journey on our way toward a destination we deem valuable. Happiness is not about making it to …

- Tal Ben-Shahar

Learn to fail or fail to learn

- Tal Ben-Shahar

We can only learn to deal with failure by actually experiencing failure, by living through it. The earlier we face difficulties and drawbacks, the be…

- Tal Ben-Shahar

There are some people who always feel happy. They're called psychopaths

- Tal Ben-Shahar

Perfectionism and optimalism are not distinct ways of being, an either-or choice, but rather they coexist in each person. And while we can move from …

- Tal Ben-Shahar

Incremental change is better than ambitious failure. . . .Success feeds on itself.

- Tal Ben-Shahar

Happiness is the overall experience of pleasure and meaning

- Tal Ben-Shahar