Why am I a Stoic? What does that even mean? Good questions! Here is one of seventy-billion answers. The below excerpt is how Marcus Aurelius wraps up Book 9 of his Meditations, one of the key texts in the Stoic cannon. And this is how I try to live my life. Knowing that people are people and some of them are going to suck. Maybe a little, maybe a lot. Perhaps only in these situations and not those. Also, my version of suck does not necessarily match anyone else’s version of suck. Not everyone is going to like you, you aren’t going to like everyone. This is simply reality. Accepting it and moving on makes life a lot easier. By accepting this reality, by “remembering that the whole class has to exist will make you more tolerant of its members,” one can carry on with life despite of, regardless of,…
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A Review. OMG I’ve got to do what? Networking: the plot of every introverted business person’s horror movie, am I right? There is nothing like a room full of strangers who may or may not want to work with you that you HAVE to interact with to pursue your dreams. The nerves, the fear, the panic attacks, the butterflies, the inability to remember your own name. Well, what if it didn’t have to be like this? What if we – the introverts of the world – could use our innate skills to network naturally and leave an event with a smile instead of a cringe? We can. Absolutely. The Introvert’s Edge to Networking has shown me how. In fact, I am starting to see my introversion as a strength where it has been historically perceived as a weakness. Turns out, some of those natural abilities that help define me as…
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Some words about the silver lining of 2020 and how wonderful my Tribe is. Happy New Year!
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