These are excerpts from the author’s book “Deep,” which contains eight of his small books published in the form of Wisdom Literature covering different aspects of life: Facing troublemakers, dealing with pain, personal financial issues, gastronomy, reading, criticizing, inspiring, and feeling always good to go.

Series 2: You Are Always Good to Go

Week 18: You Are Always Good to Do Something

• The question is not whether to go or stay. It is rather, Where should I go and how?

• Deeply believe in your present; you are always the best current version of yourself.

• Encouraging supporters are sources of hope; frustrating people should be a source of challenge and determination.

• Perfection is impossible; it is always about the acceptable level of imperfection.

• Compare yourself to yesterday’s version; feel grateful for improvement and for opportunities to have learned lessons.

• Take care of your pride along the way; never let anyone violate it, and do not overestimate it.

• You are always good to do something: to go, to wait, to have a break. Just be careful in selecting the proper action, and make sure you are most positive about that action.

• To discover your strength, avoid gazing too much at others and take a deep look inside yourself.

• Do not feel afraid to discover your weaknesses in order to address and handle these weaknesses, and do not let them frustrate you.

• Do not let the presence of others affect your decision to go somewhere. We cannot eliminate people who are in our way in life, so how can we imagine eliminating them from their ways?

• Always believe that tomorrow you could do better and yesterday you could not have done better.

• Complimentary words from people are good sources for encouragement, and their criticism has an unavoidable negative impact in one way or another. However, do not let your level of self-esteem be determined by others.

• It is never that you are bad; it is always that you could get better.

• Sometimes, all you need to do to feel better is to reevaluate your current status.

• If assessing your situation reveals hidden undesired issues, you should not let yourself feel worse; be grateful that you have learned what you must tackle and improve.

• You are the one who knows better how far you are good. However, consider trustworthy opinions from people around you.