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- Setbacks are a fact of life
- The unexpected blows fall heaviest
- It’s impossible to prevent something you’re unaware of
- Because we prepared, we see an opportunity where others see an obstacle
One of the things that separates us from other people is our ability to be strict and self-disciplined.
Where other people are fine making excuses or taking shortcuts, we are not.
Where other people wing it or do what’s easiest, taking the path of least resistance, we don’t.
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Some ways to find stillness right now:
- Go for a solo nature walk
- Write in a journal
- Lock into a creative activity
- Vigorous exercise: run laps, swim
- Help someone else
Be open-minded and content to let others live and think as they wish.
Not only that, but relish the opportunity to have your own views challenged, because you know you grow stronger for it.
3 Must-Read Books on Stoicism:
– Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
– Discourse and Selected Writings by Epictetus
– Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
“I didn’t think that would happen” is not a leadership strategy. The best leaders assume things will go wrong—and practice what comes next.
