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Thursday Through Wisdom #3 Bringing you The Tao of Seneca. A compilation of the letters written by the great thinker named Seneca. The base of stoic thinking and leading a happy life. We are bringing a summary of each letter every day for you. 65 Days 65 Letters. Turn on the post notifications to get wisdom every day! .. If you are interested in getting all three volumes of the Tao of Seneca, they are available free on Tim Ferriss' blog. The link is; tim.blog/2017/07/06/tao-of-seneca/.

For all the Jazz lovers, here's a Jazz Work Playlist that we use often while at work. Click the link above to tune into the entire 2 hour music piece. Enjoy!

What do most of the Top Performers have in common? It seems the answer is an ironclad morning routine. As they say, “If you win the morning, you win the day”. People like Ariana Huffington, Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss, and many more swear by their morning routines and maybe we should have one too. Check out the videos we have put out as an excerpt from a video put out by Tim Ferriss on how you can win your mornings and start the day on the right note to conquer the day! (https://bit.ly/2w8ytTu) . Follow Time Ferriss on Instagram and YouTube for insights into being a superhuman and winning every day like it’s your last at-bat. He also hosts one of the most popular podcasts ever called ‘The Tim Ferriss Show’ where he has interviewed every top-level person you can think of. Great to plug into while you are driving to work or working out or just want to wind down with some wisdom.

Practice 1: Make Your Bed

Practice 2: Get some activity in.

Practice 3: Journaling or Gratitude practice

Practice 4: Meditate.

A weekend light bulb for all of us. A podcast that talks about money and financial planning like it's meant for dummies. An episode from the podcast series hosted by Matt D'Avella on his YouTube Channel (https://bit.ly/2w2JpCf). He interviews Ramit Sethi, best selling author of the book 'I will teach you to be rich'. Search YouTube with the title, "Everything you've been told about money is wrong" or follow the link posted in the webpage mentioned in the bio. . Topics they cover; financial planning to achieve what you want, handling debt, the psychology behind money, getting a raise at the office, getting your clients to pay more and many nuggets of other over-simplified knowledge. . Follow Matt D'Avella on YouTube for great videos and podcasts on Life, Productivity, Habits, Finance, Minimalism, and many more topics. You won't regret it, we are sure!

A drink that will wake you up and keep you lean. Bulletproof Coffee is used by different people for different reasons: Some use it while intermittent fasting to skip breakfast, some use it to liven up their cognitive function, some use it for fat loss as a meal replacement. Bulletproof coffee has 'good fats' that let you stay full and avoid eating until lunch. Now, why would you do that? Studies show that whenever you eat, you spike insulin in your body. Now insulin is good when you are eating just the right amount but if you exceed that, which we excessively do at every meal, then you are on the bad side of it. After your body stores the energy it needs using insulin, the excess is then turned into fats. So to avoid this process and to let your body use the stored energy (fats) until lunch, nutritionists recommend avoiding insulin spikes apart from lunch and dinner. That's where this drink comes in. As fats don't usually spike insulin, you can get away with Bulletproof coffee. Plus the butter and oil keep you away from hunger and the inclusion of coffee helps you jolt your brain into work mode. Recipe in writing; 1. Prepare black coffee (any blend you like) 2. Add a tablespoon of butter 3. And a tablespoon of MCT or Coconut Oil. 4. You can either blend it if you are at home or you can also stir it normally. 5. There you have it. Give it a try and let us know if you like it and if it helps you curb your untimely hunger. The recipe is developed by a guy named Dave Asprey, who is a bio-hacker and owner of the company, Bulletproof. Hence the name.

Behold our 'Thursday's Thorough Wisdom'. If you are aware of the 'Stoic Philosophy', 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck' by Mark Mansion will be a great recall and one that acts as a reminder, if not, it is a great introduction the school of thought that many top performers in the world use to their advantage in some capacity. It is a must read. Order it today! Stoicism is a philosophical practice that teaches us the development of self-control and fortitude as a means of overcoming destructive emotions. Simply put, it teaches us to accept the adversities of life and sometimes embrace them to then quickly find a solution and move on. Stoicism was developed at around 300 B.C in ancient Greece and have been known to be used by renowned personalities of the world. Let us drop some names starting with Marcus Aurelius, yeah, the Roman emperor you saw in Gladiator was actually based on the real emperor, then there was Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, Seneca the thinker, and more recently people who coach at the very highest levels, artists, CEOs, multi-billion dollar hedge fund managers and even in some degree Bill Gates and Warren Buffet's names popped up. In our personal experience, it has helped us be a lot more mindful throughout the day. Not dwelling on things that are out of our control, or accepting that life sometimes pitches a curve-ball, or an even better thought, every crack we take at life is not a home run, are ways to keep moving forward. The author has also launched another book called, "Everything is Fucked", which we are eager to get our hands on. We will share that experience with you as soon as we are done with it.

Also, follow Chase Jarvis on YouTube. He creates some of the most influential and inspiring content online.

As our mentor in spirit, Tim Ferriss says, "Being busy is not the same as being productive. In fact, being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action." You can get twice as much done in a well-planned day than working a couple of days just being busy. We changed the way we work when we started having a set list of tasks in front of us. Of course, there are impromptu important things that pop-up but the feeling of having control over everything we do under the title 'work' is addictive. A great tip by the same person is to use the 80/20 principle, as he recommends the book named 'the 80/20 principle' (review coming soon). It highlights the fact that roughly 20% of the tasks we do create 80% of the results we aspire to whereas 80% of the tasks generate the remaining 20%. The trick is to identify that 20% of super important tasks that we can knock out in our most productive times and then allow time for the rest. Let us know your productivity hacks to squeeze the maximum out of a workday. Hope it doesn't include less time to Tumblr 😋. 

Here’s some ambient work music you can hook up to your office speakers. Great music when you pay attention to it, yet non-distracting when you wanna concentrate on your work. Tried and tested at Affixfix. 😄