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When the CDC reported a few months ago that suicide rates had risen over the last two decades in nearly ...
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Welcome back to our monthly series that summarizes, expands, and riffs on each of the seven ...
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Podcast #443: What Building Your Own Coffin Teaches You About Life, Death, and Meaning
When David Giffels was 50 years old and completely healthy, he decided to build his own coffin with ...
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Henry Rollins’ Iron and the Soul
Editor's note: This essay by Henry Rollins was originally published in Details Magazine in 1994. Iron ...
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Podcast #440: The 3 Great Untruths That Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve likely seen headlines about the tumultuous ...
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The Spartan Way: The Mindset and Tactics of a Battle-Ready Warrior
This article series is now available as a professionally formatted, distraction free ebook to read ...
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Podcast #438: Developing Real-World Situational Awareness
If you found yourself in a situation with a violent attacker, would you know what to do? While it's ...
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The 7 Habits: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Welcome back to our monthly series that summarizes, expands, and riffs on each of the seven ...
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Podcast #436: The Worth of War
You’ve probably heard that Edwin Starr song “War, What is It Good For?” Well, my guest today ...
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Podcast #435: How to Achieve Hyperfocus
We all want to be more productive. And when we buckle down to do so, we typically try to figure out ...
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The Spartan Way: Manhood Is a Journey
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Podcast #434: Legendary Coach John Wooden’s Secrets of Leadership
John Wooden has been called the greatest coach of all time. During his tenure as coach of the UCLA ...
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Podcast #433: The Adventure of Silence
We live in an age of noise. Not just audible noise, but visual noise. It seems like you can’t go ...
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The Spartan Way: An Introduction
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The 10 Commandments of Success
Editor's note: The following excerpt on the "The Ten Commandments of Success" is taken from The ...
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Podcast #431: How Everything Is Funny Now, and Why That’s Terrible
No matter where you look these days, someone is trying to make you laugh. Advertisers, politicians, ...
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Podcast #429: Taking Control of the Brain Chemical That Drives Excitement, Motivation, and More
Why do you feel so motivated and excited about tackling a new project at first, but then get bored and ...
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Unarmed Self-Defense From WWII
Editor's note: The following selections were excerpted from FM 21-150: Unarmed Defense for the American ...
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Podcast #427: The Excellence Dividend
In today's hyper-competitive market in which technology is eating jobs, what sets the successful ...
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There Is No Indispensable Man
Before my great-grandfather, William M. Hurst, died, he self-published a short memoir of his life ...
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