Leigh Bardugo: "There is no shame in starting over. It is the only way most things begin."

Growth is choosing the conversation you're afraid to have.

Don't take anything personally. Even when a situation seems so personal, even if others insult you directly, it has nothing to do with you. Their point of view and opinion come from all the programming they received growing up. When you take things personally, you feel offended and your reaction is to defend your beliefs and create conflict. You make something big out of something so little because you have the need to be right and make everybody else wrong.

The most valuable investment you make is in your own development.