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Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

Think Before You Act

Think Before You Act

The Daily Stoic for February 14th, “Think before you act”: “For to be wise is only one thing—to fix our attention on our intelligence, which guides all things everywhere.” —HERACLITUS, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 9.1 Think before you act. I don’t think

Towards Deep Work: Becoming Unreachable

Towards Deep Work: Becoming Unreachable

While being in a distracting environment may be ok if you are working on shallow tasks, finding a quiet spot and becoming unreachable is necessary if we need to do some deep work. In order to do that, first, we need to find a space where we can work uninterruptedly

Pleasure Can Become Punishment

Pleasure Can Become Punishment

The Daily Stoic for today, February the 13rd: “Pleasure can become punishment”. “Whenever you get an impression of some pleasure, as with any impression, guard yourself from being carried away by it, let it await your action, give yourself a pause. After that, bring to mind both times, first when

Protect Your Peace Of Mind

Protect Your Peace Of Mind

The Daily Stoic for February 12nd. “Protect your peace of mind”: “Keep constant guard over your perceptions, for it is no small thing you are protecting, but your respect, trustworthiness and steadiness, peace of mind, freedom from pain and fear, in a word your freedom. For what would you sell

Hero Or Nero?

Hero Or Nero?

The Daily Stoic for today, February 11th. “Hero or Nero?”. “Our soul is sometimes a king, and sometimes a tyrant. A king, by attending to what is honorable, protects the good health of the body in its care, and gives it no base or sordid command. But an uncontrolled, desire-fueled,

Anger Is A Bad Fuel

Anger Is A Bad Fuel

The Daily Stoic for February the 10th. “Anger is a bad fuel”. “There is no more stupefying thing than anger, nothing more bent on its own strength. If successful, none more arrogant, if foiled, none more insane—since it’s not driven back by weariness even in defeat, when fortune

You Don't Have To Have An Opinion

You Don't Have To Have An Opinion

The Daily Stoic for today, February the 9th: “You don’t have to have an opinion”. “We have the power to hold no opinion about a thing and to not let it upset our state of mind—for things have no natural power to shape our judgments.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS,