Value Faith Assuming Good Faith: Overcoming Our Instinctive Reaction to Disagreement
In the modern digital landscape, we have become experts at the “quick exit.” With a single click, we can unfollow…
Self Development
James Garfield Advice and The Stoic Art of Standing Your Ground
I read that in the winter of 1860, the United States was a house rapidly dividing against itself. As Southern…
A Soul Without Shadows: Building a Life of Clear Conscience
We live in an age of performance, we are coached on how to build our personal brands, how to optimize…
The Character Audit: If You Were Tested, Would You Pass?
I was recently listening to an episode of a podcast, the Daily Stoic Podcast, that posed a haunting but simple…
Empty Boat Effect: Reclaiming Your Response in a World of Chaos
There is a specific kind of internal heat that rises when we feel wronged. It is a sharp, stinging sensation,…
The Mirror’s Accusation: When the Person You’ve Betrayed is Yourself
Even now, I remember the exact moment I first encountered and read those words a few months ago. It was…
Waking the Conscience: Moral Vigilance in the Face of Systemic Pressure
I want to assume that at some point in your life, directly or indirectly, you have heard that the human…
The Habits That Quietly Drain a Man’s Life and How to Correct Them
There is a kind of destruction that is obvious; it is loud, sudden, and impossible to ignore. But there is…
Don’t Settle for Shortcuts: Why Doing the Work Matters
There is something I have come to notice, especially in difficult seasons of life. When things feel overwhelming, when we…
You Know What to Fix and Now is the Time!
At some point in our lives, there is something honest and maybe uncomfortable we all have to admit: We already…