There’s no one to perform for. There is just work to be done and lessons to be learned, in all that is around us. - Ryan Holiday

3 Things You Need To Stop Doing From The Stoics

1. Stop following the mob (Chrysippus)
2. Stop avoiding discomfort (Seneca)
3. Stop taking things personally (Marcus Aurelius)

If the mind is disciplined, the heart turns quickly from fear to love. — JOHN CAGE

When people ask where we are, what we’re doing, how that “situation” is coming along, the answer should be clear: We’re working on it. We’re getting closer. When setbacks come, we respond by working twice as hard.