The Problem With Wanting To Be Rich First: When The Means Become The End You have no doubt already heard a friend promise to devote themselves to others, but only once their own fortune is secured. This is a misleading line of reasoning, because it forgets that the path transforms the traveler. Your intermediate actions will profoundly reshape you, to…
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There is an invisible weight that sometimes overwhelms us when we wake up in the morning. This heaviness of the soul, which prevents us from seeing the brightness of the day, can become such a burdensome load that it makes us forget the very meaning of life. Life is a challenge; it is up to you to rise to it…
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The culturally dominant vision of love is based on the idea of a romantic encounter, marked by love at first sight and passion. Yet wherever this vision has prevailed, the marital bond has weakened: countries that have embraced it have seen their divorce rates soar to dizzying levels—over 80% in Spain and over 90% in Portugal, according to some sources.…
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Our memory deceives us: we think we know, yet time and distance shape our recollections, idealizing people, eras, and places. This cognitive bias—natural and almost necessary—sweetens the past to make the present bearable. But when it comes to the past, an uncompromising realism is required: your decisions will become more effective, freed from the grip of emotion in favor of…
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