Talking Blues: The futility of halfway measures
“If you keep turning around to see how much you can carry away with you, … you will never progress. No man can swim ashore and take his baggage with him.” Epistula XXII: On the Futility of Halfway Measures, Seneca. “ Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium” translated as “Moral Letters to Lucilius”, referred to by some scholars as “Letters from a Stoic” by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger), is a gold mine of a book. It does not only ooze with inspirational wisdom; it also asks questions that can help a person become a better woman, man, professional or leader when honestly co...
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