“Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.” — Michelangelo

How to be Smarter: “What you do at night matters…the things they did between 6pm and 12pm were what determined their future” — quote from a great read entitled “The Career Ladder Isn’t in the Office.”

How to be Prettier: I am seeing a lot of daisy print for end-of-summer and fall this year: examples here, here and here.

How to be (less) Awkward: Not awkward, just fun: Have any friends turning 29 soon or are 29 now? Send them this.