Marcus Aurelius on Thinking Straight
“A man should take away not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for thus superfluous acts will not follow after.”
–Marcus Aurelius (121–180)
Roman emperor
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What are the most common "drag you down, get in the way of success" thoughts?
- Negative (accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat)
- Cynical (disapprovingly distrustful of human nature and motives)
- Vindictive (seeking revenge)
- Hold responsible/ Fault (who cares? what are we going to do now?)
- Wishful (do what you can to influence the deal and keep moving)
- Self-pity (get over yourself… complain less… especially to yourself)
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(Some definitions provided by Merriam-Webster. Most well loved thoughts provided by your JustSell team. They’re not our thoughts, you know. We have friends with these thoughts.)