(독서) Daily Stoic-12월10일DON'T SELL YOURSELF TOO CHEAPLY




"I say, let no one rob me of a single day who isn't going to make a full return on the loss."-SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 1.11b
("나는 누구든 나에게 하루를 앗아가려 한다면, 그 손실에 대해 온전히 보상하지 않는다면 허락하지 않을 것이다."-세네카, 마음의 평온에 대하여, 1.11b)
People spend a lot more money when they use credit cards than when they have to pull out actual cash. If you ever wondered why credit card companies and banks push cards so aggressively, this is why. The more credit cards you have, the more you'll spend.
Do we treat the days of our lives like we treat our money? Because we don't exactly know how many days we'll be alive, and because we try our hardest not to think about the fact that someday we'll die, we're pretty liberal with how freely we spend our time. We let people and obligations impose on that time, only rarely asking: What am I getting in return ...

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