Survivorship Bias: The Tale of Forgotten Failures
Survivorship bias is a common logical error that distorts our understanding of the world. It happens when we assume that success tells the whole story and when we don’t adequately consider past …
Cicero
The Ethics of Business
After reading the passage below in The Meaning of Stoicism, I needed to learn more. “It goes without saying that such a professional ethics is not restricted to craftsmen and artisans and …
The Stoic Reading List: Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus and More
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way. — Marcus Aurelius Do you know the section of the book after the last chapter? The one that everyone ignores? …
The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are
“Friendships are the least institutionalized and most voluntary social relationship we have.” In Friendfluence: The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are, Carlin Flora explores …
5 Things Cicero Can Teach You About Winning An Election
In 64 B.C Marcus Tullius Cicero was running for the post of Roman consul. Cicero, a political outsider, was a brilliant man and gifted speaker with a burning desire to gain the highest office in the …