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You're A Product Of Your Training

You're A Product Of Your Training

The Daily Stoic for the last day of March: “You’re a product of your training”. “Chasing what can’t be done is madness. But the base person is unable to do anything else.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.17 I don’t think our destiny is determined by anything but

Reason In All Things

Reason In All Things

The Daily Stoic for March 30th: “Reason in all things”. “Hurry to your own ruling reason, to the reason of the Whole, and to your neighbor’s. To your own mind to make it just; to the mind of the Whole to remember your place in it; and to your

Why Do You Need To Impress These People Again?

Why Do You Need To Impress These People Again?

The Daily Stoic for March 29th. “Why do you need to impress these people again?”. “If you should ever turn your will to things outside your control in order to impress someone, be sure that you have wrecked your whole purpose in life. Be content, then, to be a philosopher

Cowardice As A Design Problem

Cowardice As A Design Problem

Today’s Daily Stoic, “Cowardice as a design problem”. “Life without a design is erratic. As soon as one is in place, principles become necessary. I think you’ll concede that nothing is more shameful than uncertain and wavering conduct, and beating a cowardly retreat. This will happen in all

Pay What Things Are Worth

Pay What Things Are Worth

The Daily Stoic for March 27th. “Pay What Things Are Worth”. “Diogenes of Sinope said we sell things of great value for things of very little, and vice versa.” —DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 6.2.35b Some years ago, I found myself at a large queue in

What Rules Your Ruling Reason?

What Rules Your Ruling Reason?

The Daily Stoic for March 26th. “What rules your ruling reason?” “How does your ruling reason manage itself? For in that is the key to everything. Whatever else remains, be it in the power of your choice or not, is but a corpse and smoke.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 12.33

Wealth And Freedom Are Free

Wealth And Freedom Are Free

The Daily Stoic for March 25th. “Wealth and freedom are free”. “. . . freedom isn’t secured by filling up on your heart’s desire but by removing your desire.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.1.175 In our society, there seems to be a very well defined concept of wealth or personal well-being.