Do you make others better?
Excerpt and link to The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday When you are making others better, you are leading. And when you are acting like a Stoic, you are making others…
Author: theleanstoic
Just a man trying to forge a new, but already existing path. Exposing the truth behind the curtain. Everything in life is a process and in every process there is waste.
Fear, the ultimate waste…
Well, As I proved on Saturday, the sky really is the limit. The class I was literally dreading has ended and my final exam (92) and final project was accepted…
The more things change…
Take a look at a newspaper or magazine article from the year you were born. The more things change…the more they stay the SAME. Try it and you’ll see… My…
The Principles of “Wabi-sabi” (1)
I have heard this term before. Referring to the filling of cracks in Japanese pottery with gold. To show that even imperfections can hold beauty and a story within. I…
With great power comes…
Seneca had a rule for those who have been placed in a high position or accumulated success or power: “Bestow pardon for many things; seek pardon for none.” By that he…
Routine is key…
Good morning and well met, We are the things we do. Day in and day out. So why not make those things habit? Why would we not take a long…
Get moving! (the sitting disease)
As Seneca put it, “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” . One of the truest quotes ever spoken. Or written for that matter. Especially during these most trying…
The most important meal…
It has been said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But what is a truly meaningful breakfast? I say it’s far more than edible sustenance. It’s…
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