The cat has 9 lives, but also 11 virtues … Here’s why you should take a cue from your cat “Deep down, we are all motivated by the same urgencies. Cats have the courage to live without worrying about it” Jim Davis Without realizing it, you have a master mind in your home or in your neighbor’s house. This little…
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Marcus Aurelius, described as a philosopher emperor, was the most powerful man in the world in 161 A.D., as the Roman empire he led was at its peak. Although resolutely endowed with immense power, his questioning and reflections made him a person deeply sensitive to the human condition. Having come closer to Greek stoicism through his readings and his preceptors,…
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This book has been receiving an increasingly warm reception from entrepreneurs over the past few years, and it’s largely justified. The author manages to trace the reasons for his own success while formulating key principles that give it a systematic character. Let’s see what interesting ideas emerge from this book. Let’s see how they can help you create your own…
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Kintsugi (金継ぎ, “golden joint”) or kintsukuroi (金繕い, “golden repair”) belongs to the Japanese tradition. As the name suggests, it involves repairing broken objects, most often earthenware such as dishes, bowls or vases with gold joints. This process is not intended to go unnoticed, on the contrary, the repair is very visible, which makes the object unique as if it…
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Action is only worthwhile if it ultimately produces a positive effect. Positive is the look that sees beauty everywhere. Everywhere you go, you have the choice to seek to improve a situation, to leave it unchanged or to degrade it. Degraded are the thoughts that do not manage to generate a favorable outcome for oneself and for others. Others bring…
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Innocence can manifest itself when we lose self-awareness. The self is both our ally and our worst enemy. The enemy is that other self that we look at with envy. Envy is nothing but the symbol of our own lack. Lack appears when we try to satisfy an unlimited need in something finite. That which has clear boundaries is finite.…
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“It is to have made a great step in wisdom to have no need of society in the evening” Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly “If there is in the sublime of man three quarters of folly, there is in wisdom three quarters of contempt” Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom” William Blake “If the fool…
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Marcus Aurelius (121-180). Roman emperor (161-180). He fought victoriously against the Parthians and the Germans and was a skillful administrator. His thoughts are one of the great texts of Stoic philosophy. “Accomplish each act of your life as if it were to be the last”. “Beyond you is the source of good, a source that can always spring up, if…
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Epictetus Stoic philosopher (50-c. 130). He was a Phrygian slave taken to Rome, he studied philosophy and taught before being banished by Domitian. His teaching was recorded by Arrien in the Talks and the Handbook. “Apply yourself, then, to what you can.” “It is the act of an ignorant man to accuse others of his own failures; he who has…
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If you are not happy, it’s because you haven’t done something today that makes your day meaningful. Therefore, you should be clear about what is meaningful in your life first, and then add values to your day. What could be those meaningful flowers of your day? It could be taking one step toward your objectives, elevating other people’s mood or…
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