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Seneca: The Worse a Person Is the Less He Feels It
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Aurelius: Don’t Like Yourself? Why Would I Care Whether or Not You Like Me?

Continuing our good times with our Stoic friends, how about couple more gems from Seneca and Aurelius? Seneca once said, “The worse a person is the less he feels it.”

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Seneca Says: Be Harsh with Yourself at Times
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(With Self-Compassion, of Course)

In our last couple +1s, we had some fun at the hospital with our Stoic friends Seneca and Epictetus. Recall Epictetus’ wisdom that sometimes good philosophy feels more like a trip to...

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Are More Like Hospitals (Check Yourself In Yet?)

In our last +1, we talked about how to give advice Seneca-style. Recall that he didn’t do it from a soapbox. He did with the humility of a friend in the hospital bed next to you. (Pop quiz: You practice that approach yesterday in any poten...

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Like One Patient to Another

I recently interviewed Donald Robertson. Donald is one of the world’s leading thinkers on Stoicism. He wrote The ...

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Parkinson’s Law + 80/20 Principle
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= Productivity Magic

Continuing our theme of how to Optimize our productivity, let’s talk about an Idea from Tm Ferris. In The 4-Hour Workweek, Tim combines two concepts to create some magic. I just so happened to be a micro-case study in the power of this approach today and thought it would be a good ti...

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What to Do When You’re Flowing
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Stay in the Zone - Keep Hammering

Lanny Bassham won a gold medal in rifle shooting. We’ve talked about him and his wisdom from With Winning in Mind a number of times. ...

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You, a Farmer and His Horse
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A Zen Fable on Good and Bad Luck

Once upon a time in a land far away, there was an old farmer. This man had a horse. Then, one day, his horse ran away. All the neighbors said, “Gah!! That’s such a bummer. What bad luck.” The man said, “Maybe. It is what is.” Then, one day, the horse return...

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What’s Working? What Needs Work?

In our last +1, we talked about the importance of making the connection between your two ADDs: your addiction to digital devices and your attention deficit disorder. Today we’re going to focus on the phrase “make the connection.” If you were a fly on the wall in the Johnson house, ...

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Hint: Get Rid of Your Other ADD (Addiction to Digital Devices)

In our last +1, we talked about single-mindedly focusing. Today we’ll talk about its opposite: “continuous partial attention.” First, note: As we’ve discussed, having the ability to shine the spotlight of our attention is pretty much the secret sauce of awesome. And… Yet...

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What’s Important? Start. Finish. (Repeat.)

Here’s another Big Idea from Brian Tracy that you’ll find echoed among all the great productivity gurus. I love how Brian puts it so here we go: “Once you have thought through your work and decided on your most valuable task, you must discipline yourself to start it immediately and st...

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Seneca: The Worse a Person Is the Less He Feels It
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Seneca Says: Be Harsh with Yourself at Times
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