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When Your Imagination Turns Every Problem into a Crisis
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” ~Mark Twain It started with a clogged kitchen drain. Or maybe the drain was where everything else I’d been ca…
Enchantment and the Courage of Joy: René Magritte on the Antidote to the Banality of Pessimism
"Life is wasted when we make it more terrifying, precisely because it is so easy to do so."
5 Habits of Happiness 90 Years of Wisdom Taught Me to Appreciate
“You only live once, but if you do it right once is enough.” — Mae West Twenty years ago, I was lucky enough to witness the humble, elegant, peaceful passing of my 89-year-old gran…
Sunday Pick: How to Survive a Losing Team | Good Sport
No one loves to lose. But even if you are a GOAT on a great AND lucky team (and sure, we can debate about who the GOAT is – drop us a line at goodsport@ted.com), no one wins every …
How to Hold the Darkness: Notes on Living Through Uncertainty
There are times in life when the continent of certainty parts underfoot and, as the ash cloud of the old world rains darkness upon us, we are asked to swim in the rivers of lava th…
20 “Notes to Self” on Loving People (Instead of Judging or Ignoring Them)
You’d like Michelle a lot. Most people do. She’s the kind of person who listens when you talk, who smiles often, and who says things that make the people around her smile. She’s in…
The Pleasure of Being Left Alone
"An exquisite peace obtains: a drowsy, golden peace, flowing honey-sweet over my dwelling, soaking it, dripping like music from the walls... A peace for gods; a divine emptiness."
3 Daily Thinking Habits that Often Drain Our Inner Peace and Joy
The goal is to change your response to what you can’t control — to gradually grow stronger on the inside, so less on the outside affects your inner peace and joy without your consc…
Two wars, no clear exit plan. Now what? | Ian Bremmer
Six months into a catastrophic war in Iran — and with no end in sight for the war in Ukraine — the world is embroiled in conflicts with no apparent exit plan. In this interview, po…
12 “Sticky Notes” We Should Read Every Morning for Our Peace of Mind
It’s not what you say to everyone else that determines your life. It’s what you whisper to yourself that has the greatest power and influence. The best lessons we learn in life are…
What to Do When Another Business Has a Similar Name
When you find another business operating under the same name, you often see it as an operational risk. Having the same name can confuse your customers, dilute your marketing invest…
How an LLC Can Help Shield Your Personal Assets
You are a freelance designer, and your client sued you over a trademark mistake. If you believe that your personal savings are safe, then you may be wrong. You are operating as a d…
How To Launch Your Business Successfully With Your Company Formations Support
Turning a business idea into a successful company takes more than enthusiasm. You must incorporate your business properly, comply with any legal regulations, create a professional …
Death and How to Be More Alive: Carl Jung on Immortality and the Rebirth of Middle Age
Once, I spent a year walking Brooklyn’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery daily, winding between the marble tombs engulfed by tree-roots and emblazoned with the surnames of the dead, ea…
Darwin’s Greatest Regret and His Deathbed Reflection on What Makes Life Worth Living
"If I had to live my life again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week."
10 Essential Things You Often Forget About Yourself
You won’t always be a priority to others, and that’s why you need to be a priority to yourself. Practice respecting yourself, caring for yourself, and becoming a reliable part of y…
The Continuous Creative Act of Holding on and Letting Go: 10 Beautiful Minds on the Art of Growing Older
A great paradox of being alive in this civilization is that we have come to dread and devalue the triumph of having lived, forgetting that to grow old is not a punishment but a pri…
Why economic inequality is the biggest threat to democracy | Sally Kohn
Is authoritarianism winning, or is democracy just failing to deliver? Communications strategist Sally Kohn lays out how democracy has evolved before and why it must evolve again, i…
6 Things We Often Waste Our Time On (Until it’s Too Late)
Life is short, and it’s here to be lived. I recently received a thank you email from a reader named Hope. She said our articles helped motivate her through an arduous recovery proc…