Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for August 14th, “This Isn’t For Fun. It’s For Life”. “Philosophy isn’t a parlor trick or made for show. It’s not concerned with words, but with facts. It’s not employed for some pleasure before the day is spent, or to relieve the

The Daily Stoic for August 13th, “Take Charge And End Your Troubles”.  “You’ve endured countless troubles—all from not letting your ruling reason do the work it was made for—enough already!” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.26 My mother is a wise woman. Every time I’ve found myself

The Daily Stoic for August 12th, “Make The Words Your Own”. “Many words have been spoken by Plato, Zeno, Chrysippus, Posidonius, and by a whole host of equally excellent Stoics. I’ll tell you how people can prove their words to be their own—by putting into practice what they’

The Daily Stoic for August 11th. “No Time For Theories, Just Results”. “When the problem arose for us whether habit or theory was better for getting virtue—if by theory is meant what teaches us correct conduct, and by habit we mean being accustomed to act according to this theory—

The Daily Stoic for August 10th. “Perfection Is The Enemy Of Action”. “We don’t abandon our pursuits because we despair of ever perfecting them.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.2.37b Today’s stoic refers to this psychological cognitive distortion called “all or nothing”. It’s a way of thinking that

The Daily Stoic for August 9th. “Stick With Just The Facts”. “Don’t tell yourself anything more than what the initial impressions report. It’s been reported to you that someone is speaking badly about you. This is the report—the report wasn’t that you’ve been harmed. I