Turn Toward What is Hard, Not Away From It—Ryan Holiday
“One way to go through life is to turn away from the things that are hard. You can close your eyes and ears to what is unpleasant. You can take the easy way, forgoing difficulty whenever possible. The other way is the Stoic way—to see hardship as an opportunity, as a test not an obstacle, a chance to use all that stands in your path as fuel to make you brighter and better.”
Are We Happy Yet?—Jessica Grose →
h/t Lukas Bolte
How Cults Use Language to Control—Otherwords
h/t Joseph Kimball
The Fastest Path to African Prosperity: Charter Cities, Startup Cities and Special Economic Zones—Magatte Wade →
The link on the title leads to the substack article on the path to African prosperity. Also, don’t miss Maggate Wade’s TED Talk: “Why it's too hard to start a business in Africa -- and how to change it”.
