I comment on an article written by a junior officer who doesn’t feel challenged by his job and is disillusioned with it. This is the article I’m referring to:
We’re Getting Out Of The Marines
I respond with some thoughts of my own.
Year: 2016
John Locke’s Theory On The Education Of The Young
In my Thirty-Seven, I wrote at length (Ch. 7, “A Program of Education”) on the educational views of the Renaissance humanist Paolo Vergerio. His ideas stressed the importance of character and discipline as the foundations and prerequisites for intellectual study; not to master one’s desires, he knew, was fatal to any meaningful progress in education.
Questions On Dealing With Negative People And Thriving In A Politically-Correct Environment (Podcast)
Today we deal with two separate questions from two different readers:
1. How do I get rid of negativity in my life from people around me?
2. How can I get along best in a politically-correct environment?
The Wreck Of The Brig “Polly”: Staying Alive At Sea With Ingenuity
I recently came across a remarkable story of endurance and survival. It hammers home the point–made repeatedly on this site–that when disaster strikes, one must dig in and use all available resources to fight on to final victory.
Hard-Core Travel Survival Tips From Robert Young Pelton
I recently wrote an article that featured some great adventure travel equipment tips from Robert Young Pelton, the hard-core author of The World’s Most Dangerous Places. As I was thumbing though my old copy of this classic (my edition is one of the first, and dates to the mid-1990s), I realized that there is some very useful travel wisdom here.
Questions About Carelessness, Frivolity, And Career Choices (Podcast)
This podcast answers unrelated questions from two different readers:
1. What did I mean in a certain sentence from “Thirty-Seven”?
2. What guidance should a young guy get who isn’t sure he’s in the right career?
Sir Stephen Spender’s “I Think Continually Of Those Who Were Truly Great”
Here’s something for you to start (or end) your week with. I hope it speaks to you.
It resonates with me, and celebrates some of the themes of Fortress of the Mind.
You Can’t Save People Who Won’t Participate In Their Own Rescue (Podcast)
This podcast discusses the following topics:
1. How some knowledge comes suddenly, and some gradually.
2. Discovering the Nautilus bodybuilding system in college.
3. How leadership principles are absorbed gradually.
4. How you can’t save people who won’t save themselves, and why this is the most difficult thing for a man of action to accept.
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Read more on this and other subjects in the new translation of Cicero’s Stoic Paradoxes.
Robert Young Pelton’s Travel Gear And Equipment Tips
Robert Young Pelton has done what the rest of us should aspire to do: he’s turned a love for travel and adventure into a career. He’s the author of The World’s Most Dangerous Places (which has gone through multiple editions), as well as a journalist, documentary producer, and television personality. His specialty was producing on-the-spot situation reports from worldwide conflict zones.
Why You Should Follow Your Passions: The Example Of Michael Punke
Some time ago I wrote a review of a film I admired very much, The Revenant. I’ve recently learned more about the author of the book on which the movie was based. His name is Michael Punke, and his story provides a good example of why you should stick to your guns and pursue your passions. Success may take a long time, but it will come.
Quintus Curtius 
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