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John D. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870 and is widely considered one of the most successful and wealthiest individuals capitalism has ever produced. At its peak, Standard Oil cont...
In my work, I'm supposed to take people from all walks of life with different strengths, experiences, and priorities and help them improve their communication, emotional intelligence, and leadership s...
In 1983, in Frederick, Maryland, musician Daryl Davis closed out a set with his country band, and an audience approached him, impressed with his silky smooth game on the piano.Â
"I've never heard a b...
I first got certified as a personal trainer when I was 16 years old. My sister Jill informed me, as she did, that I would not be spending my weekend playing video games and shooting hoops like a norma...
I’m in Houston, Texas, conducting a leadership workshop for new managers this week. I love these in-person trainings because they create real engagement. If somebody doesn’t like my psychology s
...“Do the thing, and you shall have the power.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you've ever dabbled in personal finance advice, you've surely heard of compounding. It's a personal finance author's Micheli...
I think this is the most I’ve paid attention to the Olympics in my life. My in-laws are borderline obsessed so it’s been on a lot at the house, and it’s been a hot discussion in the group text. Unpopu...
Last summer, Kels and I took a trip that neither of us will forget. We spent 7 months as a nomadic couple, traveling the western part of the United States, exploring as many national parks as we
...In 1979, a group of men in their 70s and 80s gathered at a retreat center to hang out for a week. The retreat was a little dated (by 20 years, to be exact). Everything in their environment was set up ...
On the 4th of July, we went to my mother-in-law's house near Lake Travis to spend a few hours on a boat and enjoy every American's favorite pastime: a few dogs on the grill (No? Just me?).
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...In 1938, 268 young men signed up to be followed around for the rest of their lives. To make it less creepy, they were to be followed by researchers who would track, measure, and analyze every aspect o...
One of my favorite anecdotes is about an art teacher who split his pottery class into two groups. He told group one to spend the afternoon making "as many pots as possible." He told the second group t...