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Tang Taizong made China the largest, richest, and most powerful country of its time. He ruled from 626 to 649 BCE. Not only known for his mind on the battlefield, defeating the invading Turks, but he was more renowned for his ability to maintain the peace. His dynasty lasted for hundreds of years and Tang Taizong's reign became the model against which all future emperors were measured. The Tang dynasty is considered the golden age in Chinese history and was treated as required studying material for future crown princes.

Another difference between Tang Taizong and Marcus Aurelius was their ability to spot talent and avoid bias. Aurelius made Commodus his heir, which many blame to be part of the reason Rome fell. And Aurelius was also betrayed by his wife, Faustina.

However, Tang Taizong despised nepotism, and his wife, Empress Wende, was one of his wisest advisors.

As Marcus wrote his rules for leadership in Meditations, I will do the same and provide for you Emperor Tang Taizong's meditations on leadership and the good life. But, in my own words...

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We talk about a bunch of random things:

What the hell is my podcast about?

Social media and internet culture

Facebook algorithms

Free speech vs. businesses having the freedom to do what they want

Philosophy and how to get into it

Being basic and generic

and much more

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Seneca said thousands of years ago: “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” This aphorism still stands the test of time.

Physical culture, and eventually exercise, became a tangible and easily understood way to modify ourselves. Prior to all the industrial and technological revolutions, we didn't dissociate ourselves from our bodies. Your sense of self was not secular from your body—they were one and the same. Thus changing our body meant changing our being...

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It's not true what they say about time

We can't produce a masterpiece if given enough time

We can only create a masterpiece if we can endure the time needed to get good...

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When evening came, the tea master along with some of the other servants explored the city. As the party wandered about the city, they came upon two samurai. The tea master and his companions bowed their heads and politely stepped aside into the gutter to let the two warriors pass.

One samurai passed without incident while the second samurai remained fixed in his place. The samurai had broad shoulders, mangled hands, skin burned by the sun, and scars across his face. He was a fearsome warrior. His cold eyes stared at the tea master as if he were trying to look into his soul...

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I'm going to tell you a story about what went through my mind during the finals of a Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament, but frankly, it's what goes through my mind during any intense situation. To boil it all down into one word, it would be "mindset."

Mindset meaning: the established set of attitudes.

The attitudes I hold are far from perfect, or even normal, but sometimes abnormal works...

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For young Roosevelt, it was rough goings from the start, as he constantly suffered from debilitating health problems. At night, he would have sudden asthma attacks so severe, his parents feared for his life. Doctors at the time had no treatment and assumed the worst, that Roosevelt would live a short and unpromising life. Roosevelt's father, Theodore Roosevelt Sr., however, had other ideas about young Roosevelt. These early challenges along with the will of his father shaped Roosevelt for years to come.

In spite of young Roosevelt's frailty, the Roosevelt clan traveled often: to Europe, the Middle East, to hiking in the Alps. Roosevelt's father encouraged Roosevelt to keep up and to set no limitations on his abilities. From this foundation, young Roosevelt discovered the benefits of physical exercise and found a love for the outdoors, and an appreciation for exertion and effort. Roosevelt's newfound reverence for the strenuous life not only energized his spirits but diminished his asthma. For Roosevelt, vigorous exercise was ritual.

Unfortunately, however, exercise alone was not enough. After an incident where Roosevelt was beaten up by two older boys, Roosevelt found need for a teacher other than his father.

And in boxing coach John Long, Roosevelt found a second father...

In 2008, I quit my job, traveled the world, and trained martial arts. This was never my plan, but like many great things in life, things work out better when you don't plan for it.

You see, when I quit my job and got on the road, I had no idea what I was doing or what was going to happen. No map, no GPS, and no working radio (it broke the first night). But that's what made it memorable. That's why it's called an adventure, not a plan...