Guest Posts
The World of Work and the Meaning of Life (by Alexander Brunner)
The meaning of life also encompasses the world of work but is not absorbed in it. Meaning in life is where you ask the big questions.
Happiness
These posts cover how we make ourselves happy, and how to combat unhappiness.
Newsletters
What I Learned Negotiating for a Living
I learned how to get what I wanted most of the time. More important than winning, I learned when not to win
Newsletters
The Best Lawyers Are More Plumbers Than Professors
The lawyers who go on to great service realize that learning more theory is not the hard part. The hard part is solving problems in the real world
Newsletters
Is There Pleasure and Profit in Walking to Places?
Is it because we're pressed for time that we don't want to get out of our cars? Or because we don't want to walk?
Newsletters
What Will You Make That Lasts? (Newsletter 073)
There's always someone saying the system doesn't work perfectly. And they're almost always right.
Guest Posts
How to Find Your Way to the Other Side (by Kathryn Eriksen)
You will discover what you knew all along
Newsletters
Looking On the Bright Side (Newsletter 070)
The more you are willing to look honestly at the ugliness in modern life, the more vital it is you add optimism to your mix.
Paradise Found
Slouching Towards Catastrophe (Newsletter 069)
Without deprivation, plenty goes unremarked. Without hardship and suffering, ease is little regarded.
Newsletters
Jump Right In, The Water's Fine (Newsletter 067)
With age comes a certain acceptance, if not wisdom. Because you have seen more, you take the daily outrages less personally. It's not about you, the world is just unfair sometimes.
Newsletters
What Would You Do With 1,000 Hours? (Newsletter 066)
If I was following my own advice, I would say look to the underlying value of things. What is it you really want to accomplish?
Guest Posts
Cool Final Words (by Erek Dorman)
You can die, croak, expire, buy the farm, get your ticket punched, take the dirt nap, push up daisies, pass away, bite the big one, bite the dust, or kick the bucket.
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The Worst Career Advice
The happiest people I know are the ones who learn that success is not measured in money.