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One of my favorite books is a two-thousand-year-old text of Hindu scripture called the Bhagavad ...

There have been many books written about courage. About cowardice, however, there has only been one. The ...

How did your 2021 go? Did you accomplish less than you wanted to? Are you hoping to have a more successful ...

It’s a Wonderful Life is arguably the most classic of classic Christmas movies. What’s not to like? ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to ...

Does it feel like the world is out to get you? Does it seem like everyone you know is an ...

You’ve seen it in silver-screen classics. A dapper gentleman suavely and effortlessly helps his date put ...

Do you ever feel like you're spinning your existential wheels in life? That outwardly, you seem to be ...

When it comes to high-stakes endeavors, few are as fraught as brain surgery. One false move and you can ...

Being famous. Knowing someone famous. Getting a laugh after telling a joke. Getting a good grade. Getting ...

When you think of the Navy SEALs, you think of elite special operators who have been tasked with ...

Ask any graphic designer or architect, and they’ll tell you that, much to their chagrin, clients have a ...

Have you been waking up early, writing in your journal, meditating, exercising, drinking eight glasses of ...

In 1872, a group of men that included future Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., father of ...

In 1972, the number of Americans who described themselves as religiously unaffiliated was 5%. In 2018, it ...

Editor's note: Our podcast this week on the benefits of forgetting reminded us of this excerpt — an even ...

Whenever Dr. Scott Small is at a social event and tells people what he does for a living — that he's a ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to ...

We've talked before about the power of using the principle of via negativa to improve your life. Instead ...

A lot of ink has been spilled on time management and productivity hacking; you can find endless tips on ...