Life Companion

Hobbies aren’t just something that a man should do when he’s bored and doesn’t have anything else on the task list; they should be an integral part of how he spends his time. While leisure time is often equated with simply lying around and doing nothing, great men throughout history have filled those seemingly empty moments with activity. Men like  Winston Churchill , who declared that “one ought to have two or three hobbies,” actually felt more invigorated by doing  something  with his free time rather than nothing: “It is no use saying to the tired ‘mental muscles’… ‘I will give you a good rest,’ ‘I will go for a long walk,’ or ‘I will lie down and think of nothing.’ The mind keeps busy just the same. If it has been weighing and measuring, it goes on weighing and measuring. If it has been worrying, it goes on worrying…It is useless to argue with the mind in this condition…A gifted American psychologist has said, ‘worry is a spasm of the emotion; the mind catc...

You might be expecting me to write something basic about patience, integrity, humility, honesty, discipline, and other qualities that might make up a successful person. If you’re looking for an article like that, you’ll find them everywhere. This article is different. It’s not meant to talk about one word or one quality of successful people in a generic sense and re-define what those things mean for you. This articles purpose is to help you re-define what your personal success is and how you define yourself. There are elements of success people seldom mention, and sometimes those things have nothing to do with the present or the individual. Below, feel free to read about those five elements. 1. Your job isn’t your success. You are your success, and what you’re successful in will vary. It doesn’t have to be your job. It could be your family, it could be your volunteer work, or your community service.  Success is multi-faceted.  In addition, your job may not be a direct ...

Show Highlights Why resilience is more than just “bouncing back” Why modern culture makes us less resilient Why resilience is something you must constantly work for How a “morality of intentions” makes individuals and a culture less robust Why focusing on being happy can actually make you miserable How you can be resilient in one area of life, but unresilient in another The role friends and mentors play in becoming resilient And much more! Resilience is something I’ve spent a great deal of time researching and writing on because it’s a trait that I struggle with and have to constantly work on myself. Greitens’ book is by far the best I’ve ever read on the subject. Every page has some nugget of wisdom on how you can become more resilient to big adversities or just life’s mundane struggles. Along the way you’re treated to personal war stories from Greitens’ SEAL days as well as excerpts from Thucydides, Aristotle, and Aquinas.  Resilience  is now one of m...