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Book Review: When the World Hurts by Liz Moyer Benferhat

Introduction When the World Hurt is not a book you read—it’s a space you enter. Liz Moyer Benferhat has crafted something far more intimate than a typical self-help guide. This is a workshop disguised as a manuscript, a shared emotional container between the author, the reader, and the collective human experience. Written between 2018 and 2025—and shaped intensely by the tumultuous years of 2023 to 2025—the book feels like a mirror held up to a world in pain, yet also to a humanity waking up. At its core, this is a book for the people who care deeply, feel intensely, and are tired of oscillating between hope and heartbreak. For those who scroll the news with a knot in the stomach, who lie awake at 3 a.m. wondering what the future holds, and who are torn between staying informed and staying sane—this book is your companion. A Workshop for the Soul Benferhat opens the book with an unusual but compelling framing: this is not a “read and close” experience—it is a workshop. A shared space. ...

Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles of Success

Introduction Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 and his family was very poor. He was born and bought up in Virginia, USA. At the age of 13, he started writing for a paper and utilised his earnings to enter into a law school. But shortly he observed that practical implementation of his studies were not reasonable and left his course. He continued his writing and major turning point of his life came when he got an opportunity to interview Mr. Andrew Carnegie. At that time, Mr Carnegie was one of the most powerful personalities in the world. The interview duration ballooned to 3 days period instead of the scheduled 3 hours. Andrew Carnegie offered him a proposal to study and understand success formula of wealthy people but without any payment. Napoleon immediately agreed and started taking interviews of successful people like Thomas Edison, Graham Bell, Henry Ford etc. He observed that every successful perAnson work in line with the 17 principles of success. Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles of S...

The Philosophy of Stoicism: Part 2

Introduction On 10 December 1940, a very big explosion happened in West Orange, New Jersey. Immediately 8 fire vehicles rushed to the site. This fire happened due to a chemical explosion in the 10 Factory building of Thomas Alva Edison. Initially, Edison tried very hard to douse the fire and was running from here and there. But when he realized that there is no benefit of running as fire already gutted his whole factory then he started watching the scene. He also called his son, wife, and other family members to the burning site. He told them that it is a very rare event and they will not see such fire again. The next day he accepted the interview with New York Times and told the reporter that he is ready to build everything again. Edison was 67 years old at that time and this story is a perfect example of stoicism. Here he implemented the fourth core value of stoicism. Stoicism is a philosophy of ancient Athens scholars but it is a pearl of timeless wisdom. Many great personalities us...