Applying Wisdom
- Stoicism: Day 6 – I want to work for Goldman Sachs
- Stoicism: Day 7 – People Who Play Their Music Too Loudly
- Stoicism: Day 15 – Is Stoicism Fun?
- Stoicism: Day 16 – Were the Stoics Masters of Willpower?
- Stoicism: Day 17 – On not being a pretentious ass to your friends
- Stoicism: Day 18 – Stoic Fatalism and Goal Setting
- Stoicism: Day 19 – Hosting a Houseguest is the Ultimate Stoic Exercise
- Stoicism: Day 23 – Stoicism and Godliness
- Stoicism: Day 25 – Stoicism, the Absurd, and the Myth of Sisyphus
- Stoicism: Day 26 – Overcoming Resistance when Pursuing Creative Projects
- Stoicism: Day 30 – Stoicism Month 1 Wrap-Up
- Catholicism: Day 15 – God as Santa Claus?
- Catholicism: Day 22 – Lean In and the Hierarchy of Values
- Catholicism: Day 23 – Disordered Love and Spiritual Freedom
- Catholicism: Day 24 – Letting go of worldly ambitions
- Catholicism: Day 27 – The Correct Pursuits (2 of 2)
- Intro to Month 3 – Judaism for Community
- Judaism: Day 5 and 6 – Resting is Hard Work
- Judaism: Day 9 – Anger Management
- Islam: Day 2 – I’ll turn in my homework…God Willing
- Welcome Study Hacks Readers!
- On a short hiatus and looking for ideas
- Six Ancient Ideas To Be Thankful For
- Could you be happy as a slave?
- Practice Shopcraft to Understand the Self
- Hinduism Wrap-Up – Three Things Hinduism Can Teach You About Your Self
- Intro to Month 7 – Learning the Art of Pleasure via Epicureanism
- My advice to graduates and a question for you
- Dealing with Disappointment using Wu-Wei
- My Stoicism Article in the New York Observer
- Fighting the Good Fight
- What You’re Meant To Do: Career Advice from Ancient Wisdom
- The Freedom of Constraint
- The Ancient Wisdom of Grandmothers
- Finding community at … McDonalds?
- Marriage according to ancient wisdom (I got engaged)
- Trip Report: Ancient Wisdom Lessons from India
- Is life going great or terribly?
- Are we all Frank Underwood?
- Modernity: An Age of Disordered Love
- My Jewish Wedding Program
- Getting Married While the World Burns
- Ancient Wisdom Paper 1: The Fundamental Flaws of the Personal Development Genre
- The Soul Abhors a Vacuum: Why Deliberate Wisdom is the Cure for Hidden Religions
- What is New is Old: Nuns and Nones
- Acceptance, Not Escape: How to Stop Disappointing Yourself
- AWP Podcast Episode 1: Ultralearning and Meaning with Scott Young
- AWP Podcast Episode 2: Why Cal Newport Thinks Your Phone is Destroying Your Inner World
- AWP Podcast Episode 3: Chuck Marohn on Building Strong Towns and Rich Lives
- Critical Questions
- Is everyone more successful than me?
- Appreciate those who annoy you
- Are we kind enough to save an empire?
- When you are envious of your friend’s success
- Parenting as noble work
- A letter to someone on the internet who is getting old and feels lost
- Where do we want to put down roots?
- Unnatural and unnecessary desires
- Don’t reinvent the rich life
- Pay attention
- Don’t half ass your day off
- Souls are like athletes
- You already won
- Make your suffering an offering
- Strong ambitions, lightly held
- Your imperfections are an asset
- Mindfulness is not (only) about stress relief
- Children sleeping alone: a modern mistake?
- Distraction is today’s default status
- Some perspectives on work
- Pursue a life, not a lifestyle
- The art of wanting
- What life wants from you
- Can you be a Stoic manager?
- Knowledge by doing
- You will never perfect yourself
- Actions as commitments
- Can you use ancient wisdom as a dad? (Podcast interview)
- Being your “best self”
- Ancient parenting techniques
- A meaningful life requires flexibility and continuity
- Ditch the schedule
- Solve ‘wild problems’ with ancient wisdom
- When to quit