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☀️ Stoic Morning Minute
The "Preview & Prepare" Method
🎯 Today's Focus: The "Preview & Prepare" Method
50 unread "urgent" emails, a calendar that looks like Tetris gone wrong, and someone just scheduled a "quick chat" that's definitely not going to be quick.
🏔️ Your Stoic Strategy:
"When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly."
The Stoics had a power morning move: premeditatio malorum - imagining everything that could go wrong. Not because they were pessimists, but because they knew life's setbacks only devastate us when we haven’t prepared for them.
⚡️ Your Action Plan (60 seconds):
Close your eyes
Picture 3 things that might go wrong today
Ask: "What's actually in my control?"
Let the rest float away
That's it. You just did what Marcus did before running the entire Roman empire.
🏆 Your Quick Win:
Before your first email, say: "Something's probably going to try to ruin my day. Game on." Then smile - you're ready.
See you tomorrow,
Jon