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Of all the letters you will write during your life, the sympathy note is arguably the hardest to pen. It can ...

Dealing with criticism is a skill every well-adjusted man should possess. We give and take criticism among ...

One technique people have used for centuries to improve themselves is the making of ...

  Romanticism, not in terms of courtship and bouquets of roses, but as a ...

  In Finland, "sisu" is a concept that, while it can't be strictly translated into English, roughly ...

  Unless you're a complete recluse, you probably use your voice many times a day, whether talking to ...

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  Personal responsibility, the ability to own up to one's mistakes, is a foundational element of ...

Self-help books -- which aim to help individuals independently improve some or all aspects of their lives ...

  The Roman army hires a former legionnaire to hunt down a courier and intercept a letter he is ...

It's been posited that, outside Jesus and Shakespeare, no one has been quoted more often than Winston ...

  Many people know Bruce Lee as a martial artist and film star. But he was also a  philosopher, who ...

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

  We all talk to ourselves all the time. This kind of inner dialogue can be a good thing, helping us ...

  When we experience boredom, we tend to experience it as uncomfortable and agitating, and seek to ...

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  We all make many decisions every single day. From little ones like what to eat for breakfast, to ...

  You probably know a young man, or several, who's struggled to transition from adolescence to ...

  When we think about the Renaissance, we think of a great flowering in artistic creativity and ...

We all want to be better than we are today.  And that often requires pushing yourself beyond your ...