You know what distinguishes the education of kings from that of the people? It’s the teacher’s attention that is not the same. Typically, in a classroom, the teacher’s attention will be divided among the students more or less equally depending on whether the teacher has preferences or not. A king is educated almost exclusively by preceptors, i.e. he receives the…
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The truth comes out of the mouths of babes, they say, doesn’t it? So, from this saying, one could say that we were all once a wise and sensitive person. Why not draw on that distant yet close being we once were to make the right decisions as adults? The Child Has An Advantage Over The Adult The child comes…
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A bourgeois in the etymological sense is someone who lives in the town, in the city. He is not a peasant, he enjoys the delights and comfort of the city. He has money only because he was able to buy a house in the city. The city is the place where business is done. It is where merchants and…
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There is no such thing as a given in life, and even less such a thing as courageous will. It needs to be embodied in action. We are what we repeatedly do, and this is even more true for people who define themselves as courageous. It is even more demanding. A single action lacking courage can wipe out thousands of…
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For many of us, a successful life consists in climbing the steps of Maslow’s pyramid one by one. Physical security is replaced by material security, which in turn is replaced by emotional security and so on. What to do when we get stuck on one of these steps? Are we condemned to dwell on the bitter fact that we could…
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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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To solve a problem, it is not uncommon to resort to the same type of solution. We often function like a mechanic with a single screwdriver to fix things: we want to patch something up with the only tool we think we have. With such an approach, it is not surprising that our efforts are ineffective. Imagine having to repair…
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What if boxing taught us to live our lives better? In order to become better, we often have to test our limits. When we decide to learn a sport that prepares us for competitions, whether it is team sports or individual sports, it is more than necessary to get used to confrontation. Boxing is obviously no exception to this rule.…
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How is it that Greek philosophers are still popular in our modern world? Why is it that being born 2500 years ago can be a comparative advantage over us, even though we have inexhaustible resources of information? The art of asking questions and trying to answer them The informational deprivation (relatively speaking, compared to our time) in which the ancient…
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Be informed when Club xThinking opens The right kind of practice done over a sufficient period of time leads to improvement. Nothing else does. Going beyond talent Anders turns out to be an expert who has done the research on which the other books on this subject are based. It is a synthesis of the approach to mastering the workings…
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