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Calmness can be a competitive advantage: two thousand years ago Stoics traced how anxious pursuit actually pushes desired outcomes farther away, and Marcus Aurelius wrote private journals full of disciplined release even while commanding an empire. How does stopping the squeeze change what you accomplish?
In this episode, I present a concise account of the Stoic idea that anxious effort often obstructs outcomes and explain how stillness, not frantic motion, enables effective action. What happens when you stop confusing motion with…
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