Creative Speech: Putting Premium on Your Words
Most people treat human speech like an exhaust pipe. They view it as a passive release valve for…
Conviction: Living Honestly Even When Everyone Else is Cheating
There is a massive difference between a preference and a conviction. A preference is something you hold when…
The Horror of Words Not Turned Into Deeds
Imagine a man standing in front of a mirror, dressed in full athletic gear, meticulously adjusting his running…
The Survival Trap: Beyond Problem Solving to Solution Building
Obviously, we live in a culture that hails the resilient individual, which on its own is a good…
Devil’s Advocate: Can Your Beliefs Survive This Opponent?
Most of us go through life under the impression that our beliefs, values, and worldviews are completely unshakeable.…
Would You Plug In? What Robert Nozick’s Famous Experiment Reveals About our Desires
Imagine a flawless, radiant laboratory, and inside is a revolutionary device. The scientists running it present you with…
More Dangerous Than Evil: The High Cost of Intelligent Stupidity
So many of us possess a deeply cinematic understanding of destruction. When we think about the forces that…
The Foot-in-the-Door Trap: When Does a Small Ask Become Too Much?
It always starts with something completely reasonable. From the video I just saw, the speaker said let us…
“It’s Not That Deep” The Most Dangerous Lie We Tell Our Souls
Today, so many of us have developed a highly sophisticated vocabulary for our own compromise. In today’s culture…
The Tyranny of Small Decisions: The Dangerous Power of the “Just This Once” Mindset
I think it is a reasonable thing to say that: Almost nobody ever wakes up one morning and…