An hour of focused attention may be worth more than days of partial attention. This is true for work and for relationships. Chronic "multitasking" is a symptom of messy decision making. Don't try to do everything at once. Do one thing well, then do another.

The Stoic Emperor

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You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Marcus Aurelius

Your relationship with yourself is a marriage from which there is no earthly escape. Death is the only divorce. A well-ordered mind is at home with solitude. A contented man can tolerate his own company.

The Stoic Emperor

A willingness to be wrong in conversation can help you avoid being wrong in a costlier arena. Better to lose an argument than a fortune, or a war.

The Stoic Emperor

The essence of philosophy is that we should live so that our happiness depends as little as possible on external causes.

Epictetus

A rational person can find peace by cultivating indifference to things outside of their control.

Naval Ravikant

The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.

Seneca
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