Flat-Ass Rules

“You’ve wandered all over and finally realized that you never found what you were after: how to live. Not in syllogisms, not in money, or fame, or self-indulgence. Nowhere. Then where is it to be found? In doing what human nature requires. How? Through first principles. Which should govern your intentions and your actions.” —Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.

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A Reason to be Good

This week’s thoughts are taken from The Daily Stoic Meditations (2019): The funny thing about egotistical people is that – despite any power or wealth they might have – they are really easy to manipulate. All you have to do is tell them what they want to hear; make everything seem like it was their […]

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Courageous Leadership ACT III

“You cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.” ~Stephen Covey

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Courageous Leadership ACT II

“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” ~C.S. Lewis

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“A Crisis Leader”

“The only way I know to handle failure is to gain historical perspective, to think about people who have successfully lived with failure.”

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