At the #LF24 opening keynote, ILFI CEO Lindsay Baker reminds the #LivingFuture community there "is no finish line" in this work that requires a sustained and collaborative effort.

5 bad habits that are killing your productivity: 1. You don’t wake up early (Marcus Aurelius) 2. You focus on what’s outside your control (Epictetus) 3. You’re in the wrong crowd (MA) 4. You don’t know how to say “no” (Seneca) 5. You think you’ll live forever (Seneca)

These Are 7 Things Stoics DON'T Do: 1. Don't suffer imagined troubles. 2. Don't be overheard complaining 3. Don't always have an opinion. 4. Don't be hard on others. 5. Don't be all about business. 6. Don't focus on outcomes. 7. Don't look outside yourself for approval.

Right Thing, Right Now (always).

These Are 7 Things Stoics DON'T Do: 1. Don't always have an opinion 2. Don't be overheard complaining 3. Don't suffer imagined troubles 4. Don't look outside yourself for approval 5. Don't focus on outcomes 6. Don't be hard on others 7. Don't be all about business

"The strategy required to find a great opportunity (lots of saying yes and exploring widely) is different from the strategy required to make the most of a great opportunity (lots of saying no and remaining focused)." -James Clear

Life is tragic. The human condition is fatal. The earth is insatiable. But it’s still pretty in the sunlight, isn’t it?

What’s in your control: 1. what you do 2. what you say 3. what you think What isn’t: 1. what other people do 2. what other people say 3. what other people think

“I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.”

10. Steve Jobs emails himself a year before he died

We are right to be disappointed and frustrated with the state of the world. The moral inversion that has consumed our current political and cultural landscape—is inexcusable. We should fight against it, fight to reform it. At the same time, we never need to despair about good in

“You can’t fast grow a company aiming to slow grow its food. You have to commit to the hard long term planning to make it happen” Farm To People Chloe Sorvino #agribusiness #slowfood

“If Costco chose rotisserie chicken as a loss-leader, they are saying profit shouldn’t drive that product. That could be the opening to change to use their scale to make meaningful change. Surprise, they’re failing to rise to that opportunity.” Chloe Sorvino Farm To People

"The world is big, but industries are small. After a few years, everyone comes to know the quality of your work. Reputation matters." -James Clear

“If you take a people’s freedoms away from them slow enough, they’ll never notice they’re gone.”

Stoics urge us to develop our own character, our own moral compass. So that even if we’re tired, overwhelmed, or frustrated, we can make a decision in the moment that years later we’re proud of, that doesn’t fill us with regret.

An hour w/ Governor Tim Walz SXSW & my main feeling is “this sucks”! We could have had an honest, principled, inspiring leader but the ave. voter picked a felon, womanizer, fake reality TV businessman. Irrigating farmland with Gatorade is just a few cycles away. #ideocracy

Stoic wisdom from Canada’s new Prime Minister “Virtue is like a muscle that grows with exercise. We become just by doing just acts, brave by doing brave acts; when we are kind, kindness grows. When we seek unity, unity grows. When we are Canadian, Canada grows.” Mark Carney

More things to remind yourself of according to Seneca: - That riches and luxury are a form of slavery - That power corrupts - That time is our most precious resource - That death is not worth fearing

Japanese Techniques to Stop Overthinking: