Moral Letters
100 - On Popular Authors - Moral Letters for Modern Times
By using your reading as a mirror into your own thoughts, you train yourself to pay attention to your mind.
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Americans Already Work Two Extra Full-Time Jobs
No matter what we are doing, we are now typically simultaneously consuming media in some form.
Moral Letters
099 - On Mourning The Dead - Moral Letters for Modern Times
There is a point beyond which showing patience and understanding no longer demonstrates compassion but rather turns into indulgence that reflects well on neither the recipient nor the giver.
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What the Heck Were they Thinking? (Newsletter 049)
Although it's true we sometimes learn from our own mistakes, it's considerably less embarrassing to use other people's screwups for our teachable moments.
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098 - On Counting On Chance - Moral Letters for Modern Times
The external world provides the canvas on which our lives play out, but we provide both color and picture.
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Some Time-Savers Make Our Lives Worse
It took me a couple decades at work to uncover the great risk in prioritizing getting more things done
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097 - On Our Rotten Times - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Just as advances and accomplishments belong to an age in history, so too do the embarrassments that the next generation take but a few decades to clearly perceive.
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Go Ahead, Become the Bigger Person (Newsletter 048)
Today I'm going to say go ahead and be bigger in every way, with just one little caveat (to come below).
Moral Letters
096 - On Adversity - Moral Letters for Modern Times
The only misfortune you need focus on is the fact that you feel the need to resist and complain.
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What's the Score, America?
We didn't know how completely the credit industry has intertwined itself into the fabric of American life until we were on the ground.
Moral Letters
095 - On Doctrines (Theory) - Moral Letters for Modern Times
The ultimate aim of living well is to understand the value behind our circumstances and to then take deliberate actions in line with reason.
Newsletters
When Suffering Is A Good Thing (Newsletter 047)
When we strive and struggle, when we push beyond our comfort zones, we learn what we can do. In contrast, we do not learn any useful limits sitting on our couches.