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  Many a man has been impressed by the ingenuity of secret agent operations, and intrigued by the ...

  Note: This is a rebroadcast. You may think of anxiety as a reaction, a feeling, or a disorder. My ...

Last week we explored Plato's allegory of the chariot, which the ancient philosopher used to explain the ...

Nothing is as fatiguing as the continued hanging on of an uncompleted task. —William James You probably ...

Has life been feeling flat?  Do you not get the same pleasure from activities you once ...

You walk down your driveway to your mailbox.  You open it up and start sorting through your ...

  Twenty years ago, it didn't seem like a burdensome task to write a handwritten letter to a loved one. ...

  Dante's Divine Comedy is considered one of the greatest works of literature ever written. The poem not ...

  In a world that celebrates overnight success, it's easy to forget that very often, achieving your ...

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. ...

Emotions play a central role in how you experience life.  If you frequently feel angry, depressed, ...

  Anyone who's ever tried to lose weight, curb their temper, quit smoking, or alter any other habit in ...

  People sometimes ask me what I think of video games. I think that, in moderation, they're a fine ...

"I need your John Hancock." "He's the prodigal son of our family." "That job was like working in the ...

  In 2016, David Sax wrote a book called The Revenge of Analog, which made the case that even as we ...

Over the years, I've tried to implement various morning and evening routines. The goal of these ...

  You've heard of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. But did you know that its author, ...

  When Kate was growing up, her grandfather often told her that when he was serving on a Navy ship ...

  There are two parts of the mind: the conscious and the unconscious. While the former dominates your ...

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