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I’m going to a funeral tomorrow—one of the last in a generation of my wife’s family. As I looked through

The dust of the Silk Road rose gently with the arrival of the caravan into Serikhan, a modest but well-fortified

There’s a quiet urgency that often drives us—an internal pressure to move forward, to improve, to fix what feels broken.

Years ago, my wife and I got the bright idea to buy a tree to provide some privacy to a

There is a quiet nobility in starting something from nothing. A seed of an idea, the courage to act, and

By now, you’ve probably heard of the hero myth. This concept was articulated by the brilliant thinker Joseph Campbell. When

If you really knew what some of the most successful people started with on their incredible journeys, you would lose

One of the hardest things to do—especially when faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges—is to frame your thinking around abundance rather

When I was a young man, it was common to hear an orator begin a speech by quoting Shakespeare. I

You are really only allowed to be spontaneous when you are prepared—any other time is probably reckless. People love to