Reflections
Three Givers Video
Out sick this week, so there's no new reflection. Instead, last week's reflection on the three givers in Marcus Aurelius is now a YouTube video. Even rest teaches gratitude.
Three Givers Video
Out sick this week, so there's no new reflection. Instead, last week's reflection on the three givers in Marcus Aurelius is now a YouTube video. Even rest teaches gratitude.
The Three Givers
Marcus names three givers—the scorekeeper, the quiet creditor, and the vine that bears fruit and seeks nothing more. Jesus presses further: give so quietly the crowd never gets a show....
The Three Givers
Marcus names three givers—the scorekeeper, the quiet creditor, and the vine that bears fruit and seeks nothing more. Jesus presses further: give so quietly the crowd never gets a show....
The Belt of Pallas
I walked out of that interview certain I had aced it. After all, fortune favors the bold. But the man who made that saying famous, Virgil's Turnus, shows where boldness...
The Belt of Pallas
I walked out of that interview certain I had aced it. After all, fortune favors the bold. But the man who made that saying famous, Virgil's Turnus, shows where boldness...
Willing Hardship
Most people reach for a warm shower. I chip ice off a tub on the porch and sit in it for three minutes. The practice is simple: choose a difficulty...
Willing Hardship
Most people reach for a warm shower. I chip ice off a tub on the porch and sit in it for three minutes. The practice is simple: choose a difficulty...
The Stockdale Paradox
James Stockdale spent seven and a half years in the Hanoi Hilton without losing faith that he would prevail, and without pretending the facts were softer than they were. This...
The Stockdale Paradox
James Stockdale spent seven and a half years in the Hanoi Hilton without losing faith that he would prevail, and without pretending the facts were softer than they were. This...
The Premeditation of Adversity
When James Stockdale’s A-4 was shot down over North Vietnam, he whispered that he was entering the world of Epictetus. The Stoics called the practice behind that moment premeditatio malorum—the...
The Premeditation of Adversity
When James Stockdale’s A-4 was shot down over North Vietnam, he whispered that he was entering the world of Epictetus. The Stoics called the practice behind that moment premeditatio malorum—the...