Old wisdom, aimed at your actual week.
Short reads pairing each mentor's tradition with the things that are genuinely stressing people out right now.
7 Things Ashtavakra Says About the Fear of Being Replaced by AI
A text about never having been the doer in the first place has something unusually direct to say about being automated.
6 min read8 Things Lao Tzu Says About Hustle Culture Burnout
Twenty-five hundred years before “rise and grind,” Lao Tzu was already warning about what forcing costs you.
6 min read6 Things Socrates Says About Imposter Syndrome at Work
The man the Oracle called wisest in Athens spent his life insisting he knew nothing. That's not a coincidence.
5 min read7 Things Krishna Says About Burnout From a Job You Don't Love
The Gita's whole plot starts with a man who cannot make himself do the work in front of him. That's not a bad place to start.
7 min read8 Things Buddha Says About Comparing Yourself to Everyone on Instagram
Twenty-five centuries before the highlight reel, the Buddha had already diagnosed the mind that keeps score.
6 min read9 Things Marcus Aurelius Would Say About Your Doomscrolling Habit
A Roman emperor spent his private journal training the same muscle your phone is wearing down.
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