Category: Daily Wisdom
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How to Overcome Inner Resistance and Reach Your Potential
By Paolo Peralta for Start Early Today We all have a voice inside that whispers “maybe tomorrow” when the alarm goes off. It’s the rationalization that settles in when we’re tired. It’s fear disguised as practicality. Bruce Springsteen said he wasn’t afraid of others being better—he was afraid of not reaching his own potential. That’s…
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Daily Wisdom from the Past: January 28, 2026
Today’s Teacher: Lao Tzu (6th Century BCE) The Teaching “Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.” — Lao Tzu,…
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Daily Wisdom from the Past: January 28, 2026
Today’s Teacher: Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180 CE) The Teaching “You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Who Was Marcus Aurelius? Marcus Aurelius was the Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 CE, ruling during one of the most challenging periods in Roman history.…
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Daily Wisdom from the Past: January 27, 2026
Today’s Teacher: Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014) The Teaching “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” — Maya Angelou Who Was Maya Angelou? Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist whose life embodied resilience in the face…
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Daily Wisdom from the Past: January 26, 2026
Today’s Teacher: Rumi (1207 – 1273) The Teaching “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” — Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī Who Was Rumi? Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, known simply as Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic whose words have transcended centuries, cultures, and religions. Born in present-day…
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Daily Wisdom from the Past: January 25, 2026
Today’s Teacher: Seneca the Younger (4 BCE – 65 CE) The Teaching “It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested.”…