Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life, he once said. I shall never cease to be grateful for the three and half years of apprenticeship and the diffi...
Nothing has sunk more creators and caused more unhappiness than this: our inherently human tendency to pursue a strategy aimed at accomplishing one goal while simultaneously expecting to achieve other...
Not be positive but learn to be ceaselessly creative and opportunistic. Not: This is not so bad. But: I can make this good.
Mike Tyson, who, reflecting on the collapse of his fortune and fame, told a reporter, If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.
Leaders like Belichick and Merkel know that steak is what wins games and moves nations forward. Sizzle, on the other hand, makes it harder to make the right decisions.
It was only a matter of time before someone smart came along and said, It doesn’t have to be this way. The tools of the Internet and social media have made it possible to track, test, iterate, and imp...
It may take some hard work.But the more you say no to the things that don’t matter, the more you can say yes to the things that do.
It is sad to consider how much time many people spend in the course of a day doing things they have to do—not necessary obligations like work or family, but the obligations we needlessly accept out of...
It is essential for you to remember that the attention you give to any action should be in due proportion to its worth, for then you won’t tire and give up, if you aren’t busying yourself with lesser...
Instead, the timeless, recurring problems that make us human—those are ambitious problems to tackle. Some
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases. —SENECA
In other words, through our perception of events, we are complicit in the creation—as well as the destruction—of
If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in extraneous matters—don’t wish to seem knowledgeable. And if some regard you as important, distrust yourself.
I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed through life without an opponent—no one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you. —SENECA, ON PROVID...
How much more tolerant and understanding would you be today if you could see the actions of other people as attempts to do the right thing?
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, MEDITATIO...
How does what you do every day reflect, in some way, the values you claim to care about?
His job was to set the priorities, to think big picture, and then trust the people beneath him to do the jobs they were hired for.
Here’s a way to think about what the masses regard as being ‘good’ things. If you would first start by setting your mind upon things that are unquestionably good—wisdom, self-control, justice, courage...
Every project and goal deserves an approach fitted perfectly to what needs to be done.