Get Character

In 1934, Rear Admiral Richard Byrd spent almost five months living entirely alone in a tiny shack buried ...

Editor's Note: This is a guest article from Kyle Eschenroeder.  Recall a moment of clarity. A ...

Do you ever have moments of terrible realization where you recognize that you're living on ...

When a tragedy -- a serious accident, an unexpected death -- befalls someone, friends and family quickly ...

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

Research, not to mention anecdotal observation, shows that a lot of narcissists end up in ...

A question that has been oft contemplated and discussed, is why it is that Scandinavian countries ...

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

Performances by the actor Steve McQueen in classic films like The Great ...

There are goals in life that seem very attainable. And then there are those which seem practically ...

At the beginning of every new year, people around the world make resolutions for how to better themselves. ...

Maybe you’ve made some resolutions for the year to come. Or perhaps you’re not into New Year’s ...

As one year ends and another begins, it's natural to reflect on both the past and the future -- who we ...

In most areas of your life that you seek to improve, there’s an external metric you can look at in order ...

When asked if they are religious, many people today will say they’re not (often adding that they are, ...

Over his lifetime, Winston Churchill penned a voluminous amount of correspondence, and commonly signed ...

It has long been observed that societies seem to oscillate between periods of peace and plenty, and ...

When you think of areas of life that speak to the soul, and elicit poetry, you likely think ...

In a famous story shared by the writer Anne Lamott, she remembers a time from her childhood in which her ...

In your job, you probably have plenty of administrative work -- managerial and secretarial tasks like ...