He Had This Way of Disappearing When Things Weren’t Going Well He had this way of disappearing when things weren’t going well. Not by slamming the door, no. Just by becoming a little quieter, a little more elsewhere. His wife would say of him: “He goes into battle alone.” And it was true. He would return from his inner caverns…
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Moral suffering often takes root in the harsh judgment we pass on ourselves. Happiness, by contrast, intrinsically depends on our own self-esteem. Thus, the key to felicity would lie in the cultivation of goodness. Since goodness is inseparable from virtue, it is by elevating the qualities of our soul that we can hope to achieve lasting happiness. The Path Of…
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A common mistake we all make when communicating with others is to take them as they are, without considering what they could become. A person is a potential for change. Often, arguments arise in communication because we address the lower dimension of the other person rather than their most sublime aspect. Address the Most Sublime Part Every being has a…
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The Industrial Revolution amplified, or even created, the very notion of productivity in people’s minds; AI plays, and will play, a far more insidious role. Homo Productivicus In the crucible of our modern existences, blood ties are slowly, imperceptibly undoing themselves, like an old fabric fraying away. For we no longer discover ourselves except through the work of daily labor…
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The foundation of a harmonious social life is mutual respect and understanding. Yet this ability to respect and truly comprehend others is not given to everyone. We thus encounter individuals of great harshness, devoid of delicacy and discernment, who seem unable to live without creating tension and conflict around them. Some nevertheless strive to cloak themselves in apparent respectability, affecting…
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The world belongs to those who, before others, make different choices. Now, to choose is already a way of thinking. To live ahead of one’s time is first to learn to think differently. To get ahead, you must read what others do not read, go where they do not go, and speak with those to whom nobody speaks. To Anticipate…
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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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