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Missionary Doctor Never Saw His 'Success'
In 1912, medical missionary Dr. William Leslie went to live and minister to tribal people in a remote corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
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NFL Star Lambasts Shallow Prayers
Fran Tarkenton, a former All-Pro quarterback who led his team to three Super Bowls, wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal lambasting himself and ...
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Professor Posts a 'Failure Resume'
We all have failures in our careers. But usually we keep quiet about it. Not this Princeton professor, who recently shared his CV of failures on Twitter ...
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Teaching Kids the Power of Struggle
New research from social scientists has revealed that telling kids stories of real-life "superheroes" and "geniuses" is a good idea—if ...
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Tom Hanks on the Fear of Faking It
In his film (2016), A Hologram for the King, Tom Hanks plays a middle-aged American businessman who is sent to Saudi Arabia for a special project. The ...
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People Write Their Biggest Regrets
What's your biggest regret in life? If it's anything like these random New Yorkers, it has one very important word in it. Students from Strayer ...
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'Challenger' Engineer Still Regrets Launch that Killed Seven
NPR ran a heartbreaking interview with Robert Ebeling, an engineer who worked on the 1986 Challenger launch that resulted in the death of all seven occupants. ...
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Writing Your Un-Resume
You know the resume drill—make a list of all your amazing accomplishments, job duties, and honors—to impress your friends, enemies, and potential ...
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Pro Baseball Star Explains True Success
In an interview with Ben Zobrist, then Kansas City Royals left-fielder and one of Major League Baseball's most valuable players (retired from the ...
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NYPD's Hostage Negotiator on Empathy
Lt. Jack Cambria has spent more than a decade talking people down from the ledge. Until his retirement in 2015, he was the commanding officer of the NYPD's ...
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