Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

Today’s Daily Stoic, enumerates the seven clear functions of the mind. The proper work of the mind is the exercise of choice, refusal, yearning, repulsion, preparation, purpose, and assent. What then can pollute and clog the mind’s proper functioning? Nothing but its own corrupt decisions.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.

“How often are we asked a simple question like “Who are you?” or “What do you do?” or “Where are you from?” Considering it a superficial question—if we even consider it at all—we don’t bother with more than a superficial answer. — The Daily Stoic. Ryan Holiday “Who

Today’s daily stoic is actually a pretty interesting one for entrepreneurs, freelancers and digital nomads alike: clarify your intentions. Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It’s not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them

The Daily Stoic for today: Perception. Action. Will. The big three concepts of Stoicism. “All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way.

“One of the hardest things to do in life is to say “No.” To invitations, to requests, to obligations, to the stuff that everyone else is doing. Even harder is saying no to certain time-consuming emotions: anger, excitement, distraction, obsession, lust.” — Ryan Holiday. “The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity,