Lessons from a modern-day Stoic

Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius…you have a modern-day descendent in a Peloton Instructor. The wisdom of Jess Simms can help you practice and improve your communication skills. 

In her class, she says things like, “Your initial reaction is not you. You are your response.”

Wow, if we can just pause and breathe before we say anything, we can get grounded and respond with intention. 

“You are a work in progress and a masterpiece all at the same time.” 

Thanks, Jess, for the reminder to keep practicing!

How about this one… “Failure isn’t finite, it’s feedback.” 

Yes! Celebrate the wins, and mourn the losses’. 

Here are a few more gems to start your weekend off right:

• Pay attention to the bricks and soon you’ll have a wall. 

• We are all advanced for different reasons!

• With a little effort, we get a lot of payoffs. It’s time to step into your power. 

• If you have it, use it. If you don’t, find it.

• You can do hard things.

• You can be perfect and a work in progress at the same damn time. 

• If you don’t have the energy make the energy.

• By investing in yourself, you’ve already beaten the competition. 

• No ego amigo. We’re all beginners.

Thanks, Jess!