Three New Additions To My Desk
Actually, it’s an ad-duck-tion. I missed the perfect opportunity to say, “and they’re in a row, too!” Silly goose.
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Just The Facts, Ma’am
“Don’t tell yourself anything more than what the initial impressions report. It’s been reported to you that someone is speaking badly about you. This is the report—the report wasn’t that you’ve been harmed. . . . . . So always stay within your first impressions, and don’t add to them in your head—this way nothing can happen to you.” (Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 8.49)
Nip It!
"The more you say," Robert Greene has written, "the more likely you are to say something foolish."
A Made Up Mind
“You must completely control your desire and shift your avoidance to what lies within your reasoned choice.” (Epictetus, Discourses, 3.22)
