Chiara Cokieng

> Consider some complex issue in your studies or life. Instead of tackling it in its entirety, find one small element of it and solve that part completely. Understand the subissue and its solution backwards and forwards. Understand all its connections and implications. Consider this small piece from many points

> You want to live – but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying – and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead? Caligula was once passing a column of captives on the Latin Road when one of them, with

Despite Ryan Holiday recommending this so [http://thoughtcatalog.com/ryan-holiday/2014/10/the-16-best-books-about-marketing-period/] many [http://thoughtcatalog.com/ryan-holiday/2014/01/24-books-to-hone-your-strategic-mind/] times [http://www.ryanholiday.net/reading-list/]… I am so intensely aware of the weakness of my will, my procrastination, inability to follow through, of my humanity, that I put

In school, one of my greatest strengths was rationalizing. I was really good at answering essay questions. I could get away with not knowing the “correct” answer, as long as i can defend my answer. When I joined the real world, I thought… Business only deals with reality. The real

> You’re lucky you’re so motivated to go to the gym. I get this a lot from people who wish they also go. Even when I explain that it didn’t come naturally… That I started going to the gym in 2009, managed to go regularly only in

I get into a crisis of meaning whenever I can’t make myself do something I should be doing. I’ve read so much about this topic, trying to make sense of it all. There seems to be 4 theories on how to live a good life: * Theory 1: Set

One of the most important books I’ve read. I’d call this a handbook for life. One that encompasses both big-picture strategy and day-to-day living. Includes a lot of my favorite type of writing: the you-don’t-know you don’t know stuff. For example, his list of nonobvious universally-useful

Something I read every so often. If you’re starting a business, trying to lose weight, or doing things normal people are not willing to do, you need to know this: > If you try to become excellent, normal people will judge you. Fuck them. Seriously, I said it and