When I was a boy, my father didn’t take much time to talk to me about life. But on those rare occasions when he did decide to impart some “wisdom” on me, he would summon…
We all know the image: a wise man sitting on a mountaintop. A hermit who has left the world behind in order to contemplate life in isolation, and therefore reach “enlightenment.” It’s such a widespread notion in our collective consciousness that it’s…
Maybe you’ve heard of or watched that show about hoarding. If not, you probably know what hoarding is: a compulsion to collect and store large amounts of stuff. In the show, we see inside the lives of hoarders, which…
Feeling Inadequate? Suck It Up! (or, Three Steps to Avoid Inferiority)
- August 29, 2016
- Tagged as: comparison, habits, inner critic, self esteem
I saw an advertisement for a product called LifeStraw®, and it made me feel worthless. The product is a “personal water filter,” and all you have to do (according to the Internet) is “place one…
In September 1995, comedian Pat Cooper made an infamous appearance on Howard Stern’s radio show. It was another situation where Stern (purposely or not) goaded a celebrity into an argument, and the result was pure…
You know the story of Cain and Abel, right? Even if the Bible isn’t your thing (because you follow another religion, you’re an atheist, whatever), most of us in the Western world know the legend…
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