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Good Enough Is Good Enough
We frequently ask ourselves to be not merely good, but perfection. Our perfectionism makes us sick. We need to learn to accept the virtue of being ‘g…
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The Functions of Envy
We’re used to thinking of envy in very negative terms. But it’s an emotion we should learn to accept and – in a calculated way – learn from. Enjoyin…
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LITERATURE - Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett is perhaps the greatest playwright of the 20th century, and the author of the masterpiece, Waiting for Godot. It’s hard to understand …
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Why You Should Read Self-help Books
We're often encouraged to be dismissive of the idea of self-help books, but reading in order to grow emotionally is one of the most serious and impor…
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ART/ARCHITECTURE - Andrea Palladio
Andrea Palladio was one of the world's greatest architects - who launched the Classical style which influenced how we build to this day.
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EASTERN PHILOSOPHY - Kintsukuroi
‘Kintsugi’ is the remarkable Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with elegance and grace - a tradition with a lot to teach us more generally abo…
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A Dark Way to Forecast what might happen in your relationship
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A Working Day – Cab Driver, Liberia
A new series of films by The School of Life about work around the world - a guide to helping us to think about what makes work purposeful and worthwh…
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LITERATURE: Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy was a remarkable novelist in part because he believed in the novel as a tool for social reform, something that would enable us to become …
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Why We Are All Addicts
We tend to imagine that we can only become addicted to a few sorts of things. But real addiction is about using something, anything, to keep our real…
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