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On the path to self-improvement, we often first look to addressing our flaws. We try to eradicate the ...

Editor's note: The following excerpt comes from a September 1874 entry in the personal journals of John ...

 Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius was one of the last Stoic philosophers and today is arguably the best ...

When it’s your birthday, you’re thoroughly aware of this fact. It’s at the forefront of your mind. ...

 Self-help gurus, life coaches, and business consultants love to tell us that we must strive for ...

Though something of an iconoclast himself, Fr. Richard Rohr argues that “it is much easier to begin ...

 If you're like most people these days, you probably rely on the turn-by-turn directions given by a ...

 Many of our goals in life -- from losing weight to saving more money -- require willpower. But what is ...

You may have heard the story, often attributed to the Cherokees, in which a grandfather tells his grandson ...

 You've probably experienced a few aha moments in your life. Moments where an idea for a new business or ...

One of the keys of maturing into wisdom is realizing that the laws which govern personal development are ...

 How does the way men experience spirituality differ from the way women engage it? What obstacles ...

 For nearly 400 years, the Comanche tribe controlled the southern plains of America. Even as Europeans ...

Teasing has almost entirely negative connotations these days. It is the word evoked by sullen-faced ...

In recent times, “moderation” has become a dirty word. Our politics, opinions, and lifestyles are ...

 When you think about wit, what comes to mind? Someone who's quick with a funny remark? My guest ...

While figures like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington may come more readily to mind when we think of ...

When navigating the world, our brains often use heuristics, mental shortcuts, to make decisions. One of ...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes once wrote that a people “that shortens its weapons lengthens its ...