If you are really intent on improving your life, the first step is to become aware of the weaknesses which may be hindering your progress and preventing your evolution: your insatiable appetites, your stubbornness, your grimness, and your reluctance to change.

Although it sometimes seems easier to me to climb the rungs of the career ladder out there in the real world, if I merely sacrifice my domestic life, I am only trying to fool myself. I should accept the fact that my domestic life is the true basis and foundation of my development. All my career endeavors and success will be even more rewarding if they are supported by a safe, warm personal life.