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Reject Self Help Slop. Embrace the Great Man Biography.

Why reading historical biographies is better for your mental health than the self help genre

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October 2026

How to Win When Nobody Is on Your Side

The Exile and Return of El Cid

Oct 27 • ThinkingWest

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How Medieval Crusaders Cured Existential Dread

The spiritual mentality the modern world sorely needs

Oct 20 • ThinkingWest

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Why Dying Men Make Great Leaders

Even when everything is falling apart...

Oct 13 • ThinkingWest

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The Marriage Crisis is Worse Than You Think

The West needs strong marriages and families more than anything else

Oct 6 • ThinkingWest

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September 2026

Roosevelt's Brutal Answer to Victim Culture

And how to be a man in the arena...

Sep 29

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The Mindset Alexander the Great Used To Conquer the World

3 character traits that made Alexander unstoppable

Sep 22 • ThinkingWest

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The Year 2000 Changed Men Forever

How digital life is deconstructing masculinity...

Sep 15 • ThinkingWest

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Why You Must Train

The greatest thinkers in history prioritized physical fitness

Sep 8 • ThinkingWest

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Why Our Architecture is Ugly

And how to reclaim it in the next generation

Sep 1 • ThinkingWest

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August 2026

Why Mars Will Be America 2.0

The playbook to build an interplanetary civilization

Aug 18 • ThinkingWest

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Escape the Cult of Productivity

How Leisure Built Civilization

Aug 15 • ThinkingWest

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