Are You Consumed By Fear?
For Craig Playstead, fear ends when life begins. If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living. — SENECA, Epistles It starts when we’re kids. While still young, we stop trusting our gut...
View ArticleWe Once Possessed the World
In this weekend’s story, “We Once Possessed the World,” Cote Smith takes us into the world of basketball, tutoring, and impending parenthood. He takes us into the world of math. He takes us into the...
View ArticleA High School Baseball Game, Three Errors, and STAND
Embed from Getty Images — (Adapted from the editor’s letter appearing in STAND, issue one.) By Dwayne D. Hayes – Founder / Managing Editor It was a cool, spring evening in a small Michigan town. I was...
View ArticleHow To Master Relaxation In 3 Simple Steps
Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can...
View ArticleHow an Ancient Roman Philosophy Can Empower You
Embed from Getty Images I’ve written about the ancient Greco-Roman philosophy of Stoicism before. But, maybe because I’ve experienced its transformative power firsthand, I can’t help writing about it...
View ArticleWhere Is Happiness?
Embed from Getty Images “Where is happiness?” For years this was my driving question. Perhaps yours, too. The question proved persistent—not because it was stubborn, but because I was. I insisted on...
View ArticleShort on Time? These Tips Can Help
Embed from Getty Images We are so busy doing the urgent that we don’t have time to do the important. ~Confucius Starved for time? Join the club. Surveys confirm what our guts already know: We...
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