Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for September 17th, “Dealing With Haters”. “What if someone despises me? Let them see to it. But I will see to it that I won’t be found doing or saying anything contemptible. What if someone hates me? Let them see to that. But I will see

The Daily Stoic for September 16th, “Anyone Can Get Lucky, Not Everyone Can Persevere”. “Success comes to the lowly and to the poorly talented, but the special characteristic of a great person is to triumph over the disasters and panics of human life.” —SENECA, ON PROVIDENCE, 4.1 Today’s

The Daily Stoic for September 15th, “A Garden Is Not For Show”. “First practice not letting people know who you are—keep your philosophy to yourself for a bit. In just the manner that fruit is produced—the seed buried for a season, hidden, growing gradually so it may come

The Daily Stoic for September 14th, “A Different Way To Pray”. “Try praying differently, and see what happens: Instead of asking for ‘a way to sleep with her,’ try asking for ‘a way to stop desiring to sleep with her.’ Instead of ‘a way to get rid of him,’ try

The Daily Stoic for September 13th, “Protecting Our Inner Fortress From Fear”. “No, it is events that give rise to fear—when another has power over them or can prevent them, that person becomes able to inspire fear. How is the fortress destroyed? Not by iron or fire, but by

The Daily Stoic for September 12th, “Be Down To Earth, Or Be Brought Down”. “Zeno always said that nothing was more unbecoming than putting on airs, especially with the young.” —DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.1.22 In my view, today’s stoic meditation is all about