Sitting on the tube, I felt like reading but I had left my book at home. I found a half read newspaper and picked it up. Unfortunately or fortunately the article that caught my eye was partly torn so I cant credit the author. Here's the summary of what it said,

Far too often we seek satisfaction with mediocrity from ourselves, and a lot of the time, it creeps in..

We can jump to a mindset that over complicates the solutions to our challenges. We do this when we insist on making a mountain out of a mole hill because a challenge is real.

Lastly, values go AWOL when a lot of money and or status are involved. If we don't establish why we're here and who we're here for at the outset, values vanish when faced with life's challenges.