Introducing: Personology

Abraham Lincoln contemplated suicide more than once in his life, he knew suffering and yet he is perhaps histories' greatest leader through a period of time where the nation also wept, the American Civil War. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.co ...  Show more

Howard Hughes was one of the most financially successful businessmen of all time, an engineer, a record setting pilot, film producer and philanthropist, his obsessive compulsive disorder drove his ability to stunningly innovate but ultimately it caused great suffering. Learn more ...  Show more

The beginning rarely looks like the end, but once you dig into these curious lives, you'll start to notice the shape of greatness.

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Who we are is closely tied to what we—and others—know about ourselves. These stories offer examples of how that might be taken to the extreme.

Learning about things that happened in the past can generate a sense of wonder. And these two stories are bound to do just that.

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