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Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

Pay Your Taxes

Pay Your Taxes

The Daily Stoic for April 15th. “Pay your taxes”. “Nothing will ever befall me that I will receive with gloom or a bad disposition. I will pay my taxes gladly. Now, all the things which cause complaint or dread are like the taxes of life—things from which, my dear

Becoming An Expert In What Matters

Becoming An Expert In What Matters

The Daily Stoic for April 14th. “Becoming an expert in what matters”. “Believe me, it’s better to produce the balance-sheet of your own life than that of the grain market.” —SENECA, ON THE BREVITY OF LIFE, 18.3b We live under a constant information overload. We have built a

Less Is More

Less Is More

The Daily Stoic for April 13th: “Less Is More”. “Don’t act grudgingly, selfishly, without due diligence, or to be a contrarian. Also, don’t overdress your thought in fine language. Don’t be a person of too many words and too many deeds. . . . Be cheerful, not wanting outside help

Reject Tantalizing Gifts

Reject Tantalizing Gifts

The Daily Stoic for April 12th. “Reject tantalizing gifts”. “Atreus: Who would reject the flood of fortune’s gifts? Thyestes: Anyone who has experienced how easily they flow back.” —SENECA, THYESTES, 536 What’s wrong with accepting a gift? Generally speaking, nothing. However, there are different types of gifts. In

If You Want To Learn, Be Humble

If You Want To Learn, Be Humble

The Daily Stoic for April the 11th. “If you want to learn, be humble”. “Throw out your conceited opinions, for it is impossible for a person to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.17.1 Today, I was talking to a fellow TechHub member

Judgments Cause Disturbance

Judgments Cause Disturbance

The Daily Stoic for April 10th, “Judgments cause disturbance”. “It isn’t events themselves that disturb people, but only their judgments about them.” —EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 5 Some weeks ago, by mid March, the stoic meditation, “Timeless Wisdom“, talked about this topic. How events are not good or bad per se,

Test Your Impressions

Test Your Impressions

The Daily Stoic for April 9th. “Test your impressions”. “From the very beginning, make it your practice to say to every harsh impression, ‘you are an impression and not at all what you appear to be.’ Next, examine and test it by the rules you possess, the first and greatest