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Heraclitus

The Ten Golden Rules of Leadership: Classical Wisdom for Modern Leaders

How many of today’s problems are the result of leadership? What’s lacking, the author of The Ten Golden Rules of Leadership argues, is the lack of real leadership. Here the problem may lie …

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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? …

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Heraclitus’s Fragments: Ancient Wisdom for a Changing World

Many fail to grasp what they have seen,and cannot judge what they have learned,although they tell themselves they know. Heraclitus As with Baltasar Gracián and The Art of Worldly Wisdom, the …

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