Like many other interesting and insightful comments here on the thread. My take on advice I have heard, received and then condensed into a single sentence which

Like many other interesting and insightful comments here on the thread. My take on advice I have heard, received and then condensed into a single sentence which benefits me the most at the current time. -> 1. Advice I have received: Only Constant in Life Is Change “When you are finished changing, you are finished”. - Benjamin Franklin “Heraclitus, I believe, says that all things pass and nothing stays, and comparing existing things to the flow of a river, he says you could not step twice into the same river.” – Plato -> 2. My advice: Get to know yourself, but be honest with yourself! Over the years, I have listened to podcasts and read numerous books about individuals who have achieved "success" by definition and trying to understand what got them there. Then general topics such as happiness, peak performance, personal development, introspection, ego, endurance, motivation etc etc etc. Combining my own experience (happiness, sadness, success, failure, disappointment ... n emotions) + Insight into other people's experience. ... Listening to a motivational speech or being enlightened by everyone else's advice will feel good in the short term (hour, day, week) as a great hit of dopamine while imagining yourself being {productive, organized, admired, respected, X, Y, Z}. However some advice/motivation will hit home harder than others / last longer or shorter depending on who you are as a person. In my view, to maximize advice of others. Begin to really understand yourself and acknowledge every shortcoming and celebrate your virtues. TLDR; Only Constant in Life Is Change, Know yourself well to flexibly change with life as it changes.