Mind

We are oarsmen aboard galleys, straining our muscles to keep our ships on a certain azimuth, enduring our labors in foaming and swelling seas, while being buffeted by the storms… read more

The happiness of your life depends on your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly and take care you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature Marcus Aurelius This past summer,… read more

Is college worth the price? Will college be a waste of time? These are questions that people today ask themselves starting in high school, perhaps more than at any point… read more

“A Passage For Trumpet” is a Twilight Zone episode that originally aired on May 20th, 1960. It involves a depressed alcoholic who commits suicide and is given a second chance… read more

Meditation is quite possibly the biggest quick fix for your life that you’re neglecting. The actual time and self discipline required to mediate is miniscule in comparison to other important activities like… read more

An expert in classical Chinese once wrote that ancient texts occasionally feature characters that appear once, and only once, in the existing literature.  The linguistic term for such words or… read more

Belief is only useful where facts do not exist. Where facts exist, they are all that matter when attempting to assess a situation. Anyone who latches onto a story that… read more

Sitting in a bar booth in the not-too-distant past, I listened to someone speak of his grandiose plans to break into the restaurant industry. I have heard this plan so… read more

 “Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.” -Larry Ellison On April 11 (or April 29) 711 AD, an army… read more

Jared Diamond’s masterful Collapse:  How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeed is a collection of case studies of societies that were unable or unwilling to correct defects which ultimately led to… read more