Life

In his classic book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen R. Covey urged us to “begin with the end in mind.” Covey explains:

In a recent AMA, our managing editor Dan Sanchez discussed peaceful parenting, the future of the liberty movement, and more.

The Myth of the Overnight Success comes from an information asymmetry: you see the victorious result, but not all the work that went into the creation of that result. But before you think, "Great, so instead of an overnight success, now I have to work for a decade for something that may or may not happen. Thanks a bunch," there are ways to make everything you do a success.

You’re going along, living your life, buried under blankets in your winter nest, until suddenly you realize: summer is coming. Like, next week. After strategic internet research for inspiration, your mental state switches from chestnuts roasting on an open fire to marshmallows toasting in the embers under the stars (and then catching on fire). You are ready to prepare for summer.

Many questions naturally flow from the book of Job: what can we learn about the trials of Job? Is Job’s experience relevant to us today? How should we respond to difficulties – do we question our actions or do we stoically move forward?

Sitting in his favorite Irish bar, the French citizen, dressed in his Chinese cotton clothes, sips his Spanish wine from a Polish wine glass while he complains about American pop music broadcast by Japanese loudspeakers. Because he is "tired of this cultural invader," he intends to vote for subsidies to “protect” local culture, meaning the government would force the media to disseminate local bands. But ask him what his favorite bands and singers are and he will look away.

Showerheads used to be easy to hack. And never doubt the need to do so. What do we want out of a shower? We want fantastic amounts of water pouring down on our heads, ideally like the waterfall we see in movies and art. That requires pulling out the government-mandated flow stopper after the purchase and before the installation.
 

Meaningful travel is about more than being a responsible tourist; there are mental health benefits tooThe post Mind how you go: 3 ways travel can help boost mental health appeared first on Positive News.

Who wants to live forever? Well, you can’t. Not yet, anyway. Science hasn’t reached that point. And according to researchers, humans can only live so long, and our species has just about reached its biological limit.

Meet Diego the Giant Tortoise. He may be over 100 years old, but that hasn’t stopped this sex-crazed tortoise from almost single-handedly saving his entire species. The tortoise from the Chelonoidis hoodensis subspecies, who hails from the island of Española, has fathered over 800 children. He is now the father of at least 40% of his species that are released into the wild. [1]