When most people hear the word philanthropy, they picture the very wealthy writing enormous cheques. It can feel like something reserved for billionaires, far removed from ordinary life. Oprah Winfrey...
It can take years to find the courage to say what you really think. To speak up in a meeting, to disagree with someone you respect, or to tell people who you truly are. Melinda Gates, who has spent mu...
We often think of education as something that happens inside classrooms, ends with a certificate, and is mostly about passing exams. Plato, one of the greatest thinkers who ever lived, saw it very dif...
Napoleon Bonaparte (Image: Wikipedia) Napoleon Bonaparte won some of the most famous battles ever fought. He conquered much of Europe and built an empire. So it is striking that when he talked about v...
Shame is one of the oldest tools for keeping people quiet. Make someone feel embarrassed enough about who they are, and you can often stop them from speaking up or standing their ground. Melinda Frenc...
Benjamin Graham (Image: Wikipedia) Most of us imagine that winning at money means outsmarting everyone else. Spotting the hot stock first. Timing the market better than the crowd. Being cleverer than ...
Seneca (Image: Wikipedia) Seneca spent years standing close to one of the most dangerous men in history. As tutor and advisor to the Roman emperor Nero, he watched up close what happens when a powerfu...
Sandra Bullock’s message that “nothing is a failure” continues to resonate more than a decade after she shared it during a graduation speech in 2014. Sandra Bullock is having a quiet...
Queen Elizabeth (Image: Wikipedia) We are told, more or less constantly, that happiness is something you get. Buy the thing, win the prize, land the promotion, treat yourself. Queen Elizabeth II spent...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in 28 June 1712 “Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.”Few opening line...