Short-term thinking makes people desperate, ungenerous, impulsive. Long-term thinking makes people calm, gracious, controlled. The mighty pyramids and cathedrals were built by civilizations with a long time horizon, so it is with the life of a great man.

The Stoic Emperor

How do some achieve what many desire? They seek the best teachers. They sacrifice. They delay gratification. They see the world as it is, not as they wish it to be. They revise their theories. They resist distraction. They watch the right metrics. They avoid costly drama.

The Stoic Emperor

Accepting the inevitable is the beginning of strength and freedom. Embrace all chaos that is out of your control. This is how it is. Why should it be otherwise?

The Stoic Emperor

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

Seneca

Reaction is the enemy of creation. Creation requires deep sustained focus. This focus is under constant attack by "notifications" that encourage you to respond to unending false emergencies. Protect your attention and direct it to where it is most valuable.

The Stoic Emperor

It is good to have a goal, but bad to let your goal have you. Focus is good, but focus that is too narrow becomes blindness.

The Stoic Emperor