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Sep 7, 2023

Discover the importance of reflection in effective leadership and why action without thought can lead to mistakes. Explore how to balance self-discipline and empathy in relationships. Hear insights on overcoming entrepreneurial hurdles and the quest for individuality. Delve into the emotional complexities of communication and its impact on business. Lastly, learn about the struggle of accepting what you can't control and the vital role of self-compassion in navigating life's challenges.

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ADVICE

Reflect and Detach

Cultivate time and space for reflection to detach from situations.
Avoid emotional, unthinking reactions, especially in leadership.

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Elon Musk's Twitter

Elon Musk's Twitter situation exemplifies "tactical hell" due to reactive decisions.
This highlights the need for planning, restraint, feedback integration, and reflection.

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Stoicism and Relationships

Recognize that tuning someone out due to their mood might be selfish.
Stoicism tests relationships, especially when others act irrationally.

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A Novel of the Next World War

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James Stavridis

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Blue Ocean Strategy

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W. Chan Kim

Blue Ocean Strategy challenges traditional competitive strategies by advocating for the creation of new, uncontested market spaces. The authors, W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, argue that companies should focus on innovation to create 'blue oceans' of new demand, rather than competing in 'red oceans' of existing markets. The book provides a systematic approach and tools for successfully formulating and executing blue ocean strategies, including the strategy canvas and the six principles of blue ocean strategy. It highlights successful examples such as Cirque du Soleil and low-cost airlines, and offers guidance on overcoming organizational hurdles and aligning value, profit, and people propositions.

Waging a Good War

A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968

Thomas Ricks

In this book, Thomas E. Ricks offers a new take on the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, emphasizing the unexpected use of military strategy and its lessons for nonviolent resistance. Ricks, a Pulitzer Prize-winning war reporter, draws on his deep knowledge of tactics and strategy to argue that the greatest victories for Black Americans were won not by idealism alone, but by attention to recruiting, training, discipline, and organization. The book follows key figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, and John Lewis, and highlights lesser-known activists such as James Lawson, James Bevel, Diane Nash, and Septima Clark. It demonstrates that Gandhian nonviolence was a philosophy of active, not passive, resistance and offers vital lessons for social change and confronting attacks on democracy today.

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The 48 laws of power

Robert Greene

In 'The 48 Laws of Power', Robert Greene and Joost Elffers synthesize three thousand years of the history of power into 48 laws. These laws are derived from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz, as well as the lives of influential figures such as Henry Kissinger and P.T. Barnum. The book provides tactics, concepts, and lessons on how to achieve and maintain power, emphasizing prudence, confidence, and self-preservation. Each law is illustrated with historical examples and is designed to help readers understand and navigate the dynamics of power in various aspects of life, including work, social hierarchies, and politics.

A leader is a doer…but that doesn’t mean they’re always doing. In fact, if a leader is always doing, chances are they’ll end up doing the wrong thing. Because they haven’t taken enough time to think and study, question and prepare.

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And in today's Ask Daily Stoic, Ryan answers questions from US Marines after a talk he gave at the 29 Palms Marine Corps Air/Ground Combat Center. The topics that they touch on include how to practice Stoicism with your closest family members, balancing the ego that it takes to want to do something great with the tenants of Stoicism, his thoughts on Nietzsche's assertion that human beings have a will to power, and more.

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