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“Quiet people always know more than they seem. Although very normal, their inner world is by default fronted mysterious and therefore assumed weird. Never underestimate the social awareness and sense of reality in a quiet person; they are…

It seems like 2016 has been the year of lost icons. There was Prince, David Bowie, Alan Rickman, and now the world has lost the greatest boxer of all times - Muhammad Ali. Ali was so much more than just a boxer. He was the definition of a…

In the never ending rabbit hole that seems to be my sources for inspiration, I ran across a quote from a guy named Alexander Den Heijer that said "When a flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower."…

I've always said to be funny, you have to smart. One of my all-time favorite funny men, Jim Carrey is a perfect example of this. His humor is often low-brow, slap-schtick, and just simply goofy - but he is a brilliant guy. As his career…

Normally when someone says "Viking", the first thing that pops in your head isn't "poems". In the ancient Norse document known as the Codex Regius, there is a single poem known as the Hávamál that is essentially a guide to life as Vikings…

To be called the "godfather" of anything is a pretty lofty honor. Jim Rohn was no exception when it came to being dubbed the "godfather of the personal-development industry". He mentored future personal development leaders like Tony…

I've always said that you should be careful about who you take advice from. For instance, my never-married, perpetual bachelor friend isn't the guy I am going to go to for relationship advice. I'm also not taking woodworking advice from…

Sometimes the story OF a book is as interesting as the story IN the book. Take for instance the American literary treasure that is On the Road by Jack Kerouac. When the book was first published it was described as "the most beautifully…

Did you know you have probably quoted Shakespeare thousands of times in your lifetime without even realising it? Yes indeed, William Shakespeare is responsible for some of the more commonly used phrases in the English language, and…

Gautama Buddha, known as the Buddha, was a sage believed to have lived mostly in northeastern India between the sixth and fourth centuries BC, he founded Buddhism. The enlightened being who is known as the founder of Buddhism has been a…