STOIC ANSWERS

Dear friend, Sorry, I know I’ve been gone for a long time. But hey, I’m back now. I had a chat with a friend that recommended me being an accountability partner. How you go about this is you basically have a meeting or two every week and you gauge each other moves on life and business and give him advice from your point of view and vice versa. There are so many things to do in life, aren’t…

The Tremendous Importance of Working on your Meaningful Life

“…during the first period of a man’s life, the greatest danger is: not to take the risk.”Soren Kierkegaard, Selections from His Journals I’ve been thinking a lot about meaning lately. I’m at a point in my life where I’ve grown comfortable. I have a cushy job, a nice apartment for which I pay very little rent, and sufficient enough free time to do sports and dedicate extra work hours to my…

“The enlargement of the light side of consciousness has the necessary consequence that the part of the psyche which is less light and less capable of consciousness is thrown into darkness to such an extent that sooner or later a rift occurs in the psychic system. At first, this is not recognized as such and is therefore projected - i.e. it appears as a religious projection, in the form of a split…

How to deal with the Adversities of Life

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The Pride that comes with honest Work

“The themes of this book result from years of observing people in my effort to understand why their lives take the directions they do. Some of these people have been men and women of great creative achievement while most, of course, have not…What is it, then, that sets the former part? The answer is, in short, that they invent their own lives, while the others fall into the lockstep of custom,…

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Epictetus was a slave. That makes him interestingly different from the other prominent Stoics Marcus Aurelius and Seneca. Check out the following quote: “Never depend on the admiration of others. There is no strength in it. Personal merit cannot be derived from an external source. It is not to be found in your personal associations, nor can it be found in the regard of other people. It is a fact…

The virtue of Temperance

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Stoic Labors, On Courage

Subscribe to get access Read more of this content when you subscribe today. Subscribe “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”Yoda Yoda was so right. Fear leads to suffering. Just yesterday, I was working on a coffee near my house. It’s a coffee/library place in Mexico City I love to work in. There are books everywhere and the…

Stoic Labors Foundations, On Courage

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Stoic Labors Foundations, On Courage

Subscribe to get access Read more of this content when you subscribe today. Subscribe “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”― Maya Angelou Something that works. A word on Courage. Courage is, without a doubt, the most important of the 4 cardinal Stoic virtues. Temperance, Justice, Wisdom, and COURAGE. But…

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.”― Nassim Nicholas Taleb I believe my unconscious mind is trying to tell me something very important. I’m not entirely sure what it is, but writing always helps me clear my mind. Let’s see.  I had a crazy dream last night, right before waking up. I always dream intensely at the last moments of sleep. I was…

“Unlimited possibilities are not suited to man; if they existed, his life would only dissolve in the boundless. To become strong, a man’s life needs the limitations ordained by duty and voluntarily accepted. The individual attains significance as a free spirit only by surrounding himself with these limitations and by determining for himself what his duty is.” — The I Ching or Book of Changes,…

“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” ― Marcel Proust There is a mountain only you can climb. The mountain of your life. I’ve always loved to explore. The best Saturdays I could have in my hometown back when I was a teenager consisted of putting on my ugly running shoes, filling my camelbak to the top, grabbing a…

“From the point of view of the imminence of death, one thing counts, and one alone: to strive always to have the essential rules of life present in one’s mind, and to keep placing oneself in the fundamental disposition of the philosopher, which consists essentially in controlling one’s inner discourse, in doing only that which is of benefit to the human community, and in accepting the events…

“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” —  Marcus Aurelius Have you ever noticed the ridiculous amount of ‘men’ products in the beauty section of the supermarkets? It’s ridiculous and luring at the same time.  They are selling you manhood in the beauty section. My favorite wax has a pirate skull as a label. You tell me, do you really believe a pirate concerned himself as…

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”— Mary Anne Radmacher on courage in 1985 I wake up (almost) every week day at 5:00 AM. It feels me with joy to know that I’ll have 5 hours for me, me, me. I meditate, exercise, have an amazing breakfast, and work deeply on my personal projects until I open the work computer…