In his Wired magazine article The World Needs More Rebels Like Einstein, Walter Isaacson notes that Einstein’s concept that “time is relative depending on your state of motion” had been explored by other scientists, who “had come close to his insight, but they were too confined by the dogmas of the day.
“Einstein alone was impertinent [...]

Exploring who we are, putting ourselves into places and situations that develop our talents and abilities, standing up to internal and external pressures that get in the way - all that takes courage, and dealing with fear in positive ways.
After being fired from her office job of nine years, Judy Swank initially felt despair at [...]

In his article Writers Thrive On Anxiety, hypno-psychotherapist Dr. Bryan Knight declares that hypnosis can help writers in a number of ways - helpful for other artists as well as writers, of course: “first, in lowering anxiety, second, in dealing with our own negative self-talk, third, in providing motivation to stop procrastinating, fourth, in building [...]

“It’s hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side.”
Columnist Molly Ivins (1944-2007)
That is a quote from a Psychology Today article: A Field Guide to the Cynic, By Elizabeth Svoboda.
She quotes from Rick Bayan’s site The Cynic’s Sanctuary: “The world belongs to people [...]

Playwright Edward Albee achieved early career success (”The Zoo Story,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,”) that was followed by several decades of “thorny obscurity and neglect,” but a triumphant return to achievement in his mid-70s with his Tony-winning play “The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?” according to a 2003 SF Chronicle article listing other enduring [...]

Keeping ourselves emotionally safe makes sense, of course, but safety and contentment may come at the expense of personal growth.
Producer Brian Grazer recalls in his essay “Disrupting My Comfort Zone” about deciding to learn how to surf at age 45.
“Picture this scene: The north shore of Oahu—the toughest, most competitive surfing spot on the planet,” [...]