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 pe… - Ryan Holiday

Attempting to destroy something out of hate or ego often ensures that it will be preserved and disseminated forever.

As a young basketball player, Bill Bradley would remind himself, “When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.

Andrew Carnegie famously put it. There’s nothing shameful about sweeping. It’s just another opportunity to excel — and to learn. But you, you’re so busy thinking about the future, you don’t take any pride in the tasks you’re given right now. You just phone it all in, cash your paycheck, and dream of some higher station in life. Or you think, This is just a job, it isn’t who I am, it doesn’t matter. Foolishness. Everything we do matters — whether it’s making smoothies while you save up money or studying for the bar — even after you already achieved the success you sought.