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The Importance of Being Average
Success, failure and the freedom to be ordinary.
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How to Surrender Without Giving Up
Optimism eluded me, but I found something better.
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The Amateurization of Everything
How I turned my career into a hobby.
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She Sang the Truth About Success and Failure
Nearly 60 years ago, Malvina Reynolds saw the one big problem.
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The Joy of Letting Yourself Be
How shedding our tidy identities can make space for better lives, and maybe even a better world.
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Today Will Be My Peaceful Day
Does it help to show compassion to those who would shoot me in the face?
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Wintry Mix
The forecast was bad, but the dog was good.
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The Idea That Helped Me Get Through 2025
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Canada
Lessons from the alt-universe next door.
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On Ambition, Status and the Need to Be Seen
Was shedding all this a sign of personal evolution, or just a cop out?
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Tax the Rich
A clear, unifying slogan for the Democrats is just sitting there.
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We're All We've Got
Maybe that's enough.
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What Makes a Person's Work Valuable?
In "Make Your Own Job," historian Erik Baker shows how entrepreneurialism defines how we value work.
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