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 […]
7 Wonderful Things to Remember This New Year
The new year will only ever be what you make of it, and these seven reminders are here to help . . . “New year — a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.” Alex Morritt On the cusp of yet another new year, […]
How To Deal With Passive-Aggressive Colleagues by Akachi Obijiaku
Whenever you speak with a passive aggressive person, don’t you kind of want to hold them firmly and give them a good shake? A shake that screams “snap out of it!”. I know I do … But oftentimes we’re in the office, so we can’t (or rather we really shouldn’t). So what exactly is passive-aggressive behaviour? […]
At Every Moment You Must Make This Choice, For Better Or For Worse. What Are You Choosing?
An ode to the importance of choice in transitory life, and the essence of our responsibility in this fleeting world . . . How long have you lived? How long do you have left? The first we know, the second is a mystery. We don’t know how long we have, nor do we have the closure of knowing […]