Daily Discipline from BK

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The Cicero Rule
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Brian Kight

The Cicero Rule

2023-06-01 04:00:00

After yesterday's message, you might be thinking, "But BK! It's not that easy. Doing the right...

Why hesitate to do what is right?
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Why hesitate to do what is right?

2023-05-31 04:00:00

Marcus Aurelius wrote, "Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one."

The decisions you make in conflict define your life
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The decisions you make in conflict define your life

2023-04-26 04:00:00

You're in a conflict.

Memento Mori - “Remember you must die”
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Memento Mori - “Remember you must die”

2023-04-25 04:31:38

All life has an arc. It begins. It exists. It ends.

Was Newton a psychologist?
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Was Newton a psychologist?

2023-04-13 04:00:00

Human nature is a lot like gravity.

What about the impulses we can’t control?
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What about the impulses we can’t control?

2023-04-12 05:38:02

In Homer's "The Odyssey," Odysseus and his men sailed home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. They...

Acceptance and Rejection
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Acceptance and Rejection

2023-01-17 05:00:00

Few things shape our experience more intensely than our relationship with acceptance and rejection....

Monday Matchups
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Monday Matchups

2022-09-26 04:00:00

Be deliberate in your education,and aggressive in your application.

One lesson from two dead men that never spoke
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One lesson from two dead men that never spoke

2022-07-26 04:00:00

In a book titled “Dialogues of the Dead” (Lord George Lyttleton, 1760), the author imagines...

13 Ancient Maxims For Modern Life
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13 Ancient Maxims For Modern Life

2022-04-20 09:30:00

  1. Genuine, intentional listening eases most tensions.
  2. People avoid simple solutions because they...