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

There’s a giant vacuum nozzle that hangs over your head day and night. Manufactured by  Some Day ...

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 Losing stinks. Nobody wants to suffer defeat in a game, flunk a test, or get passed over for a ...

 Today, it's hard to go very long without hearing about special operations forces like the Army's Green ...

I’m in the midst of a project to read a biography of every president. With most of the men, there’s a ...

 Studying philosophy can be a metaphorical journey into wisdom. My guest today experienced ...

 This is a re-broadcast. The episode originally ran in October 2018.  Do your days seem like a ...

It’s September, which means millions of young people around the world are headed back to ...

 When people start on a self-development journey, they'll sometimes create a bucket list -- all the ...

 For thousands of years, the study of rhetoric was a fundamental part of a man's education. ...

These famous speeches lifted hearts in dark times, gave hope in despair, refined the characters of men, ...

 Maria Konnikova, who has her Ph.D in psychology and studies human behavior, had never played poker when ...

Friedrich Nietzsche is one of history's most misinterpreted philosophers, and it isn't hard to understand ...

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

 Life isn't an easy road to navigate. We're moody creatures, susceptible to an array of ...

 When he was nine years old in 1872, Black Elk, a member of the Lakota tribe, had a near-death ...

 Have you found it harder and harder to sit with a good book for long periods of time without ...

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

 To be a great success in business, you need to have a compelling vision, create a well-thought-out ...