Jan
01
018 - On Deprivation - Moral Letters for Modern Times
You do not need what you think you need to be happy, because all you need is within you.
4 min read
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Dec
31
Who Can Freely Speak Their Mind? (Newsletter 027)
Every senior manager and CEO I know is (typically rightly) paranoid that they are getting bad information from their subordinates. One reason you see CEOs asking multiple people the same question is that they are trying to triangulate the truth through a thicket of self-interested answers.
7 min read
Dec
30
054 - On Existence And Its Opposite - Moral Letters for Modern Times
There is not one of us who could not be carried off today. What does it say if you cannot say you are living today, but only preparing for a tomorrow that may never come?
3 min read
Dec
29
Eight Views of the American South
It is time to start talking about the United States. Today I will share our first impressions after not quite two months on the ground.
5 min read
Dec
27
053 - On Knowing Your Limits - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Awkwardness, thy name is Smalltalk! And to know that I will inflict myself on an unwitting dinner table with my unwitty remarks makes me wish most fervently to return to my hermit’s cave.
4 min read
Dec
24
It's Good To Be The Boss! (Newsletter 026)
It is unquestionably good to be the boss, because it puts you in a position to influence your company. But if you take your job seriously, you'll soon see that little comes with the title beyond the responsibility to live up to others' expectations.
5 min read
Dec
23
052 - On Role Models - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Those who see much while believing they know little are much rarer and more valuable than those who believe they know much and consequently see little.
4 min read
Dec
20
051 - On Seven Popular Places - Moral Letters for Modern Times
For those who are training their minds, solitude may be the best way to avoid early unwelcome tests. If you do not wish to be tempted, do not wander blithely through the bazaar of modern desires.
4 min read
Dec
17
With Experience Comes ... Patience (Newsletter 025)
Is there any way to become mindful without age and experience? I believe philosophy holds a potential key, and Stoicism in particular. It is mindfulness itself that grants us agency over our thoughts. We can think ourselves unwell, or well.
5 min read
Dec
16
050 - On Those Who Will Not See - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Many people are the architects of their own misery, never realizing that with similar effort and much less worry they could just as easily be about the building of a personal paradise.
4 min read