Tag: stoic

Written by Nikolas Walker

Stoic Philosophy & the Human-Centric Leader

I’m a practicing Stoic. It makes sense to me that emotions are important, but should not dominate us, or the actions that we take in the world. As an individual this can be difficult to do on a day-to-day basis because we’re wedded to our emotions. As a human-centric leader, it’s important that we’re able […]

Written by Nikolas Walker

“Know thyself” – A leaders mantra

“I have often marveled at how everyone loves himself above all others, yet places less value on his own opinion of himself than that of everyone else…So much greater is our respect for what our neighbors think of us than what we think of ourselves!” – Marcus Aurelius. I’m a fan of the Stoic philosophers, […]