Failure Is Fun
I want to talk to you a little bit about failure. The exciting world of failure… yes, you read that […]
philosophy
Lord of the Flies real-life story shows how humans are hard-wired to help each other
Fiction is a powerful force in shaping social understanding and, in the 20th century, a number of novels shaped philosophical
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Did Neil Ferguson really do wrong in breaking the coronavirus lockdown?
Neil Ferguson was hypocritical. But hypocrisy is rather a boring vice – all it means is that there was a
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Read To Lead: Lessons From Roman Emperors, Stoic Philosophers and Leaders
Mastery of reading and writing requires a master. Still more so life Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 11.29 This is the fifth
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Have Range: Lessons From Roman Emperors, Stoic Philosophers, and Leaders
If you look at any of the great leaders, you’ll notice that they had a diverse many interests. This is
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Look For A Teachable Moment: Lessons From Roman Emperors, Stoic Philosophers and Leaders
Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is
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Make Rational Decisions, Never Act Rashly: Lessons From Roman Emperors, Stoic Philosophers and Leaders
Keep this thought handy when you feel a fit of rage coming on—it isn’t manly to be enraged. Rather, gentleness
Focus On What You Can Control: Lessons From Roman Emperors, Stoic Philosophers, and Leaders
Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do. Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that
Feeling the fear and do it anyway: why being scared can be good for you
Feeling fear is our response to threat and danger. It makes us choose between staying and freezing or fighting, or
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Practice Radical Open-Mindedness
If you know that you are blind, you can figure out a way to see, whereas if you don’t know