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Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

Just Don't Make Things Worse

Just Don't Make Things Worse

The Daily Stoic for June 11th. “Just Don’t Make Things Worse”. “How much more harmful are the consequences of anger and grief than the circumstances that aroused them in us!” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 11.18.8 It’s true that when something goes wrong, getting angry is one of

You Can Do It

You Can Do It

The Daily Stoic for June 10th. “You Can Do It”. “If you find something very difficult to achieve yourself, don’t imagine it impossible—for anything possible and proper for another person can be achieved as easily by you.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.19 Success, failure, and the process of

Solve Problems Early

Solve Problems Early

The Daily Stoic for June 9th: “Solve Problems Early”. “There is no vice which lacks a defense, none that at the outset isn’t modest and easily intervened—but after this the trouble spreads widely. If you allow it to get started you won’t be able to control when

Brick By Boring Brick

Brick By Boring Brick

The Daily Stoic for June 8th. “Brick By Boring Brick”. “You must build up your life action by action, and be content if each one achieves its goal as far as possible—and no one can keep you from this. But there will be some external obstacle! Perhaps, but no

Finding The Right Mentors

Finding The Right Mentors

The Daily Stoic for June 7th. “Finding The Right Mentors” “We like to say that we don’t get to choose our parents, that they were given by chance—yet we can truly choose whose children we’d like to be.” —SENECA, ON THE BREVITY OF LIFE, 15.3a I

When To Stick And When To Quit

When To Stick And When To Quit

This post was actually the Daily Stoic for June 6th: “When To Stick And When To Quit”. However, I find today’s stoic to be extremely interesting for entrepreneurs and, especially, for micropreneurs. “Think of those who, not by fault of inconsistency but by lack of effort, are too unstable

Blow Your Own Nose

Blow Your Own Nose

The Daily Stoic for June 5th. “Blow Your Own Nose”. “We cry to God Almighty, how can we escape this agony? Fool, don’t you have hands? Or could it be God forgot to give you a pair? Sit and pray your nose doesn’t run! Or, rather just wipe