On Solid Ground is a forum for sharing ideas and values that you find interesting, enjoyable, or useful toward flourishing. We invite you to submit:

  • Articles about ideas for loving life or defending freedom
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  • Personal-development tips, strategies, or tactics

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Contributors here offer their own ideas, which do not necessarily reflect those of the staff or managers of OSI.

On Choosing to Be a Younger Son

Why do some people excel in life while others stagnate? Many factors are at play, but none is more powerful than free will. We can choose to think or not to think, to exert mental effort or not to do so. That’s our fundamental choice. And choosing to...

Tim Ferriss on “Living a Full Life”

Do you ever struggle to balance staying productive, living a full life, and leaving time to think and reflect in the limited time you have? In this video, Tim Ferriss, author of the self-help classic The Four-Hour Work Week, talks about how to integrate being...

Tim Ferris speaking

Why We Created OSI

Many people live unhappy lives because they accept philosophic ideas that undermine personal happiness, such as “Being moral consists in selflessly serving others.” Likewise, many advocate and live under statist or tyrannical regimes because they accept ideas that...

Craig and Sarah Biddle

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Pushing Forward with “Extreme Ownership”

Are you experiencing leadership challenges at work–with employees, supervisors, or peers–and seeking examples of what excellence looks like? Or maybe you’re looking for motivation or inspiration to get you through difficult moments in your life, or simply to keep pushing forward. If so, then perhaps “Jocko Podcast” is for you.