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The raw material for the work of a good and excellent person is their own guiding reason, the body is that if the doctor and the physical trainer, and the farm the farmer’s”
(Epictetus, Discourses, 3.3.1)
No professional has to justify investing in themselves or their work. No doctor has to justify to anyone why they attend medical seminars and lectures. No priest has to explain away the reasons as to why they take what continuing educations courses they take.
See, they’re investing in the best commodity they have in their life-project:
Themselves.
Like Holiday says, “According to the Stoics, your mind is the asset that must be worked on most - and understood best.” (The Daily Stoic, p. 139)
(See y’all tomorrow)
See, they’re investing in the best commodity they have in their life-project:
Themselves.
Like Holiday says, “According to the Stoics, your mind is the asset that must be worked on most - and understood best.” (The Daily Stoic, p. 139)
(See y’all tomorrow)
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