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Stoics & Covey:  Circle of control
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Stoics & Covey: Circle of control

2024-03-012024-03-06

From my ancient corporate life aeons ago, Covey Circles (control, influence and concern) were a common artifact, teaching tool employed. Here’s a video, and an article on the topic. I coached this concept almost daily as humans dangerously defer to the circle of concern almost instinctively (or so it seems). Admission: in my use of…

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The world is a big messy project – what’s your role?
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The world is a big messy project – what’s your role?

2024-01-112024-01-11

This is a complete copy / paste from the Daily Stoic. I try not to do that copy / paste, but sometimes other people say things just right… My only add is “we each need to put heart, soul and all we got into playing our specific part – no half-ass efforts.” Everyone is playing…

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Seneca, Rolling Stones and Cheryl Crow
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Seneca, Rolling Stones and Cheryl Crow

2023-12-072023-12-21

I found a thread of commonality running from Heraclitus, Seneca, the Rolling Stones, and Cheryl Crow. This message is not exclusive to stoics, but maybe they were the ones who could walk the talk. “If you don’t regard what you have as enough, you will never be happy even if you rule the entire world”….

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