John Stott's Last Words of Advice

Dr. John Stott's last bit of advice to his assistant before he died in 2011 was simply this: "Do the hard thing." Stott believed that choosing ...

Researchers Urge Us to Accept 'Good Stress'

Research has revealed that a certain kind of stress is good for us. Kelly McGonigal, a researcher at Stanford University, argues that challenges and difficulties ...

Mistakes Fuel Creativity

Pixar has rolled out box office hits, including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up, and Inside Out 2—to name a few. ...

Limitations Are Life's Building Blocks

The architect Frank Gehry, well-known for designing the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, believes that constraints are the building blocks of great ...

The Man Who Reinvented Children's Books

A 1954 Life magazine article titled "Why Johnny Can't Read" argued that the "Dick and Jane" books that most schools depended on ...

'Resident Disrupters' Invent Doritos Locos Tacos

An article in The Atlantic titled "Doritos Locos Tacos" detailed how Taco Bell invited a group of snack manufacturers to their California headquarters ...

Chamberlain's Charge Saves Battle of Gettysburg

Joshua Chamberlain was a student of theology and a professor of rhetoric, not a soldier. But when duty called, Chamberlain answered. He climbed the ranks ...

We Want Happiness but Suffering Forms Us

We live in a culture awash in talk about happiness. In one three-month period, more than 1,000 books were released on Amazon on that subject.

But notice ...

Even the Alaskan Permafrost Can Be Fruitful

This illustration comes farm-fresh … all the way from Alaska. Tim Meyers is a farmer in Alaska, where the soil is rich, but frozen. Conventional ...

What It's Like to "Hit the Wall"

It is common for runners, and athletes in any endurance sport, to "hit the wall" as they push themselves past their comfort level. Here's ...