I've been on this planet a long long long time. But I don't feel old. You know why? I love to learn something new, I ask questions, I am intrigued. Every day. A few other thoughts.
Focus on what you can control.
You control how you respond to things.
Before acting, before deciding, ask yourself, “Is this essential?”
Meditate on your mortality every day. Act accordingly.
Value time more than money/possessions.
You are the product of your habits.
Remember you have the power to have no opinion.
Own the morning. It is without a doubt the best part of the day because it is new and hope and possibilities.
Put yourself up for review (Interrogate yourself).
Don’t suffer imagined troubles. Don't what if yourself out of doing the thing.
Try to see the good in people. Even the worst of us have silver linings.
Never be overheard complaining…even to yourself.
Two ears, one mouth…for a reason (Zeno). Listen more than you speak.
There is always something you can do.
Don’t compare yourself to others.
Live as if you’ve died and come back (every minute is bonus time).
“The best revenge is not to be like that.” Marcus Aurelius
Be strict with yourself and tolerant with others.
Put every impression, emotion, to the test before acting on it.
Learn something from everyone. Even if it is how not to act, everyone can offer a lesson.
Focus on process, not outcomes.
Define what success means to you.
Find a way to love everything that happens (Amor fati).
Seek out challenges. Make mistakes. Try try try and try again.
Don’t follow the mob.
Grab the “smooth handle.”
"Every person is an opportunity for kindness" Seneca
Say no (a lot).
Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
Find one thing that makes you wiser every day.
"What’s bad for the hive is bad for the bee" Marcus Aurelius
Don’t judge other people.
Study the lives of the greats.
Forgive, forgive, forgive.
Make a little progress each day.
Journal.
Prepare for life’s inevitable setbacks
Look for the poetry in ordinary things.
To do wrong to one, is to do wrong to yourself.
Always choose “Alive Time.”
Associate only with people that make you better.
If someone offends you, realize you are complicit in taking offense.
Fate behaves as she pleases…do not forget this.
Possessions are yours only in trust.
Don’t make your problems worse by bemoaning them.
Accept success without arrogance, handle failure with indifference.
Courage. Temperance. Justice. Wisdom.
The obstacle is the way.
Ego is the enemy.
Stillness is the key.
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