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Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

Working Hard Or Hardly Working?

Working Hard Or Hardly Working?

The Daily Stoic for May 30th. “Working Hard Or Hardly Working?” “I can’t call a person a hard worker just because I hear they read and write, even if working at it all night. Until I know what a person is working for, I can’t deem them industrious.

Work Is Therapy

Work Is Therapy

The Daily Stoic for May 29th. “Work Is Therapy”. “Work nourishes noble minds.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 31.5 Some days ago, while writing about Where to find joy, I discussed precisely about how I am the kind of person who loves doing stuff. In my case, it’s not about

Kill The Technician!

Kill The Technician!

Most micropreneurs I know come from a technical background. That’s not surprising. The vast majority of one-man businesses rely, especially at the beginning, on the technical skills of the owner. However, when we transition from freelancers to entrepreneurs, we need to kill the technician inside us and let other

The First Two Things Before Acting

The First Two Things Before Acting

The Daily Stoic for May 28th. “The First Two Things Before Acting”: “The first thing to do—don’t get worked up. For everything happens according to the nature of all things, and in a short time you’ll be nobody and nowhere, even as the great emperors Hadrian and

Sweat The Small Stuff

Sweat The Small Stuff

The Daily Stoic for May 27th. “Sweat The Small Stuff”. “Well-being is realized by small steps, but is truly no small thing.” —ZENO, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.1.26 It’s true that what we are is the sum of the small things we

Stop Caring What People Think

Stop Caring What People Think

The Daily Stoic for May 26th. “Stop Caring What People Think”. “I’m constantly amazed by how easily we love ourselves above all others, yet we put more stock in the opinions of others than in our own estimation of self. . . . How much credence we give to the opinions our

Where To Find Joy

Where To Find Joy

The Daily Stoic for May 25th: “Where to find joy”. “Joy for human beings lies in proper human work. And proper human work consists in: acts of kindness to other human beings, disdain for the stirrings of the senses, identifying trustworthy impressions, and contemplating the natural order and all that