Chance favors only prepared minds. Louis Pasteur We do not control the opportunities that come our way, what we control is our way of seizing them as best we can. Fortune favors the bold, it is said, and one might add that it favors those who train every day. Since we cannot pull the strings of destiny, what we need…
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To make war and to dominate its Greek neighbors, here is what summarizes the statute of the Spartans at the conclusion of the Peloponnesian wars. Its great rival Athens fell, and it is undoubtedly thanks to its model of life that Sparta was able to triumph. To live as a Spartan, it is to be satisfied with little even if…
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The dominant thinking invites us to constantly keep in mind a form of dissatisfaction to always do more. If this mindset is good in the short term, it is in my opinion harmful in the long term. The goal of productivity is to free up more time to do what you love, so what is the point of cultivating dissatisfaction?…
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A powerful mantra to repeat every day It is very tempting to blame others for a situation that works against us. It takes the weight of responsibility off our shoulders and keeps us from questioning ourselves. Of course, there are things we cannot control about the outcome of an undertaking. We can bemoan the circumstances, but it is better to…
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3 astral objects for 3 levels of consciousness If you think about it, we all behave a bit like stars at some point: sometimes sun, sometimes moon, sometimes black hole. To improve ourselves every day is to take the sun as a model. The black hole The black hole absorbs all the matter and the light which cross its way.…
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There are many times in life when we feel lost, as if disoriented. We’d like to go in one direction, but the outcome seems uncertain, so we weigh the pros and cons of all the possibilities available to us. Finally, we can find ourselves going in circles for weeks or months, simply because we can’t make a decision. This attitude…
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The paradox of activism There are some causes that we care about perhaps because they directly concern us. There are others that we embrace simply out of empathy or a desire to do something for someone we know. There are many injustices, but there is an important step in taking action: accepting the facts, almost coldly. The observation that one…
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According to its Greek etymology, strategy (derived from στρατός, stratós (“army”) and ἄγω, ágô (“to lead”)) refers to the art of preparing, directing the overall operations of a war, whereas tactics (τάσσω, tássô (“to arrange, to set in ranks”), formally derived from τακτός, taktós (“ordered”) with the suffix -ικός, -ikós. ) refers to the art of arranging troops on the…
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It’s hard to identify 3 books out of all the ones you’ve read to make a top 3. Each one offers its own contribution to who we are and often, what we read, we don’t quite manage to assimilate because we are missing some degrees of maturity. In short, it’s not the book that is bad, it’s us who are…
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Living in the present moment is a mantra that we have all been confronted with one day. This idea finds its source in several philosophical currents, but it is above all Buddhism that has made it a central element of its practice. Often, we find that this concept is too far removed from our lives, which can be both tumultuous…
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