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In times of uncertainty, when a seemingly big decision looms, we often agonize over how to move forward. ...

 Have you come to a point in your life where the pursuits of your younger years no longer seem ...

When we think about our friends and significant others, we sometimes feel to say: “I love X about them, ...

 Have you ever had a period in your athletic or professional career where you kind of felt like you were ...

Confession: For most of my life, I haven’t been a consistent flosser.  Brushing my teeth two ...

When Primo Levi was imprisoned at Auschwitz, he was puzzled to find that a fellow inmate would vigorously ...

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 A few months after Winston Churchill took office as prime minister, the German military began ...

Superstitions — beliefs that are neither directly religious nor logically sound — have surely been ...

 Are you feeling overwhelmed at work? Trying to find a job, but can't seem to get your foot in the door? ...

The project of building your life can profitably be compared to the construction of an edifice. When ...

Editor's note: The following essay (which has been condensed from the original), was written by Elbert ...

 So often in life, we get stuck in a cycle of reaction. We tackle the most urgent tasks. We deal with ...

At the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indy is dangling over a chasm, his father gripping one ...

Your 16-year-old self had hopes, values, dreams — a vision of what your life would be like in the ...

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 Alexander the Great became king of Macedonia at age 19. By age 30 he controlled an empire that spanned ...

The heart of General George S. Patton’s martial strategy centered on aggressive, energetic advancement: ...

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