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Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

You Were Born Good

You Were Born Good

The Daily Stoic For October, 31st, “You Were Born Good”. “The human being is born with an inclination toward virtue.” —MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 2.7.1–2 Yes, that little, scared, cute thing in the picture is me. Lovely isn’t it? (ok, don’t answer here). Are we good

Character Is Fate

Character Is Fate

The Daily Stoic for October 29th, “Character Is Fate”. “Each person acquires their own character, but their official roles are designated by chance. You should invite some to your table because they are deserving, others because they may come to deserve it.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 47.15b Today’s daily

We Were Made For Each Other

We Were Made For Each Other

The Daily Stoic for October 28th, “We Were Made For Each Other”. “You’ll more quickly find an earthly thing kept from the earth than you will a person cut off from other human beings.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.9.3 No matter how much of an introvert we think

We Reap What We Sow

We Reap What We Sow

The Daily Stoic for October 27th, “We Reap What We Sow”. “Crimes often return to their teacher.” —SENECA, THYESTES, 311 I find today’s stoic meditation a good piece of advice. Specially relevant to entrepreneurs, the concept of “teacher” can be translated to the entrepreneur, while the students can be

Three Parts, One Aim

Three Parts, One Aim

The Daily Stoic for October 26th, “Three Parts, One Aim”. “The best and the greatest number of authors have asserted that philosophy consists of three parts: the moral, the natural, and the rational. The first puts the soul in order. The second thoroughly examines the natural order of things. The

Two Tasks

Two Tasks

The Daily Stoic for October 25th, “Two Tasks”. “What, then, makes a person free from hindrance and self-determining? For wealth doesn’t, neither does high-office, state or kingdom—rather, something else must be found . . . in the case of living, it is the knowledge of how to live.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.

The Fountain Of Goodness

The Fountain Of Goodness

The Daily Stoic for October 24th, “The Fountain Of Goodness”. “Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.59 Goodness isn’t something that is delivered by email. It won’t get to your