Doing new things invariably means obstacles.
Death doesn’t make life pointless, but rather purposeful.
At the gym that his father built on the second-floor porch, young Roosevelt proceeded to work out feverishly every day for the next five years, slowly building muscle and strengthening his upper body...
A great destiny, Seneca reminds us, is great slavery.
Without the pestilence of panic or fear. Rockefeller
We believe in the obstacle more than in the goal, which will inevitably triumph?
Serenity and stability are results of your choices and judgment, not your environment.
Doesn’t mean you have to agree. Just
When Arthur Lee was sent to France and England to serve as one of America’s diplomats during the Revolutionary War, instead of relishing the opportunity to work with his fellow diplomat Silas Deane an...
What we can do is limit and expand our perspective to whatever will keep us calmest and most ready for the task at hand. Think of it as selective editing—not to deceive others, but to properly orient...
We are prepared for failure and ready for success.
Today, let’s focus just on what’s in front of us.
The image of the Zen philosopher is the monk up in the green, quiet hills, or in a beautiful temple on some rocky cliff. The Stoics are the antithesis of this idea. Instead, they are the man in the ma...
The idea that you won’t have to work to sell your product is more than entitled.
The hard thing isn’t dreaming big. The hard thing is waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat when the dream turns into a nightmare.
Succumbing to the self-pity and woe is me narrative accomplishes nothing—nothing except sapping you of the energy and motivation you need to do something about your problem.
Respect the craft and make something beautiful.
Practice self control. Abhor flatterers as you would deceivers; for both, if trusted, injure those who trust them.
People turn shit into sugar all the time—shit that’s a lot worse than whatever we’re dealing with. I’m talking physical disabilities, racial discrimination, battles against overwhelmingly superior arm...
Our perceptions determine, to an incredibly large degree, what we are and are not capable of. In many ways, they determine reality itself. When we believe in the obstacle more than in the goal, which...