So what is scarce and rare? Silence. The ability to deliberately keep yourself out of the conversation and subsist without its validation. Silence is the respite of the confident and the strong. Sherm...
Reversals and regressions are as much a part of the cycle of life as anything else.
Man is pushed by drives but pulled by values
It was this intense self-discipline and objectivity that allowed Rockefeller to seize advantage from obstacle after obstacle in his life, during the Civil War, and the panics of 1873, 1907, and 1929....
It is impossible to learn that which one thinks one already knows, Epictetus says. You can’t learn if you think you already know.
Epictetus is reminding you that serenity and stability are results of your choices and judgment, not your environment.
En este sentido, el ego es el enemigo de lo que deseamos y de lo que tenemos. El enemigo de la posibilidad de llegar a dominar un oficio. De la verdadera intuición creativa. De la posibilidad de traba...
Leveraging community intelligence and making connections is a key component to being a growth hacker.
Our purposes, nothing we’ll experience is likely without potential benefit.
Of all the avenues for curing our negative characteristics, philosophy has existed the longest and helped the most people
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better. —WENDELL PHILLIPS I
What if someone despises me? Let them see to it. But I will see to it that I won’t be found doing or saying anything contemptible. What if someone hates me? Let them see to that. But I will see to it...
We underestimate our capabilities just as much and just as dangerously as we overestimate other abilities.
We don’t abandon our pursuits because we despair of ever perfecting them. —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.2.37b
We decide what we will make of each and every situation. We decide whether we’ll break or whether we’ll resist.
There is something of a civil war going on within all of our lives. There is a recalcitrant South of our soul revolting against the North of our soul. And there is this continual struggle within the v...
Then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. —SHAKESPEARE P
The only relationship between work and chatter is that one kills the other.
The economics of the internet are exploited to change public perception—and sell product.
Silence is the respite of the confident and the strong.