Light in dark

When rain falls, we forget the sun exists. When the sun shines, we can’t imagine storms. Success blinds us to future struggles. Crisis makes prosperity feel impossible. “When you’re in one, imagining the other is hard.” This oscillation...

Anchored

The market shifts, a key employee quits, your biggest client walks away – these aren’t storms you invited. Yet here you are, in the churning center. The Stoics understood this distinction perfectly. Epictetus reminded us that while we cannot control...

Take the wins

When victory arrives, embrace it. The losses will come. They’re inevitable in any journey worth taking. But that winning day? That successful week? The period where everything clicked? Don’t let it slip by unacknowledged. We naturally tend to obsess over...

Perfect progress

‘Even a tortoise moves forward by sticking its neck out.’ We obsess over perfection when progress is what matters. Yet we forget that even nature takes seasons to bloom. The morning sun doesn’t apologize for taking its time to rise. Some days, moving forward...

The wait before the leap

Success rarely arrives on schedule. Most overnight sensations took a decade to emerge. Ask Phil Knight about those first few years selling shoes from his car trunk, or Sara Blakely about her endless rejections before Spanx took off. The temptation to rush is powerful....