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Mar 3, 2025
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Purpose & Life Nuggets
Mark Manson
How to Wage Philosophical WarfareYou’ve probably heard the words “modernism” and “postmodernism” before.
Mar 13, 2023
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Mar 13, 2023
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Ryan Holiday
Here’s How I’m Preparing For The Next Four YearsI can’t predict the future, but I feel pretty confident in predicting that the next four years are going to be crazy.
Feb 17
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Feb 17
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Dan Koe
How To Thrive With Multiple InterestsBy the time you graduate school, your mind exists in a box. But you’re different. You want more. Here’s how you thrive.
Feb 15
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Feb 15
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Mark Manson
6 Memoirs That Will Make You Think Differently About the WorldI remember back in high school, my English teacher had a cheesy saying, “We read books because we can never know enough people.” It’s one…
Jan 13
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Jan 13
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Counter Arts
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Jess the Avocado
What Makes Book Clubs So Important?Hard to find in person, underreached online, a book club may be what you are missing in your life
Dec 30, 2024
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Dec 30, 2024
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Books Are Our Superpower
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Anangsha Alammyan
I Learned to Master Time Management From These BooksWe all have the same 24 hours. But you can optimize how you spend them for maximum gains.
Dec 3, 2024
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Dec 3, 2024
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The DIY Diaries
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Hilde Festerling
How to Podcast with Your Whole FamilyGathering talented generations for radio glory
Oct 10, 2024
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Oct 10, 2024
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Mark Manson
You Are What You ConsumeThis is a Mindf*ck Monthly newsletter from October 4, 2021. Every month, I send out big ideas I’ve been chewing on and stuff I’ve enjoyed…
Feb 14, 2022
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Feb 14, 2022
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Mark Manson
5 Massive Books That Are Worth Your TimeI love massive books. Books so big, like bricks, you could drown yourself in a pool with them if you’re not careful. It’s not a healthy…
Oct 14, 2024
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Oct 14, 2024
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Mark Manson
The Breakthrough Fallacy — What Change Actually Looks LikeBefore Gandhi was Gandhi, he was just a lawyer. And apparently, not a very good lawyer. Then in 1893, while taking a train in South Africa…
Aug 26, 2024
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Aug 26, 2024
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Mark Manson
114 Books Reviewed in (About) One ParagraphI read lots of books. My readers know I read lots of books. Ergo: I get asked for book recommendations all the damn time.
Aug 12, 2024
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Aug 12, 2024
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Riikka Iivanainen
The secret life of people with high self-control (it’s easier than you think)Research suggests that people with high self-control are good at avoiding temptation — not resisting it
Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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Riikka Iivanainen
The upside of failing at self-controlResearch suggests that self-control failure may serve a purpose: to help us balance between work and play.
Apr 8, 2024
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Apr 8, 2024
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Riikka Iivanainen
Make self-control effortless by choosing goals that light you upScience says it’s easier to reach goals that feel fun, important, or meaningful. Here’s why.
Mar 11, 2024
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Mar 11, 2024
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JA Westenberg
How to Quit CapitalismLet’s start with something controversial: Capitalism is not an economic system. It is a philosophical and ideological force that shapes our…
Jan 7, 2024
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Jan 7, 2024
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Teju Adeyinka
My notes on griefSometimes you have an experience that make you feel like death is truly not the end. Like the physical barrier is a joke…
May 21, 2024
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May 21, 2024
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Mark Manson
6 Psychology Books to Understand Yourself (and Others) BetterI ’ve always been a voracious reader. Not only does my occupation demand it, but I am genuinely fascinated by the power of the written word…
Jun 17, 2024
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Jun 17, 2024
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Emily Kuret
The Case for Intellectual LonelinessI recently had lunch with a dear friend — one of those friends that you start with the obligatory “what’s new since I last saw you (four…
May 25, 2024
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May 25, 2024
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Mark Manson
14 of the Best Nonfiction Books You Should ReadAll ye readers, buckle up.
Apr 22, 2024
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Apr 22, 2024
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Unpuzzling Life’s Complexities
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Wayne Stelk, PhD
Why Does Hate Travel Faster Than Love?Note: Read this story for free on my newsletter website, Unpuzzling Life’s Complexities.
Dec 27, 2024
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Dec 27, 2024
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