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How can we have contentment and peace in a materialistic world? Dan Wooldridge shares a story that unlocks that secret.
Picking up from the Rich Fool in Luke 12:13-21, Solomon West observes some of Jesus’ most immensely practical teaching on how we are to live our lives.
Solomon West / May 12 2009
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Glen McMahan wonders if there aren't products that have already reached a perfect blend of form and function . . . products that really are good enough . . . categories where innovation simply isn't necessary because there's nothing to be gained by producing something that's new but not different . . .
Glenn McMahan / May 29 2009
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Research demonstrates that more options leads to more discontent. What is the antidote to discontentment in our consumerist world?
Bradley J. Moore buys an iPhone for his beloved spouse, leading to contentment, harmony and much learning in the family car. Or something like that.
In the middle of crossing things off his “to do” list, wanting his team to win, needing mechanical things to work right and wishing people would just stop asking him to do things all the time, Howard Morrison can't get no satisfaction. Or can he?

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When John D. Rockefeller was asked how much was enough, he answered, "Just a little bit more." But for most of us, as it said, enough is $1 more than we need. And that's a pretty good way to look at it. But the question is more complicated than that. A Wall Street Journal book review of Whatever Happened to Thrift? [...] John C. Bogle
Bradley J. Moore reflects on the rule of threes, a Gallup poll on job satisfaction, the meaning of work, and a mother's love (OK, not so much the last one, but his mother does make a cameo appearance).
At day's end, what do we really want from work? An exploration by Bradley J. Moore.