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A MEDITATION

“ Now I am my own master.

— Cato the Younger

via Plutarch, Life of Cato the Younger 70

On freedom

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A reflection

Mastery of yourself is the one position no one can promote you into. Cato reached it by renouncing, not by climbing. Check the things you're trying to win — a few of them are secretly trying to own you.

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