Life’s work is to wake up, to let the things that enter into the circle wake you up rather than put you to sleep. The only way to do this is to open, be curious, and develop some sense of sympathy for everything that comes along, to get to know its nature and let it teach you what it will.
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7 Ways Billionaires Like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Demonstrate the Ancient Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
By Ryan Holiday — 2017
If you are a student of the men and women who have conquered the heights of business, you will inevitably find that they have incorporated — knowingly or not — many of the life principles and standards of behavior espoused by Stoicism, a philosophy designed for solving life's problems and leading a good life.
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