“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Declaration of Independence Adopted July 2, 1776 Exactly 238 years ago, Thomas Jefferson followed his authorship of the above words by calling slavery an “abominable crime.” Yet, he personally owned more than 600 slaves over the course of his lifetime. Jefferso

A man I’ll call Andrew Erickson, a 50-year-old executive, told me he outworks just about everybody he knows. The other day, his sister called to see if Andrew could drop in and eat breakfast with their 88-year-old dad, who lives down the road. “I can do it at 5:45 a.m.,” said Andrew, “because I have to be at work by 6:45.” “But Andrew,” the sister protested, “Dad doesn’t wake up until 7:30.” The truth is, Andrew doesn’t have to be at work at 6:45, he just behaves like

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