Early in my life I was exposed to an excellent example of Stoic leadership, but I was too young to recognize it.
Notes:
- One regret I have in my life is not discovering Stoic philosophy earlier.
- If there is one thing that has improved my mental well-being as a leader, it is discovering Stoicism.
- While I was too young to understand it at the time, I was exposed to an excellent example of Stoic leadership when I was a 19 year old trainee in the army.
- Let me tell you the story of Prendergast, via a read of a blog entry I wrote back in 2020: https://techleader.pro/a/530-Prendergast
- You can find that blog entry on my website techleader.pro.
- I found myself thinking about Prendergast during a very difficult week, full of conflict, production outages, and tight deadlines.
- I think we all need such a mental image, to center our thoughts on during stressful times, and bring about some mental calm.
- Secondly, please buy yourself a copy of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, and Letters from a Stoic by Seneca, and read a little each day, especially when you feel stressed.
- Leadership is hard, take care of yourselves!
Notes and subscription links are here: https://techleader.pro/a/686-Stoic-leadership-(TLP-2025w13)
