Marathoner Comes in Last—for a Purpose

Out of the 26,639 people who completed the 2016 Boston Marathon, 72-year-old Fran Drozdz finished 26,639th. Dead last. The roaring crowds and official ...

Professor Posts a 'Failure Resume'

We all have failures in our careers. But usually we keep quiet about it. Not this Princeton professor, who recently shared his CV of failures on Twitter ...

High-Wire Walker on the Dangers of Invincibility

The Walk is the 2015 motion picture, and true story, about high-wire artist Philippe Petit. In 1974 he fulfilled his dream of walking between the World ...

Researchers Observe 'The Power Trap'

In an article for The Wall Street Journal, researcher Jonah Lehrer noted that most of us are nicer as we're climbing the social ladder. But once we get ...

Coming in Last — or First? — at the Boston Marathon

Nearly 27,000 runners competed in the 2016 Boston Marathon. One of those runners, 72-year-old Fran Drozdz, crossed the finish line at 8:45 p.m. the day ...

Country Bumpkin Lawyer Surprises His Legal Team

In the 1840s a court case based in Chicago captured the attention of the entire nation. Labeled "The Reaper Case," it centered on the patenting of farm ...

We Often Can't See Our Own Selfishness

Most people would label "selfishness" a negative trait. As Dr. Stephen Diamond writes in Psychology Today, "most of us are taught from childhood that ...

Less-Confident People Are More Successful

Writing in The Harvard Business Review, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, a CEO and business professor, had some surprising conclusions about self-confidence and ...

Writing Your Un-Resume

You know the resume drill—make a list of all your amazing accomplishments, job duties, and honors—to impress your friends, enemies, and potential ...

David Letterman Misguided By His Ego

Looking back on his three-decade long career as a late-night TV host, David Letterman offered the following perspective:

You believe that what you are ...