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The Potent Poison of Pride
According to the National Geographic website (their kids' version that is) the Pufferfish can inflate into a ball shape to evade predators. Also known ...
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'NY Times' Article on the Stories We Tell Ourselves
In a New York Times article titled "The Stories We Tell Ourselves," philosopher Todd May notes that we're often telling stories about ourselves—mainly ...
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'NY Times' Article Asks, 'When Did Humility Get So Vainglorious?'
An article in the New York Times observes how "humility is not what it used to be." As a matter of fact, it may be the exact opposite of what ...
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NBA Players Resist the 'Granny Shot'
After his 15 year career in pro basketball, Rick Barry had hit a remarkable 89.9% of his shots from the free throw line. But Barry also had one of the ...
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Competitiveness is a Better Motivator than Encouragement
If you've ever tried to find the motivation to start exercising more (around the New Year, perhaps), you have likely been encouraged to find a "workout ...
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The Frog Who Thought He Could Fly
Once upon a time there was a frog who lived in the north and wanted to go south for the winter as the swans did. Each year that frog watched the swans ...
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A Lesson from the Chinese View of Humility
The Chinese-American Christian leader Russell Jeung explains how his father taught him a profound lesson on the true nature of humility. Due to the maltreatment ...
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The Religion That Brings People the Greatest Happiness
In a question and answer period after one of his lectures, C.S. Lewis was asked which of the world's religions gives its followers the greatest happiness. ...
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Increase in Self-Promotion in Pop Music
This shouldn't come as a surprise, but a study reports self-regard, self-promotion, and plain old bragging are far more prominent in pop music than ...
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Mt. Everest Climber Had the Wrong Goal
In his best-selling book, Into Thin Air, John Krakauer tells the story of the ill-fated expedition to the summit of Mount Everest in 1996. In the book ...
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