The secret to being productive is to work on the right thing—even if it’s at a slow pace.
Things you should NOT do, according to the Stoics…
Don’t be overheard complaining…even to yourself (Marcus Aurelius) Don’t overindulge in eating or drinking (Musonius) Don’t speak more than you listen (Zeno) Don’t avoid difficulty (Seneca) Don’t sleep the day away (Marcus)
“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.” - Leonardo da Vinci
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
Too many people assume you have time to try to read their mind. You want something, just say it.
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Avoid things the best version of yourself will regret.
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It’s not about how old you are,
it’s about how old you were when you understood how to grow your mind.
“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.” - Viktor Frankl
Fatherly wisdom: “Every stupid thing you do to your body will be remembered, and you will pay for it in 20 years. Every. Single. Thing.”