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The matter on which a good man should be employed is the will.
Epictetus · Discourses · paraphrase
What it means today

Your main work is not your job, your body, or your reputation; it is your will — the part that decides. Train that, and the rest tends itself. Neglect it, and everything else drifts.

Try this todayTreat your own will as your primary work today, and see what follows.
Today’s questionAm I employed on my will, or only on everything around it?
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