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 When he was nine years old in 1872, Black Elk, a member of the Lakota tribe, had a near-death ...

 Have you found it harder and harder to sit with a good book for long periods of time without ...

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 To be a great success in business, you need to have a compelling vision, create a well-thought-out ...

 There has been a lot of civil and political upheaval lately, and what makes the ...

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

 Editor's Note: This is a re-broadcast. This episode was originally published in February ...

 When someone is struggling with a seemingly easy problem, someone else might say, "Come on, it's ...

  Editor's note: The following excerpt -- "How to Acquire Good Manners" by Bentley Bates -- was ...

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 We've all asked "what if" questions about our life: What if I had majored in art instead of business? ...

 According to Silicon Valley, self-driving cars are the future of transportation. Instead of owning and ...

On usual occasions we make a practice of stopping an occupation as soon as we meet the first effective layer ...

 Which branch of the military has the toughest training course for its officers and special operators is ...

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

I got my first journal when I was ten years old.  My entries were short descriptions of my day. ...

 When it comes to how you're perceived in your professional life, it's likely you want to be ...

 War is about many things: glory, violence, courage, destruction. But at its heart is death. Each side ...

We all have that friend or relative who tells the same stories over and over. As soon as he or she gets ...

My favorite Homeric epic is the Odyssey. I've lost track of the number of times I've read it. While the ...