Business Organization: Joint Ventures
Chapter 13: A Stoic Business Advisor: Joint Ventures
A joint venture (JV) is a business arrangement in which two or more parties agree to pool their resources to accomplish a specific task…
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Business Organization
Chapter 12: A Stoic Business Advisor: Your Business Organization, Part 2
"What do you know?" "How do you know what you know?" "Why should you care about it?"
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The #Stoics - #books #booklist #toread #reading
#Stoicism and #Philosophy, #Meditations and #Perseverance.
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Understanding Your Situation
Chapter 11: A Stoic Business Advisor: Understanding Your Situation
It starts with three simple questions:
What is the situation?
What are the objectives?
How will we achieve those objectives?
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A Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius, believed that being kind to the unkind was the key to a good life. Really. tinyurl.com/45nrd6cm
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Patience
Chapter 10: A Stoic Business Advisor: Branding, Part 4: Patience
An associate taught me many years ago that you can have it: Fast, Good, or Cheap – but only two of the three.
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Community Building
Chapter 10: Branding, Part 3:
A community will not only do business with you; they will help your branding.
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The Falcon of Sparta: Thoughts
This is a terrific book from a terrific author Conn Iggulden. He blends historical fact and supposition in such a way that kids would adore history classes in school.
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Content Matters!
Chapter 10: A Stoic Business Advisor: Branding, Part 2: Content Matters!
“How do I start my branding?” The simple answer is that it starts with you.
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Why Brand?
Chapter 10: A Stoic Business Advisor: Branding, Part 1: Why Brand?
Branding is out sharing your identity with the public so that they have an understanding of how you can help them.
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Discourses, by Epictetus (Penguin Classics)
Latest read. Stoicism as a philosophy and way of life I find both attractive and helpful, though not necessarily easy. I would recommend M. Aurelius (Meditations) and Diogenes before this, but I liked it better than Seneca’s Letters.
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Focus Helps
Chapter 9: A Stoic Business Advisor: Focus Helps
Focus helps. In business and in life. Guaranteed.
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Dealing with Problems, Part II: Systems
Chapter 8, Part 2:
Problems can be your downfall or opportunities.
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An Advisor: Dealing with Problems
Chapter 8:
Problems, some people think, are things to be avoided. Others think of problems as opportunities. Perhaps problems are opportunities that are being ignored?
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Life & Times: Important First
In business and in life we seem to speed most of our time doing the mundane – cooking, cleaning, picking up and dropping off, even going through the motions at work. Does it need to be that way?
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Benefits of Systems
Chapter 7
The Stoics believed in the benefits of organization. It was part of their key virtue of temperance or self-discipline.
"If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable" ~ Seneca (attribution)
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Own the response.
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“Impressing people is utterly different from being truly impressive.” — Ryan Holiday
#Stoics know the difference: seeking approval is fragile; cultivating character endures. Integrity, consistency, and quiet excellence matter more than applause. Be impressive when no one is watching.
Benefits of Small
Chapter 6: A Stoic Business Advisor: Benefits of Small
WE MAY NOT BE BIG…BUT WE’RE SMALL
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Be real with yourself.
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“Silence. The ability to deliberately keep yourself out of the conversation and subsist without its validation. Silence is the respite of the confident and the strong.”—Ryan Holiday
#Stoics & #introverts know: confidence doesn’t chase validation; it lives in restraint. Speak less. Act more.
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An Advisor: ZBB Thinking
Chapter 5: A Stoic Business Advisor: ZBB Thinking
You must justify every item of your budget.
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Choosing better.
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How to Be More #Virtuous in 2026 (From the #Stoics)
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A Stoic Business Advisor: WARM Objectives
Chapter 4: Goals to be successful should be, no, must be:
Written
Actionable
Realistic
Measurable
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Getting stronger.
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An Advisor: More than Just Numbers
Chapter 3: A Stoic Business Advisor: More than Just Numbers
Almost every business can benefit from a better understanding of its key metrics…
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