Marcus Aurelius: what is in your power
After a bad event the team spends an hour on the weather, the timetable and the other society. You will change none of those next time.
An emperor had to talk himself out of bed every morning. Three moves: sort what depends on you, separate duty from mood, and grant in advance that other people will be as they are.
After your next event, draw a line down a page: left, what you decided; right, what you did not. Discuss only the left, and pick one thing from it to do differently.
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Marble bust, 2nd century. Glyptothek, Munich. PD-old (sculpture) + PD-self (photograph, Bibi Saint-Pol 2007)
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shared competencies: Self-command, Judgement
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