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Good Work
Feb 21, 2023 · Howard Gardner, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, William Damon
Is it possible to maintain a professional career while adhering to one’s own moral and ethical standards? Are we able to accomplish “good ...
Psychology Science and Technology Society and Culture -
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Feb 16, 2023 · Steve Brusatte
For most, dinosaurs are little more than useless trivia fodder leftover from elementary school days that have no bearing on modern life. They were dum...
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Storm in a Teacup
Feb 7, 2023 · Helen Czerski
As we go about our everyday lives, we rarely stop to notice the physics that propel every action and reaction of the day’s routine. Physics is r...
Science and Technology -
A Confession
Feb 2, 2023 · Leo Tolstoy
At the age of 51, even after the publication of his most seminal novels, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) still considered his...
Biography Philosophy Religion and Theology -
I Love it Here
Jan 31, 2023 · Clint Pulver
Whether you are a leader seeking to provide better management, or an employee desiring a more fulfilling position, Clint Pulver provides informative a...
Business Self-Help Society and Culture -
The Power of Fun
Jan 27, 2023 · Catherine Price
Can you remember the last time you had fun—real, true fun that revitalized you, that caused you to lose track of time and shed that fretting sel...
Health and Wellness Self-Help Society and Culture -
Utopia for Realists
Jan 25, 2023 · Rutger Bregman
In Medieval Europe, there was an imaginary land called Cockaigne that the common folk would dream about. You arrive at Cockaigne by successfully eatin...
History Politics Society and Culture -
Drive
Jan 20, 2023 · Daniel H. Pink
Motivation is an essential part of everyday life. It is the driving force that gets us out of bed in the morning and pushes us forward throughout the ...
Psychology Self-Help Society and Culture -
Merchants of Doubt
Jan 17, 2023 · Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway
Science should be something we can rely on to educate ourselves on various subjects. We trust that scientists do extensive research and provide us wit...
Politics Science and Technology -
Good to Great
Jan 12, 2023 · Jim Collins
The best way for a new enterprise to achieve significant, sustainable success is to begin with the proper DNA: those tried-and-true traits common to h...
Business
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