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A MEDITATION

“ Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial.

— Marcus Aurelius

Meditations 2.1

On adversity

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A reflection

Marcus's pre-flight checklist: expect difficult people today, not because you're cynical but so you're not ambushed. You meet the arrogant coworker; you already rehearsed your patience. Nothing disarms friction like an accurate forecast.

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