What The Diary Of A CEO Says About Meditation

5 episodes about meditation

Steven Bartlett is a British entrepreneur, investor, and author. He’s the founder of Flight Story – a media company – an...

Key Insights on Meditation

Meditations opens with Marcus Aurelius thanking all the people who helped him become who he was

Marcus Aurelius writes in Meditations 5:20 that the mind converts any obstacle to action into a means of achieving its purpose.
According to Gregory Hays' translation of Meditations, when people obstruct our tasks, they become as irrelevant as the sun or wind.
Pierre Hadot's The Inner Citadel The ref-book-meditations:Meditations:Meditations of Marcus Aurelius explores the Stoic art of turning obstacles upside down to our advantage.
Marcus Aurelius in Meditations warns: 'Don't be overheard complaining, not even to yourself' - notice how often you catch yourself whining instead of accepting or acting
Marcus Aurelius in Meditations 6:11: 'When jarred unavoidably by circumstances, revert at once to yourself and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help'
"Nothing is more pathetic than people who run around in circles delving into the things that lie beneath" - Marcus Aurelius in Meditations
Marcus Aurelius in Meditations teaches that 'every event is the right one' - we must make our timeline right through our actions