Ancient Wisdom

In 65 CE, the Roman philosopher Seneca wrote to his friend Lucilius: "The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive." Seneca wasn't advocating pessimism—he was teaching a deliberate...

When Patanjali compiled the Yoga Sutras around 400 CE, he wasn't writing for people who sat in air-conditioned offices or responded to Slack messages. Yet his second sutra contains perhaps the most relevant advice for today's exhausted...

Every morning, you wake to a flood of notifications. Slack messages, email alerts, news headlines, social media updates—each one carrying not just information, but interpretation. Someone's opinion about the quarterly results. A...

Arjuna stood paralyzed on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, his bow slipping from his hands. Before him: an impossible situation. He had to fight, but fighting meant harming people he cared about. He had to act, but every action seemed wrong. Sound...

In Zen Buddhism, there's a concept called shoshin, or "beginner's mind." Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki famously wrote: "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few." For...