Website of author and historian, Steven Pressfield.

A library of cross-disciplinary interestingness and combinatorial creativity

It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.

A lot of people give business advice. I've found there's one thing you need to know more than anything else.

Watch more Awesome Short Films at https://www.viddsee.com This Boy Never Saw His Dad As An Inspiration. Until He Found Out His Big Secret A son confronts the...

Sony’s devastating hack, as well as cyberattacks on big companies like Home Depot and JPMorgan Chase, earn 2014’s tech moniker.

IN GORILLA society, power belongs to silverback males. These splendid creatures have numerous status markers besides their back hair: they are bigger than the rest...

What’s the ONE THING that’s going to help you more than anything when it comes to the growth of your blog? Building real relationships with others.

Dropping formal titles was a "hard sell" at the PC-maker, but necessary as it expanded its global footprint.

Reinhold Niebuhr wrote a prayer that many of you will recognize. It goes roughly: “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”What does this have to do with looking for a job?Everything.There's a ton of unfairness in the job search process. As a candidate, you can’t control whether a company requires a work visa, whether some executive’s kid has an inside track on your dream job, or whether your interviewer has some private or unconscious bias that will hurt your chances. I&

Advent is a season of anticipation, of holy waiting . It is a waiting characterized not by idleness or even contented peace, but by prophetic yieldedness and active hope. Perhaps more than any other season in the Christian calendar, Advent acknowledges the already-and-not-yet nature of the Kingdom

The NASA Paradox In 2008, Dan Markovitz was meeting with a group of R&D engineers at a high tech company. The engineers began complaining about

Encourage people to do something for its own sake, not for its benefits.

Feeling disillusioned by ... almost everything? You're not alone. That angst actually has a name.

Steve J. Martin, coauthor of “The Small Big: Small Changes That Spark Big Influence,” on the little things that persuade.

When I moved to the Bay Area in 2007 to run the Wikimedia Foundation, the first thing that struck me was the eerie absence of women.

I’ve posted about getting people to like you, winning arguments and FBI methods for negotiation — but let’s take it to the next level. There are ways to deal with people who are difficult but brass tacks here, folks: most of the people who cause you problems aren’t going anywhere.

Caleb Wilde wants to reacquaint us all with the uncomfortable, eye-opening realities of death.

In 1997 Apple launched a new advertising slogan: Think Different, celebrating the crazy ones like Picasso, Gandhi, Einstein and others. In hindsight this may have been the turning point, as they recovered from being lost and near bankruptcy to become one of the largest and most iconic companies in the world. In 2010 Derek Sivers gave a great…

Duke professor and bestselling author Dan Ariely reveals research backed insights on how to be efficient with your time at work and at home.

Researchers have discovered the quickest way to tell if someone is a narcissist: Simply ask them.

Alex Blumberg in real life sounds just like Alex Blumberg on the radio. If you've ever listened to This American Life, the massively popular weekly radio show, or Planet Money, NPR's excellent...

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