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The People We Appreciate The Most Are Often Those Who Have Developed The Most Mature Psychological Defense Mechanisms

Edward — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:41:33 +0000

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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Serving, Moving, Rising: Turning Pain into Inner Power

Edward — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:06:02 +0000

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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What To Do When Someone Hates You Without Knowing You?

Edward — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:32:07 +0000

We deplore racism and all other forms of arbitrary hatred. Yet it is interesting to note that it is, in fact, more reassuring to be hated for what one is not than for what one truly is. You are not only your skin color, your sex, or your sexual orientation. When someone is homophobic, they are actually hating a superficial…

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Make Choices Based On What You Don’t Want To Be

Edward — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:13:35 +0000

You don’t always know which direction you want to take. However, you almost always know what you don’t want to be or become. In such cases, deciding by elimination is just as valid. Risk mitigation: good choices often come down to avoiding bad ones A happy marriage depends on both the quality of your character and that of your spouse.…

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Training the Samurai Mind A Bushido Sourcebook

Edward — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 13:34:03 +0000

The Philosophical and Historical Foundations of Bushido: Major Cultural Influences Bushido, or “the way of the warrior,” is a code of ethics and conduct developed by the samurai in Japan. It draws its foundations from several philosophical and spiritual traditions, including Zen Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shintoism. These influences have helped shape the moral, mental, spiritual, and practical principles of…

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How Can You Learn From Other People’s Mistakes?

Edward — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 11:21:15 +0000

Your life isn’t long enough to learn only from your own mistakes, which is why you must make it a point to learn from the mistakes of others. Mistakes are well-documented: we’re simply too proud to read about them Pride is a cardinal sin, but beyond religion, pride is a major obstacle to progress in personal development. Pride makes us…

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Educate Yourself As If You Were A King Or Queen

Edward — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:59:53 +0000

What distinguishes the education of kings from that of ordinary people? It is the teacher’s attention, which is not the same. Typically, in a classroom, the teacher’s attention is divided among students, distributed more or less equally depending on the teacher’s preferences. A king, on the other hand, is educated almost exclusively by tutors, which means that he benefits from…

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Rather than learning to push your limits, acquire new habits.

Edward — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:16:42 +0000

Pushing one’s comfort zone is a common theme in personal development. Its origins likely trace back to the hero’s narrative arc, where the hero embarks on a journey leading to profound transformation. While this narrative lever helps make a story captivating, it is not necessarily the most effective means to achieve deep change. The Pitfalls of the Comfort Zone Expansion…

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Thinking Like Aristotle

Edward — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 09:53:22 +0000

How is it that Greek philosophers remain popular in our modern world? Why can being born 2500 years ago be a comparative advantage compared to us, even though we have inexhaustible resources of information? Is it the art of asking questions and trying to answer them? The informational deprivation (relative to our time) in which the Greeks lived during the…

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Be Attractive Rather Than Seductive

Edward — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 08:11:04 +0000

The ability to attract is praised both in psychology and management magazines. Once considered a sin or a transgression—didn’t the serpent seduce Eve and Adam, or didn’t Paris seduce Helen, leading to the Trojan War?—today, seduction is yet another tool in the arsenal of power. Robert Greene, the author of “The Art of Seduction,” expressed it well in his book:…

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