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Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

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,

Did That Make You Feel Better?

Did That Make You Feel Better?

The Daily Stoic for February the 8th. “Did that make you feel better?” “You cry, I’m suffering severe pain! Are you then relieved from feeling it, if you bear it in an unmanly way?” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 78.17 Just some moments ago, I was trying to focus on

Fear Is A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Fear Is A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

I wanted to separate the Daily Stoic posts from the main blog’s content, but I think the Stoic for February the 7th. “Fear is a self-fulfilling prophecy”, deserves to be with the main articles. Here, I describe how I overcame my fears to quit my corporate job and start

Don't Seek Out Strife

Don't Seek Out Strife

The Daily Stoic for February the 6th: “Don’t Seek Out Strife”. “I don’t agree with those who plunge headlong into the middle of the flood and who, accepting a turbulent life, struggle daily in great spirit with difficult circumstances. The wise person will endure that, but won’t