6 Ways to Boost Your Resilience
I knew I was in for an earful when I saw my son’s face. I was waiting in the pickup line at his school and I could see the scowl on this face, even with his mask on. He wasn’t happy. What injustice had occurred in the third grade that day? His friend...
Six Must-Have Books About Stoicism
A lot of people are interested in stoicism right now. It's become very popular in the last half decade or so especially since Ryan Holiday, released several books on the topic (see below). It's piqued the interest of a lot of people in high performer type professions, and it's gotten a lot of...
5 Lessons Cops Can Learn from Special Forces
Retired Lieutenant Colonel David “Scott” Mann is many things. As a twenty-year member of Army Special Forces (a.k.a. the Green Berets), Scott describes himself as “an anthropologist with a gun,” but he’s really more than that. When Mann wrote his book, “Game Changers: Going Local to Fight Violent...
The One You Feed
There's an old parable attributed to the Cherokee Indians of the two wolves. An old Cherokee chief sits with his grandson and tells him, "A terrible fight going on inside of me. It's a terrible fight. And it's between two wolves. One is evil. He is anger, sorrow, hate, greed,...
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