Author: Quintus Curtius

You Can’t Save People Who Won’t Participate In Their Own Rescue (Podcast)

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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

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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.

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Why You Should Follow Your Passions: The Example Of Michael Punke

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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.

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Are Psychic Phenomena Real? (Podcast)

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In every culture in every historical age, there has been interest in some version of psychic phenomena.

But are these phenomena “real,” or simply delusions?

And how can it help us in our quest for answers?  I offers some suggestions based on my own travels, studies, and experiences.

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The Giving And Receiving Of Advice

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Advice requires two participants.  One must offer it; and another must receive it.  If it is offered without first having been solicited, it generates resentment, however small and incremental.  And if it is requested, the counselor must yet take care not to overstep his boundaries, for fear of providing insight that is too pungent.

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“Should I Join The Military?” (Podcast)

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I receive an email from a guy who feels like he needs a career change.  He’s lost his motivation and drive in his present job, and feels it’s time to move on.

He is considering the military, but doesn’t know if it is the right thing to do.

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Coping With Extreme Adversity (Podcast)

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What traits and habits enabled men to survive extreme physical danger or adversity?

In this podcast, we look for some answers in accounts of the First World War.

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Candido Rondon: Brazil’s Greatest Explorer

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In the annals of American exploration, few names are as distinguished, and perhaps as little known, as that of Marshal Cândido Rondon.  As an officer in the Brazilian Army in the late 19th and early 20th century, he revealed more of the Amazonian basin to the world than any single other figure.  His incredible toughness, personal background, unorthodox philosophy, and leadership skills make him a unique and startling figure.

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The Massurrealism Of James Seehafer

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I had the good fortune recently to speak with James Seehafer, the founder of the artistic school known as massurrealism.  A fellow New Englander, Seehafer studied at Parsons School Of Design.  He then began exhibiting his paintings in the northeast, including Boston and New York City (specifically in the Lower East Side).  His work was received favorably in New York, and his paintings were displayed alongside the works of Jean Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring.  In 2005 he relocated to Berlin, Germany to continue working in photography and paint.  As James began to use more mass media elements in his work–including photography, video, and advertising–he coined the term massurrealism in the early 1990s.  The term was a necessary and accurate one, since no existing coinage adequately described the type of art he was producing.   Continue reading →

No Rest For The Wicked

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Boccaccio’s On Famous Women is one of those good books that no one has ever heard of.  It is a collection of short essays on some notable women of history, and the author includes characters both good and bad.  Queens, schemers, seducers, prostitutes, patriots, and rebels all have a place here.

I find these old, forgotten Renaissance works highly enjoyable and instructive, precisely for the reasons that some people do not.  Some people do not like the moralistic, judgmental tone of these old works.  But it is refreshing.  It is good sometimes to judge, and to be judged.

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