Robert Greene: Discover Your True Calling (The Daily Laws, January 1st)

January 1, 2022 David Hurley 0

With the New Year I am commencing an new morning reading practice and will be going through the year accompanied, as it were, by Robert Greene through his new book, The Daily Laws. The Daily Laws is a book of 366 meditations drawn from themes and insights from Robert Greene’s other books, such as The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of War, and so on. [Read more…]

Out With The Daily Stoic, In With The Daily Laws

December 31, 2021 David Hurley 0

Just about every morning for the last five years I have read the daily meditation in The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. I blogged about a couple of the readings here (“You Don’t Have To Stay On Top Of Everything) and here (“On Clarity: Aliquo Respiciat”). However, [Read more…]

Caesar, Calphurnia, and the Coronavirus

June 28, 2020 David Hurley 0

What on earth does Julius Caesar have to do with the coronavirus? Well, in Act Two, Scene Two of Shakespeare’s play, Caesar’s wife, Calphurnia, feels it is too risky for Caesar to go out to the Forum that day and urges him to stay at home. Staying at home is [Read more…]