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Does Your Purpose Have to Transcend the Self? (opens the original)
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I just flew home from San Diego where I spent a few days at The Health and Well-Being Coaching Conference 2026 giving a keynote on The Science of Purpose and a workshop on How To Make Groups Smarter and Wiser. Unlike many conferences, this is one where the culture is so nourishing, the food is so spectacular, and the views in San Diego are so tranquil, that I might have made friends for life.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/ima
Curiosity Questions from Denmark Teens (opens the original)
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This is part of a series where I respond to questions by Provoked readers. You can read prior issues here:The GREATEST data on the importance of selecting the right collegeIs Autism Rising? Is it Being Misdiagnosed? Are We Just More Aware?A Science-Backed
How to Respond to an Insult (opens the original)
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Sooner or later you will run into someone who will want to physically fight you in a parking lot, even though you are an adult who thought these instances ended in middle school. That person might be extremely low in agreeableness, high in neuroticism, and indifferent to whether anyone likes them. An asshole, in the technical sense. A person who missed the core lesson of Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection - with less fear, you can become a BETTER
How to Predict Whether Someone Wants to Kill Themselves (opens the original)
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This article is free because the topic matters too much to put behind a paywall. Please send it to people who might need it. If you value work like this, consider becoming a premium member (with loads of benefits).Subscribe now“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide,” Albert Camus wrote in 1942 (Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus). Camus was a
We Got Too Good at Leaving People Alone (opens the original)
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I am an extrovert, and there is no memory of anyone labeling me otherwise. This is supposedly the ultimate historical moment for people like me. Open offices. A push toward real-world experiences such as haunted trails and pop-up bars in the back of gelato shops (just hit one in Toronto). Airplanes where another human is strapped 11.2 inches away from my shoulder for five hours. And my career requires an astonishing amount of time surrounded by a percentage of the 39,766 students at George Mason
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