This Is Where You Are | Marcus Aurelius' 12 Fundamentals Of Great Leadership
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Nov 7, 2023
Explore the timeless wisdom of Marcus Aurelius as a guide for modern leadership. Learn how embracing the present and overcoming challenges can foster personal growth. Discover the contrast between Aurelius and his stepbrother, emphasizing the power of reflection and virtue in leadership. The transformative potential of obstacles is highlighted, showcasing how resilience can lead to success, even in turbulent times. Finally, practical Stoic practices are discussed to enhance decision-making and adapt to adversity.
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Focus on the Present
The Stoics believed complaining about the past is unproductive.
Focus on responding well to the present moment, just like they did in their challenging times.
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Practice Makes Perfect
Greatness requires practice, preparation, and high standards.
Only then will your actions appear effortless, like Marcus Aurelius's writings.
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Tolerance and Collaboration
Marcus Aurelius showed tolerance by appointing his less-capable stepbrother as co-emperor.
He believed in leveraging everyone's strengths, learning from everyone, and getting the best out of each individual.
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Meditations is a series of private writings composed by Marcus Aurelius, one of Rome's greatest emperors, as he struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. Written between 170 and 180 CE while on military campaigns, this work combines Stoic philosophy with personal observations on leadership, duty, mortality, and human nature. Through twelve books of intimate thoughts never intended for publication, Marcus Aurelius explores themes of self-improvement, resilience in the face of adversity, and living virtuously while accepting what cannot be changed.
It would be wonderful to live in a time where people got along. It’d be better if the economy was roaring. It’d be nice if the political landscape wasn’t dominated by grifters and demagogues. And of course, who doesn’t wish that our parents had taken better care of the environment, had protected our institutions better, and invested more for the future.
The guidance of wisdom and virtue. That’s what separates Marcus from the majority of past and present world leaders. Just think of the diary that he left behind, which is now known as his Meditations: the private thoughts of the most powerful man in the world, admonishing himself on how to be more virtuous, more just, more immune to temptation, wiser. Those thoughts are now a landmark of Stoic philosophy that have guided some of history’s greatest men and women. For good reason.
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