His job was to set the priorities, to think big picture, and then trust the people beneath him to do the jobs they were hired for.
First tell yourself what kind of person you want to be, then do what you have to do.
Objectivity means removing “you” – the subjective part – from the equation. Just think, what happens when we give others advice? Their problems are crystal clear to us, the solutions obvious. Something that’s present when we deal with our own obstacles is always missing when we hear other people’s problems: the baggage. With other people we can be objective.
An important place to begin in philosophy is this: a clear perception of one’s own ruling principle.” – EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.26.15.
We are A-to-Z thinkers, fretting about A, obsessing over Z, yet forgetting all about B through Y.
As Plutarch finely expressed, “The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown.
There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the.
To the youngster talking nonsense Zeno said, ‘The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is so we might listen more and talk less.
An employee in your company makes a careless mistake that costs you business. This can be exactly what you spend so much time and effort trying to avoid. Or, with a shift in perception, it can be exactly what you were looking for – the chance to pierce through defenses and teach a lesson that can be learned only by experience. A mistake becomes training.
We can always think clearly, respond creatively. Look for opportunity, seize the initiative. What we can’t do is control the world around us – not as much as we’d like to, anyway. We might perceive things well, then act rightly, and fail anyway.
Solo cuando estamos libres del ego y su influencia podemos alcanzar realmente nuestro mayor potencial.
When I look up in the universe, I know I’m small, but I’m also big. I’m big because I’m connected to the universe and the universe is connected to me.
Those who receive the bare theories immediately want to spew them, as an upset stomach does its food. First digest your theories and you won’t throw them up.
Don’t get upset. Do the right thing. That’s it.
A critic of Napoleon nailed it when remarking: “He despises the nation whose applause he seeks.
What you must do is learn how to press forward precisely when everyone around you sees disaster. It.
Don’t go expecting Plato’s Republic.
There’s a weak side to each of us, that – like a trade union – isn’t exactly malicious but at the end of the day still wants get as much public credit and attention as it can for doing the least. That side we call ego.
No one has ever said this better than Mike Tyson, who, reflecting on the collapse of his fortune and fame, told a reporter, “If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.” If.
It’s an infinitely elastic formula: In every situation, that which blocks our path actually presents a new path with a new part of us.