The Best of Forge
10+ most popular Forge articles, as voted by our community.
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Forge on Better Living
Forge on Career
A Guide to Developing a Deep Reading Habit
7 principles to help you read more and read better
Forge on Creative Burnout
A New Way to Recover From Creative Burnout
The underappreciated — and often feminized — labor that undergirds everyday life is essential to true creativity
Forge on Gaslighting
Forge on Introspection
To Become Happier, Ask Yourself These Two Questions Every Night
The one-minute exercise can make a profound difference
Forge on Productivity
A Radical Guide to Spending Less Time on Your Phone
When I used these strategies, I finally took back my life
How to Beat Procrastination Like a Stoic Philosopher
Seven tactics from the ancient world that have stood the test of time
Forge on Stoicism
50 Very Short Rules for a Good Life From the Stoics
“When the standards have been set,” Epictetus said, “the work of philosophy is just this, to examine and uphold the standards, but the work of a truly good person is in using those standards when…
«If someone offends you, realize you are complicit in taking offense.»
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The Question That Frees Up a Schedule
Raise the chances that when you do whatever you agreed to do, you’ll actually want to do it
How to Write Anything
Rules you can use to write anything you want to write — from a book to a tweet
9 Ways to ‘Rewild Your Attention’
How to inject more weirdness and randomness into the stuff you read and see
«Any book published in the U.S. before 1925 is in the public domain, so you can do amazingly fun book-browsing online.»
How to Change a Mind
Missy spent more than five years getting her husband to leave a cult, but the breakthrough was simple
How to Be Rich, According to the Happiest Country in the World
Meik Wiking, author of The Little Book of Hygge, tells us what the Danes know about converting wealth into well-being
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