All posts tagged: Stoicism

Miyamoto Musashi’s Dokkōdō

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Japanese samurai Musashi Miyamoto retreated to a cave, Reigandō (Spirit Rock Cave) and spent his final months living to meditate and write. He wrote The Go Rin No Sho (Book of Five Rings) and the Dokkōdō (Japanese: 獨行道) (“The Path of Aloneness”, “The Way to Go Forth Alone”, or “The Way of Walking Alone”). The Dokkōdō consists of 21 precepts: Accept everything just the way it is. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake. […]

Name One Genius That Ain’t Crazy

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How’s your 2018 going? Kanye West said, “Name one genius that ain’t crazy, I can’t let these people play me”. A couple of days into 2018 I cried my first tears of the year. My PMP application was audited, and while I submitted my signed experience to them, I got a reply that they closed my application because my experience wasn’t enough. I received the e-mail late at night, while I was studying. I couldn’t help […]