The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living – Socrates
Socrates’ declaration, “The unexamined life is not worth living,” is more than a philosophical slogan; it is a…
Stop Before It Costs You More: The Self-Development Lesson of Riding The Wrong Train
There is a proverb that is often attributed to Japanese wisdom, that goes like this: “If you get…
The Illusion of Competence: How the Dunning-Kruger Effect Blinds Us
There is a strange paradox in human thinking: The people who know the least too many times feel…
Confirmation Bias: To See Clearly, You Must Look Beyond What Confirms You
Obviously we all like to believe that we are rational, clear thinkers; that our decisions are guided by…
Blame-Shifting Logic: The Deception of the Appeal to Hypocrisy Fallacy
Take a minute to remember an argument in the past or a debate where one person calls out…
The Strawman Fallacy: How We Misrepresent Others (and Let Others Misrepresent Us)
Obviously I am sure we can agree that we live in an age of endless arguments, both online…
It May Feel Hard, But Look How Easy You’ve Had It: Gratitude, Help, and The Grace of Support
My dearest readers, I am sure you know that life has a way of making us feel like…
The Law of Humility: Seeing Yourself Without the Distortion of Ego
Baruch Spinoza once wrote, “Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.” It is…
The Elephant You Refuse to Face and Address Will Sit on Your Soul
There is a peculiar heaviness that follows unspoken truths; it is not always visible, but it is there,…
To Thine Own Self Be True: The Timeless Struggle for Inner Integrity
We live in a world that constantly tells us who to be, what to value, how to speak,…