by Sean | Feb 12, 2017 | Books, Philosophy, Politics, Stoicism
What does it mean to be a virtuous citizen in a republic? America’s founding father’s were designing a system of government in reaction to the English Monarchy. They studied political theorists from Aristotle to Locke. And it was the history of the Roman...
by Sean | May 13, 2016 | Buddhism, Culture, LIfe Style, Mindfulness, Philosophy, Vipassana
I have yet to meet someone who can empty their mind, and spend an hour in a thoughtless meditative state. I’ve met monks who tell me they still struggle with meditation. Even they have days where they can’t get into it. The simplicity of the practice...
by Sean | Apr 21, 2016 | Learning, Philosophy, Teaching
Peripatetic often refers to the act of wandering, walking, and meandering where you think deeply. It is also the name of Aristotle’s school of philosophy. He’s typically associated with teachings while walking. Aristotle was an inductive philosopher, so it...
by Sean | Apr 6, 2016 | Business, Philosophy, Stoicism
When things get hard and start to fall apart you have two choices: lean in or quit. Quitting feels easy. You can give up, remove yourself from the situation, and find something else to work on. But if you run away you won’t learn or grow from the experience. But...
by Sean | Mar 29, 2016 | Books, Learning, Mindfulness, Productivity, Stoicism
“Don’t just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has...
by Sean | Mar 28, 2016 | Education, Learning, Mindfulness, Philosophy, Practical Philosophy, Pschyology, Stoicism
I was observing a middle school math class a few weeks ago and the teacher started diving into an algebra problem. He was explaining to students how to solve a multistep algebraic equation. But the lesson finished without ever touching upon why students should learn...