Tag: preparation
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Caught in the past and future
“If you’re not mindful, you might spend much of your day feeling like you’re fleeing a burning building or swimming to dry land after a shipwreck.” Sam Harris We spend much of our time thinking about the past and future. We can’t change what happened in the past, although we can learn from it. And…
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Prepare mentally for the day’s encounters
“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly.” Marcus Aurelius The great stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius prepared his mind daily for what he was about to face. This is so that it became no shock to him when he…