☀️ 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."

- Marcus Aurelius

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):

  1. Close your eyes

  2. Picture 3 things that might go wrong today

  3. Ask: "What's actually in my control?"

  4. 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