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Editor's note: This is a guest post by Ben Aldridge.  Several years ago, I found myself in a dark ...

In an age where endless streams of data, options, and information are available, it can feel like every ...

During WWII, it could take a soldier two weeks to get home, with days spent slowly traveling by ship ...

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

There’s a giant vacuum nozzle that hangs over your head day and night. Manufactured by  Some ...

“If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void: ‘Nothing in ...

Note: Be sure to read our follow-up article on how to be more punctual.  The life of George ...

Losing stinks. Nobody wants to suffer defeat in a game, flunk a test, or get passed over for a promotion. ...

Today, it's hard to go very long without hearing about special operations forces like the Army's Green ...

During Odysseus’ epic journey back home, he encounters many obstacles that threaten to push him off ...

95% of people say that they're self-aware. But only 10-15% of people actually are. As my guest today ...

I’m in the midst of a project to read a biography of every president. With most of the men, ...

Studying philosophy can be a metaphorical journey into wisdom. My guest today experienced it ...

When Ed Pepping, a combat medic with E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne — the famous ...

This is a re-broadcast. The episode originally ran in October 2018.  Do your days seem like a ...

In times past, desert nomads kept detailed maps of where oases existed across the scorching landscapes ...

It’s September, which means millions of young people around the world are headed back to ...

When people start on a self-development journey, they'll sometimes create a bucket list -- all the things, ...

For thousands of years, the study of rhetoric was a fundamental part of a man's education. ...

These famous speeches lifted hearts in dark times, gave hope in despair, refined the characters of men, ...