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Overcome Yourself: 9 Lessons on Habits from the Founder of American Psychology

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Ready—Aim—!
Discussing the cost of aimlessness last week made me remember a very famous line by one of my favorite thinkers:
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A Holistic Answer to The Loneliness Epidemic Plaguing Young Americans
“The common suffering is the alienation from oneself, from one’s fellow man, and from nature; the awareness that life runs out of one’s hand like sand…
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Independence Is A Habit
Our nation has endured for 247 years, but how much longer will that be the case? How can we set up our lives, each of us, to ensure that we might keep…
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Your Anxiety Needs an Adventure
Humans have taken voyages and grand expeditions for eons, yet today we are stagnant. Anxiety flourishes because of our idle nature. Take back your…
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The Search for Significance: A Conversation for GenZ
In the modern world of ambiguity and relativism, what gives us meaning? Join the discussion of the significance and meaning of life we must identify to…
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Learn to Regret Well
When we think of “free will”, it’s often looked at optimistically and without pause.
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Do What's Necessary: How to Find Your Will
The good life isn't something that happens by chance, no. You can only achieve it if you first discover your will, but that can be tricky.
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The Best Way Toward the Good Life
Apologies for the late letter!
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Fragility and Aimlessness
Last week’s discussion was on the importance of integrity in living well, and is, in fact, the seat of our endeavor.
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What Exactly Are We Reaching For?
This is my first newsletter in a long time, since February in fact, so I wanted to take this time not to catch up on my life but to boldly reassert the…
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Monday's: Reaching for More
Each week recently has sped along rapidly and I’m left with more and more things to accomplish.
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A short, weekly article that discusses how we can reach toward more every day and begin to overcome life's existential challenges in order to live a good life.
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Each article is a discussion of the Great Ideas from the Great Books of the Western World. I discuss not only what is said in the Syntopicon, but also how these ideas impact us daily.
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