Jan 28, 2019Why the mind should be your most prized possession.And how to truly value it. — “What’s left to be prized? This I think-to limit our action or inaction to only what’s keeping with the needs of our own preparation…it’s what the exertions of education and teaching are all about — here is the thing to be prized! If you hold this firmly, you’ll stop trying…Self Improvement2 min read
Jan 24, 2019Do you invest whole-hearted way too fast?Learn how to take a step back and look at the whole with this “1" simple reminder — “From Rusticus….I learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough understanding of the whole, and not to agree to quickly to those who have a lot to say about something.” — Marcus Aurelius When coming up with an idea or listening to our friend talk about a…Intuition3 min read
Jan 24, 2019Money, does it truly have the power to change your life?Or is this simply a myth….. — Let’s pass over to the really rich — how often the occasion they look poor! When they travel abroad they must restrict their baggage, and when haste is necessary, they dismiss their entourage. And those who are in the army, how few of their possessions they can keep…” — Seneca …Self Improvement2 min read
Jan 22, 2019Use this “1” Daily Method to Reflect on your dayTo provide new insight on where to invest your efforts — I will keep constant watch over myself and — most usefully — will put each day up for review. For this is what makes us evil — that none of us looks back upon our lives. We reflect upon only that which we are about to do. And yet our…Self Improvement2 min read
Jan 21, 2019Ask yourself the following first thing in the morningWhat am I lacking in attaining freedom from passion? What for tranquility What am I? A mere body, estate holder, or reputation? None of these things. What then? A rational being. What then is demanded of me? Mediate on your actions. What did I do that was unfriendly, unsocial, or…Productivity3 min read
Jan 18, 2019Control this one thing because it’s the only thing you can.And no, it’s not your body — We control or reason choice and all acts that depend on that moral will. What’s not under our control are the body and any of its parts, our possessions, parents, siblings, children, or country — anything with which we might associate.” —Epictetus The Mind, it’s a complex thing, it holds…Mindfulness2 min read
Jan 17, 2019How to Stop Avoiding ThingsThe” 1" thing you need to remember when life gets hard — For if a person shifts their caution to their own reasoned choices and the acts of those choices, they will at the same time gain the will to avoid, but if they shift their caution away from their own reasoned choices to things not under their control, seeking to avoid…Self Improvement2 min read
Jan 16, 2019Don’t believe in LUCK, believe in JUDGEMENTThe proper way to steady your life through everyday chaos — The essence of good is a certain kind of reasoned choices; just as the essence of evil is another kind. What’s about externals, then? They are only raw material for our reasoned choice, which finds its own good or evil in working with them. How will it find the good…Life Lessons2 min read
Jan 10, 2019“What are you really in control of?”Feelings, Actions, External Factors or nothing at all…. — “Some thing are in our control, while others are not. We control our opinion, choice, desire; aversion ,and, in a word, everything of our own doing. We don’t control our body, property, reputation, position ,and, in a word, everything not of our own doing. Even more, the things in our…Self Improvement2 min read
Jan 8, 2019Have your harmless everyday actions turned into a full blown addiction?Here’s one way to find out…and not fall prey to them any longer — We must give up many things to which we are addicted, considering them to be good. Otherwise, courage will vanish, which should continually test itself. Greatness of the soul will be lost, which can’t stand out unless it disdains as petty what the mob regarded as most desirable. — Seneca …Addiction2 min read
