10. PERSISTENCE

By having firm, thoughtful plans for each step we take, we will feel more confident about our intentions and what we’re doing. You can do this on a daily level -- thinking through how you’ll respond to situations, people and circumstances.

”Study carefully, before parting with thy treasure, each assurance that it may be safely reclaimed. Be not misled by thine own romantic desires to make wealth rapidly.”

“Usurious rates of return are deceitful sirens that sing but to lure the unwary upon the rocks of loss and re...

Remember and remind yourself of a phrase by Epictetus: “presist and resist”. Persist in your efforts. Resist giving in to distraction, discouragement, or disorder.

Doing new thing invariably means obstacles. A new path is, by definition, uncleared. Only in struggling with the impediments th...