Moral Letters
107 - On Accepting The Inevitable - Moral Letters for Modern Times
By thinking on all the things that can happen to you, you prepare yourself to deal with them appropriately.
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What if Ray Dalio is Right? (Newsletter 053)
Do you think we can face our challenges honestly? Will we allow division and internal struggles to lead to decline?
Moral Letters
106 - On Thoughts And Actions - Moral Letters for Modern Times
To the extent we feel it necessary to judge motivations in business, we are comfortable to infer motive from actions.
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105 - On Treading Safely - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Remember that being polite costs you nothing while being indifferent may cost you everything.
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A Solution to the College Debt Crisis (Newsletter 052)
Because of the intense societal pressure pushing kids to go to college, among high school graduates aged 16 to 24, around 70% are enrolled in college. But did you know that fully 40% of them never complete their degree?
Moral Letters
104 - On Self-Care - Moral Letters for Modern Times
There is no distance we should not travel to take a cure for what ails us. But I would have you reflect that no amount of travel will help us if we are treating the wrong illness.
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103 - On The Greatest Threat - Moral Letters for Modern Times
You are never closer to danger than in the presence of your fellow humans.
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You Aren't What You Eat (Newsletter 051)
The more we learn about nutrition, the more we learn that our inputs do not directly correlate to outputs.
Moral Letters
102 - On What Survives Us - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Serving as an example is more powerful than lingering in memory.
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A Guide to the Best Methods of Tire Disposal
I suppose there may be some official rules about this, so don't take my advice if you have tires to dispose of yourself.
Moral Letters
101 - On Making Plans - Moral Letters for Modern Times
The fact that you may not achieve all that you plan for is reason only to be prepared for failure, not failing to plan and refusing to try.
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How's Your Moral Hygiene? (Newsletter 050)
When it comes to achieving good health, people have followed physical hygiene practices for over a century with good results, dietary hygiene practices for half that time with decidedly mixed results, and mental hygiene practices for a few decades with promising results.