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Jack London followed up the resounding success of The Call of the Wild with two more popular novels: The ...
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Full article The Life of Jack London as a Case Study in the Power and Perils of Thumos — #1: Introduction
“Jack London was the type of man to have commanded other men. [He has] eyes to inflame youth, inspire men, ...
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How to Use Valet Parking (Without Looking Like an Idiot)
It's a standard scene in television and film that's designed to show what a smooth, cool dude the ...
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How and Why to Become a Lifelong Learner
For the first twenty-two years or so of our lives, our main “job” is learning. The bulk of ...
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Editor's Note: This week's post on thumos brought to mind this Manvotional. Tom Brown’s School Days was ...
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What Is a Man? The Allegory of the Chariot
What is a man? What sort of man should I be? What does it mean to live a good life? What is the best way ...
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Manvotional: Jack London on Success
Editor's note: We've recently been researching the life of Jack London for a future post(s), and came ...
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The Art of Manliness Podcast #41: The Gentlemen & The Roughs With Dr. Lorien Foote
Welcome back to another episode of the Art of Manliness podcast! A few months ago we did a massive ...
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Personal Responsibility 102: The Importance of Owning Up to Your Mistakes and How to Do It
Yesterday we discussed the cognitive blind spots our brains generate that can make it difficult for us to ...
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In Part I of this two-part series we explored the first once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of the ...
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