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20 Characteristics of High-Agency Men

Back when I lived in Mexico in my early 20s, I came across a document (its author unknown) entitled “ANTROPOMÁXIMOLOGIA.” It roughly translates to “the study of maximum human development.” It’s all about how to develop yourself to the utmost. It contains 20 attributes of individuals who make a difference in the world and do […]

Podcast #1,028: The 5 Marks of a Man

We often think of the difference between a boy and a man as a matter of age. But Brian Tome says that there can be 15-year-old men and 45-year-old boys, and that the real difference maker in being grown up isn’t a matter of the number of years you accumulate but the qualities, behaviors, and

Podcast #770: Philosophical Tools for Living the Good Life

Note: This is a rebroadcast. Most everyone wants to live a good, meaningful life, though we don’t always know what that means and how to do it. Plenty of modern self-improvement programs claim to point people in the right direction, but many of the best answers were already offered more than two thousand years ago.

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