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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 ...

When you think about the word "gentleman," you probably think about the kind of well-mannered, ...

Who am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to do with my life? These are existential questions that ...

You're probably familiar with the mythological tale of Hercules (or "Heracles" as the hero was originally ...

We'd all like more insight about ourselves. Gaining greater self-awareness can allow us to make ...

How many of your life’s ten biggest decisions have you already made? My guest today, behavioral ...

We all encounter moments throughout our day where we have to wait: at the DMV; at the doctor’s office; ...

Emerson famously said "society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its ...

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

 If asked to think about the greatest generals of the ancient world, one name is likely to come to mind ...

When you think about the Amish, the first thing you probably think about is their traditional, ...

 It's hard not to notice how heated and divided our public discourse has gotten, especially online. ...

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