Your life is made of your days, and each day is a brick in the foundation of your success. “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” Abraham Lincoln Life is how we look at it. It can be an overwhelming task, all those months and years looming with all […]
Author: Spencer
The musings of a transient being castaway in the infinite waters of existence, a pilgrim in search of the ethereal yearnings of the heart. Or, put in a less nebulous way, a Canadian bloke wandering his way through the blogiverse. Consult your physician before reading. Seriously.
Fail Upwards: How You Treat Your Failures Will Determine Whether You Succeed.
Failure is not only an option, but a necessity — and so is your proper reaction to it. “Successful people don’t fear failure, but understand that it’s necessary to learn and grow from.” Robert T. Kiyosaki YOU WILL FAIL There, glad that’s over with. It’s true though, you will fail. I will fail. We will fail. That […]
11 Timeless Lessons From Epictetus That Will Change How You See Your Life
Eternal life advice from one of the greatest stoic philosophers . . . “No man is free who is not master of himself.” Epictetus Self-mastery doesn’t require magic bullets. If anything, it necessitates the timeless wisdom and eternal lessons that have survived the ages. Mastery requires tools that have stood the test of time. Some lessons never change. […]
14 Powerful Lessons From Rome’s Greatest Leader
How to tackle life with the mindset of an emperor. “It takes a wise man to learn from his mistakes, but an even wiser man to learn from others.” Zen Proverb The past is a school, but it need not be our own past that we learn from. We can learn from others who came […]
The Coronavirus Pandemic Sucks, But It’s Also An Opportunity To Grow
Hard times are an opportunity to exercise your greatest strengths, and to foster your highest self. “Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger.” Dalai Lama Life, and all the hardships therein, are only what we make of them. Hard times are part of the seasons […]
Nothing Will Change Until You Deliberately Change
Conscious change is the only sure way to bring more good things into your life. “Nothing will change until we change — until we throw off our dependence and act for ourselves.” Myles Horton Change is the only constant in this world — but conscious positive change is not. Most people let change sweep them […]
Your Focus Is Only As Valuable As What You Spend It On
Today Not everything deserves your focus today, but everything will demand it anyway. Protect it. “The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.” Marcus Aurelius We live in an age of distraction. We also live in an age that reputes focus as the new […]
Life Throws These Two Things At You Every Single Day — Your Success Depends On How You Use Them
The two eternal sides of life’s daily allotment . . . “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” Napoleon Hill Success has never been an easy thing. But neither has it ever been so complicated that it cannot be grasped. The formula for success is simple, but its accomplishment is hard, very hard, and is never […]
Feeling Their Absence: A Stoic’s Guide To Mourning Those We’ve Lost
Seneca’s heartfelt letter to a mourning friend and what we can learn from it. All of us will lose someone, just as all of us will be lost by someone else one day. It is a universal affliction that all of us shall face. The loss of someone we love. When we experience the passing […]
Making It Through Hard Times — A Stoic’s Guide
Seneca’s heartfelt advice to a hurting friend. Life is no easy matter. Wherever you are right now, and wherever you’re going, there will be hardship. There will be pain. There will be suffering. There will be loss. There will be times when the urge to give up is almost overwhelming. There will be nights when you […]