Letters To Seneca – Letter 4 Dear Seneca, Today I want to share my thoughts on balance, specifically, my lack of balance with identity. I stumbled across Simone Stolzoff who wrote a book called “The Good Enough Job“. The book is on my to-read list. After listening to three interviews (recommend this and this) with…

Letters To Seneca – Letter 3 Dear Seneca, I’m currently 16 letters into “The Tao of Seneca” and letter 2 has by far been the most impactful for my thinking. Letter 2 is titled “On Discursiveness in Reading“. If I’m understanding you correctly, the main point of this letter is to ensure that we all…

Letters To Seneca – Letter 2 Dear Seneca, I was given a gift yesterday. A gift that both challenged and humbled me. As my wife and I were heading to the grocery store we realized there was a nail in our tire. This situation could’ve quickly spiraled into complaining, concern, frustration, anxiety, etc., but instead,…

Letters To Seneca – Letter 1 Dear Seneca, This is letter one of thirty I plan on writing and sending to you over the next 30 days. Socrates and you are my inspiration. First, we’ll start with Socrates. He stated… “The unexamined life is not worth living”. This rings true for me in many ways.…

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Creating Friction Most people believe luck and opportunity seem out of our control, it’s something we’re gifted with every now and then. This is wrong. You can increase your luck and the opportunities derived from luck by increasing your “surface area”. As you widen your “surface area” there’s more chance for luck to fall into…

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