Shakespeare may have been right, but it’s not how long the play lasts – it’s how good it is that matters. Imagine today was your final scene – would you expect a standing ovation? As it is with a play, so it is with life—what matters is not how long the acting lasts, but how …
My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it… but love it. Friedrich Nietzsche
Fear of Other People’s Opinions! It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own Marcus Aurelius – meditations
When challenges come along, don’t shrink back. Get ready to crush it, because it’s time to practice what you’ve been training for. “Welcome present circumstances and accept the things whose time has arrived. Be happy when you find that doctrines you have learned and analyzed are being tested by real events.” epictetus – discourses
This is going to take some sweat to accomplish – but it’ll turn you into Olympic-class material. “The true man is revealed in difficult times. So when trouble comes, think of yourself as a wrestler whom God, like a trainer, has paired with a tough young buck. For what purpose? To turn you into Olympic-class …
