Leaders' Book Club discussion

Please use this thread to discuss your thoughts on books one through four of Meditations

Book 3, Line 13 (Gregory Hayes): Nothing earthly succeeds by ignoring heaven, nothing heavenly by ignoring the earth.

One of my favorite quotes. When faced with a consequential decision, one has to balance their moral pursuits (the “heavenly”) with the practical matters of the situation, often requiring a compromise. A great leader is one who has a virtuous mindset but is willing to accommodate the various constraints of a problem.

Just started into this today. Immediately came across book 1:15 on Debts and Lessons about Maximus's sense of staying on the path instead of being kept on it.

At my workplace we are in a huge shift in the way we do near everything and there is this undercurrent of people who are chronically complaining and resisting change, even if its beneficial at every level from the top of the corporation, the shareholders, and all the way to the very end employee in a chair. The resistant people seem to have this "forced to do so" attitude. I see every day the people that invite in the new processes are flourishing. Change is hard but necessary. Embracing evolving technologies such as AI, global workforce mentalities, or even our dramatic culture shift to hybrid/remote work and flex-time is the new norm, at its amazing.

But soon after this book 2:3 said ...discard your thirst for books, so that you won't die in bitterness... so I threw away Meditations.

(kidding)