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The Most Perplexing Reason For Being Dumped

Posted May 4, 2017

It was she who cracked that first invitingly flirtatious smile at you. All that occurred afterward appeared to be standard dating stuff: a first text for coffee or lunch, a few ele ...

Your Life—Not The Lives Of Others

Posted April 12, 2017

One of the worse illusions perpetrated by social media is that everyone is living a great life—except you. Posts announcing engagements, job promotions, and book contracts; selfi ...

What If You Have Nothing In Common?

Posted March 3, 2017

Crossing this gap may seem impossible. What are you to talk about? How are you to relate to her? Why would should go for your most tried and trusted lines? In short, how can you da ...

Are You An Iconoclast?

Posted December 16, 2016

If you refuse to echo conventional wisdom, if you delight in criticizing and undermining cherished beliefs, if you revel in taking down the puritanical, the sentimental, and the sa ...

Why Having A Strong Ego Is Good

Posted November 4, 2016

This will hopefully be the last article in which I will have reason to mention Donald Trump. One of the many issues his rise to political prominence brings into the fore is the mal ...

How To Embrace What Is Best About You

Posted October 20, 2016

I am a big fan of Downton Abbey. The show ended last year, and I have been watching and re-watching it on Amazon Prime ever since. Given my political and social views, nearly every ...

Why You Should Strive For Perfection

Posted August 18, 2016

Michael Phelps, Simone Biles, Simone Manuel, Michelle Carter—names associated with pride, skill, endurance, excellence, in short, perfection. They are persons who will forever li ...

Knowing What Is Vital And What Is Important

Posted May 6, 2016

Knowing What Is Vital And What Is Important James Agate—journalist, critic, novelist, and supreme diarist of the English language—once made the distinction between things that ...

3 Lessons In Confidence From Abraham Lincoln

Posted April 7, 2016

3 Lessons In Confidence From Abraham Lincoln America’s sixteenth president has been associated with a great many myths and legends since his rise to national prominence in the 18 ...

How to Stay Motivated with Small Wins

Posted December 8, 2015

Today I just wanted to quickly talk about a strategy that has helped me out a lot over the years. And its a strategy that I’ve used in multiple areas of my life when I was trying ...