The Coddling Of The American Mind
“Something strange is happening at America’s colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clea...
Author: Josh Spector
Bored With Your Life? Do This.
Sometimes, life gets boring. When that happens, we turn to blog posts to tell us what to do about it. (That may not be what typically happens, but you’re here r...
How To Photograph Your Vacation
“Look for ways to isolate people who are emblematic of the place you are in. You’ll capture more of the essence of where you are through that one image of that ...
Why You Should Start Your Next Brainstorm With An Embarrassing Story
“Candor led to greater creativity. Thus, we propose a new rule for brainstorming sessions: Tell a self-deprecating story before you start.”
Your Life Is A Reflection Of What You Think You Deserve
“The first step, then, to using your time in the best possible way, is to elevate what you believe you deserve. If you don’t believe you deserve to spend your t...
How To Stop Working So Much (And What I Learned From Doing So)
We know when we work too much—we just don’t know what to do about it. Whether we love or hate our job, it’s easy to become consumed by it and destroy our work-l...
What Happens To An Astronaut When They Come Back From Space
“I use the bathroom and shuffle back to bed, wondering what I should do. Normally if I woke up feeling like this, I would go to the emergency room. But no one a...
Read This Before You Quit Your Job
“There are ways to work at a job you don’t like without complaining every day. Try and seek the advantages and the lessons you can learn.”
To Raise An Empowered Girl, Encourage Her To Be Funny
“One of the things that happens to girls is that they are encroached upon by the world. And one of the things that humor can do is…help girls stand up for thems...
How The Shift From Search To Social Changed More Than Just The Internet
“You no longer enter the Internet the way you would a public library, where you browse and pick out what you want to read in peace, it’s more like the Las Vegas...