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Daily Wisdom from the Past: March 30, 2026
Today’s Teacher: Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) The Teaching We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. — Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (as summarized by Will Durant in The Story of Philosophy) Who Was Aristotle? Aristotle was born in 384 BC in Stagira, a small Greek town on the…
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What to Make of a Life
Cliffs, Fog, Fire and the Self-Knowledge Imperative A Complete Book Insights Guide — Jim Collins Start Early Today • Book Insights Series What to make of a life? It is the question we all face more than once — in the fog of early adulthood, at the edge of an unexpected cliff, in the long…
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Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society
A Complete Book Insights Guide — John W. Gardner Start Early Today • Book Insights Series Why do some people remain vitally alive — curious, open, growing, generative — into their eighties and nineties, while others seem to have quietly stopped at thirty-five? Why do great civilizations rise and then calcify? Why do institutions that…
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FARNAM STREET: 27 Life Lessons for Clear Thinking, Better Decisions & the Good Life
Shane Parrish · fs.blog 27 Life Lessons for Clear Thinking, Better Decisions & the Good Life Mastering the best of what other people have already figured out. About This Collection Farnam Street, founded by Shane Parrish, has become one of the world’s most respected platforms for timeless wisdom on decision-making, mental models, and the art…
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Daily Wisdom from the Past: March 29, 2026
Today’s Teacher: Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430 AD) The Teaching You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you. — Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, Book I, Chapter 1 Who Was Augustine of Hippo? Augustine was born on November 13, 354 AD, in Thagaste — a…
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Good to Great
Why Some Companies Make the Leap — and Others Don’t A Complete Book Insights Guide — Jim Collins Start Early Today • Book Insights Series Good is the enemy of great. Not bad, not mediocre — good. The most dangerous place to be in life, in art, in leadership, in any craft worth caring about,…
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Power vs. Force
The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior A Complete Book Insights Guide — David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. Start Early Today • Book Insights Series What if the invisible quality of your inner state — your level of consciousness, the energy from which you act — is the single most important determinant of the results you…
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Grit
The Power of Passion and Perseverance A Complete Book Insights Guide by Angela Duckworth Start Early Today • Book Insights Series What if everything you have been told about talent, genius, and achievement is wrong? Angela Duckworth spent more than a decade studying the world’s highest performers — and what she found challenges almost every…
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The Way of Excellence
Brad Stulberg’s Definitive Guide to True Greatness: A Complete Book Insights Review Start Early Today • Book Insights Series What if true excellence has nothing to do with hustle, hacks, or winning — and everything to do with who you are becoming? Brad Stulberg’s The Way of Excellence is the book the personal growth world…
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Daily Wisdom from the Past: March 28, 2026
Today’s Teacher: Socrates (470 – 399 BC) The Teaching The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates, as recorded in Plato’s Apology, 38a Who Was Socrates? Socrates was born around 470 BC in Athens, the son of a stonemason named Sophroniscus and a midwife named Phaenarete. He would later describe his own philosophical work…
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Daily Wisdom from the Past: March 27, 2026
Today’s Teacher: Viktor Frankl (1905 – 1997) The Teaching Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. — Viktor Frankl, attributed from Man’s Search for Meaning Who Was Viktor Frankl? Viktor Emil Frankl was born on…
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59 Things Worth Remembering
A collection of hard-earned truths about identity, work, pain, and the long game of becoming hello there, friend. Some things take years to learn. Others land in a single sentence at exactly the right moment — and you feel something shift. This is a collection of 59 of those sentences. They come from different traditions,…
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Daily Wisdom from the Past: March 26, 2026
Today’s Teacher: Seneca (c. 4 BC – 65 AD) The Teaching It is not that I am brave, but that I know what is not worth fearing. The present moment always will have been. Omnia, Lucili, aliena sunt, tempus tantum nostrum est.(Everything, Lucilius, belongs to others; time alone is ours.)— Seneca, Letters to Lucilius, Letter I…
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And Still, Here You Are
And still here you are. Looking back at all the things you’ve been through, here you are and still going. Of all the things you’ve thought you’ve needed, looked for, and found, here you are and what does it all mean? What has remained the same all throughout the years? What got strengthened in you?…
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360 Review Questions for Leaders (2026 Guide): 120+ Powerful Questions to Unlock Honest Feedback & Leadership Growth
Meta Description: Discover 120+ high-impact 360 review questions for leaders. Learn best practices, examples, and how to run a 360-degree feedback survey that drives real performance and leadership development. The Truth About Leadership Feedback Most leaders don’t lack effort—they lack clear mirrors. A well-designed 360-degree feedback review becomes that mirror. It reveals what direct reports,…
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Daily Wisdom from the Past: March 24, 2026
Today’s Teacher: Simone de Beauvoir (1908 – 1986) The Teaching One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.— Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1949 Who Was Simone de Beauvoir? Simone de Beauvoir was born on January 9, 1908, in Paris, into a bourgeois Catholic family that had fallen on hard financial times. Her…
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Daily Wisdom from the Past: March 22, 2026
Today’s Teacher: Zhuangzi (c. 369 – 286 BC) The Teaching Once upon a time, I, Zhuangzi, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhuangzi. Suddenly, I awoke, and lay there, Zhuangzi once more.…
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How to Know a Person:Everything You Need to Know
How to Know a Person by David Brooks: The Complete Guide to Deeper Human Connection Book Review & Deep Dive · David Brooks · 2023 How to Know a Person:Everything You Need to Know The art of seeing others deeply — and being deeply seen — in a world that has forgotten how. 📖 320…
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SMALLTALK BEST PRACTICE PATTERNS
The Complete Developer Guide Based on Kent Beck’s Classic 1996 Book 92 Patterns for Writing Clean, Readable, and Maintainable Object-Oriented Code What Is Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns? A Developer’s Overview Published in 1996, Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns by Kent Beck remains one of the most influential books ever written on low-level object-oriented design. While the…
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Who Is David Heinemeier Hansson?
David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH): Complete Guide — Biography, Books & Philosophy Complete Guide · Updated 2025 DavidHeinemeierHansson Everything you need to know about DHH — the Danish programmer who rewired how the web is built, wrote the anti-hustle playbook, and won at Le Mans. Ruby on Rails Creator 37signals CTO NYT Bestselling Author Le Mans…