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138 – The Greatest Obstacle to Living
Read more…: 138 – The Greatest Obstacle to Living“Putting things off is the biggest waste of life: it snatches away each day as it comes, and denies us the present by promising the future. The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow, and loses today. You are arranging what…
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137 – Worthy of Your Potential
Read more…: 137 – Worthy of Your Potential“Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Therefore, give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths. Remain steadfast…and one…
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136 – The Scent of a Good Man
Read more…: 136 – The Scent of a Good Man“The honest and good man ought to be exactly like a man who smells strong, so that the bystander, as soon as he comes near him, must smell him whether he chooses or not.” ― Marcus Aurelius Show Notes: This quote cracked me up.…
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135 – No Easy Thing
Read more…: 135 – No Easy Thing“You must know that it is no easy thing for a principle to become a man’s own, unless each day he maintain it and hear it maintained, as well as work it out in life.” – Epictetus Show Notes: How often do we hear…
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134 – A Wise Man
Read more…: 134 – A Wise Man“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ” ― Epictetus Show Notes: If you were to sit down and write a list of all the things that you…
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133 – A Momentary Loss of Attention
Read more…: 133 – A Momentary Loss of Attention“Very little is needed for everything to be upset and ruined, only a slight lapse in reason. it’s much easier for a mariner to wreck his ship than it is for him to keep it sailing safely; all he has to do is head…
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132 – Anything Can Happen
Read more…: 132 – Anything Can Happen“How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Book 12 Show Notes: – How often do we think that something in life shouldn’t happen to us?– As if we are somehow immune…
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131 – Say What You Mean
Read more…: 131 – Say What You Mean“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.” ― Epictetus Show Notes: – Have you ever been around someone that uses words they don’t understand?– How many times have you said something, then had to say, “Well, what I really meant…
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130 – Suffering Before It’s Time
Read more…: 130 – Suffering Before It’s Time“He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.” ― Seneca Show Notes: How often have you stressed over something or worried yourself sick, only to have the scenario you were so worried about never happen? When you worry about something, and…
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129 – Opinions and Perspective
Read more…: 129 – Opinions and Perspective“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” ― Marcus Aurelius Show Notes: – So many things in our lives that we experience and accept to be “true” is simply a matter of perception.–…
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