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  Ask an adult, especially if they're struggling in life, what caused them to end up the way they did, ...

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

  Looked at from the heat of combat, war can seem disorganized and chaotic. But ...

  When you think about serendipity, you likely think of strokes of good luck that happen entirely by ...

  When you think about ancient Greek tragedies, you probably think about people in togas spouting ...

During a season of intense stress in history, Carwood Lipton, an elite World War II paratrooper from the ...

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  Humans like starting new things much more than taking care of older things. This is true on both an ...

  When we typically think about learning, we tend to think about being in a structured school, and doing ...

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  The kitchen of a busy restaurant can be a chaotic, frenetic environment. But the best chefs ...

  We typically think of fear as a negative emotion. Something that feels terrible, and not only keeps us ...

Editor's note: This is a guest post by Ben Aldridge.  Several years ago, I found myself in a dark ...

  In an age where endless streams of data, options, and information are available, it can feel like ...

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 ...

Note: Be sure to read our follow-up article on how to be more punctual.  The life of George ...

  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 ...