The Real Con: inertia and consistency

The Real Con: who are you?

The Real Con: we all have a choice

The Real Con: discipline over excuses

The Real Con: finding order in chaos

The Real Con: fear, haste, and narrowness of mind

The Real Con: the detergent of loyalty

The Real Con: sacrifice

The Real Con: perspective from the field

"As a military man, I think you'll have a special interest in this."

The Real Con: how to think about health

Pericles was a great statesman of his time and reportedly a friend of Socrates. He believed that Athenians were able to do anything better than anyone else. Ancient Athens, a self-disciplined society, balanced their discipline with the pursuit of intellectual freedom.

The Real Con: the quality of experience

Do not despair. Do not be disappointed if you see that you cannot accomplish all the good which you would like to accomplish.

The Real Con: the risk of doing nothing

The Overmountain Men were from settlements west of, or "over" the Appalachian Mountains.