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When the famous war correspondent Ernest Pyle was four years old, he came across a bunch of roses growing ...

 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 ...

During World War II, General Dwight D. Eisenhower would have his staff study certain problems and then ...

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

Did you know that practicing gratitude helps you sleep better at night? That meditation reduces ...

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

The prospect of finding success in this world can feel rather daunting and demoralizing. Every job opening ...

Man A boasts of how seldom he checks his phone, and shakes his head about how addicted people are to their ...

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In the novel Moonraker, Ian Fleming writes that in rigorously preparing for another dangerous and ...

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

Have you ever had a heated disagreement with a significant other over text? You were sure an inherent flaw ...

  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 ...