On Solid Ground – Latest Blog Posts
How Not to Choose Your Career
Most of my outwardly successful friends are unhappy, often without understanding the reasons why.
The Motivating Power of Positive Values
In choosing a particular goal, you may not actually be pursuing a positive value, but avoiding a disvalue.
More Scholarships for LevelUp 2024!
These scholarships are limited and going fast—so apply now and secure your spot for the most life-enhancing conference of the year!
How to Get More Value from Less Content
Acting on and internalizing the content you’re consuming is far more important than how much you consume.
Is There a God-Shaped Hole—or a Self-Shaped Hole?
Join Craig Biddle at LevelUp 2024 to hear him talk about the “God-shaped hole”—the idea that if you don’t believe in God and accept him into your life, you’ll be deprived of spiritual values such as meaning and purpose—and it's alternative idea: the self-shaped hole.
Optimizing Your Health for Happiness
At LevelUp 2024, health expert Max Lugavere will show how to optimize your nutrition, sleep, and exercise so you can live the longest, happiest, most fulfilling life possible.
Thriving Through Adversity and Trauma
At LevelUp 2024, David will discuss how he processed the worst loss imaginable, and worked to rebuild a life of happiness.
Sam Harris and Alex O’Connor Debate Morality
I was delighted to see that Alex O’Connor recently debated Sam Harris about whether ethics is objective and, if so, on what grounds.
April Ascent—Save 40% on LevelUp 2024
LevelUp 2024 is just around the corner (June 19–22)—and if you register now you’ll save 40% with our April Ascent pricing.