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  There are thousands of books, podcasts, and social media posts about how to be more productive, ...

  In 1981, Time magazine stated: "If you are ever in a crucial life-changing negotiation, the ...

Much has been made of the increasing number of Americans living alone (in 1960, single-person households ...

  In the modern age, people are bombarded with more information, and are more personally responsible for ...

In 1826, John Stuart Mill had an existential crisis. He fell into a deep depression and contemplated ...

  Whenever you get into an argument, whether you're discussing politics with a colleague or the ...

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

Have you ever wondered why it is that being called a coward is considered such a grave insult? It’s ...

  Friedrich Nietzsche is famous for espousing a philosophy that may be a help in wrestling with ...

  The Medal of Honor is the military's highest and most prestigious decoration and is awarded to a ...

  When you look back on the moments you regret most in your life, a fair number of them likely involved ...

  During World War II, Henry Beecher, an anesthesiologist serving in the U.S. Army, noticed that 32% of ...

  Teddy Atlas was born to a well-respected doctor in a wealthy part of Staten Island. Most kids like him ...

  “We were young citizen-soldiers, terribly naive and gullible about what we would be confronted with ...

Welcome back to our occasional, ongoing series exploring the nature of envy.  In the previous ...

  When it comes to making behavior change around diet and exercise, it's no secret that many people fail ...

  If you're someone who's a decade or two out from your high school graduation, do you ever find ...

  Why do corrupt people end up in power? By way of an answer, you probably think of that famous quote ...

You’ve likely got some bad habits you’d like to get rid of. Overeating. Smoking. Scrolling ...

  Do you ever feel like the time we live in feels flat, complacent, timid, conformist, populated by ...