{"id":717,"date":"2017-05-01T16:17:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T16:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/?p=717"},"modified":"2017-05-01T16:17:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T16:17:57","slug":"clarify-your-intentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/clarify-your-intentions\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarify Your Intentions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cLet all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It\u2019s not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u2014Seneca<\/a>, On Tranquility of Mind<\/em>, 12.5<\/p>\n

Law 29 of The 48 Laws of Power<\/em><\/a> is: Plan All The Way To The End. Robert Greene<\/a> writes, \u201cBy planning to the end you will not be overwhelmed by circumstances and you will know when to stop. Gently guide fortune and help determine the future by thinking far ahead.\u201d The second habit in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People<\/em><\/a> is: begin with an end in mind.<\/p>\n

Having an end in mind is no guarantee that you\u2019ll reach it\u2014no Stoic would pretend otherwise\u2014but not having an end in mind is a guarantee you won\u2019t. To the Stoics<\/a>, oie\u0302sis<\/em> (false conceptions) are responsible not just for disturbances in the soul but for chaotic and dysfunctional lives and operations. When your efforts are not directed at a cause or a purpose, how will you know what to do day in and day out? How will you know what to say no to and what to say yes to? How will you know when you\u2019ve had enough, when you\u2019ve reached your goal, when you\u2019ve gotten off track, if you\u2019ve never defined what those things are?<\/p>\n

The answer is that you cannot. And so you are driven into failure\u2014 or worse, into madness by the oblivion of directionlessness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cLet all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It\u2019s not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad.\u201d\u00a0\u2014Seneca, On Tranquility of Mind, 12.5 Law 29 of The 48 Laws of Power is: Plan All The Way To The End. 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