Quick. Don’t overthink it. What’s your core value? You only get to choose one. Well, choose five or ten or twenty at first if you want. But then narrow the list down until you have the one. Why? Because knowing what drives you will help you make sense to yourself, and make every other decision so much easier. Don’t believe us? Give this edition of Doing What Works a listen and you’ll see (I mean hear!) what we mean.

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You bring your own weather to the picnic [https://gretchenrubin.com/2012/01/happiness-interview-harlan-coben-i-got-to-know-harlan-coben-through-the-internet-1-whats-a-simple-activity-that/].

The most important metric to track is personal energy [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/did-you-know-goals-are-fo_b_7719012].

Everything is energy [https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/05/16/everything-energy/].

Living a meaningful life, by definition, means you’re going to give some things up [https://www.amazon.com/Excellent-Sheep-Miseducation-American-Meaningful/dp/1494502909].