Leadership Lesson: The 4 Stoic Virtues
A philosophy called Stoicim emerged thousands of years ago in the ancient world by a man named Zeno who was a successful sea merchant and died in Athens, 236 BC.
Stoicism was created as a framework on how to live a better life and to cope with its challenges being Zeno lost everything in a bad shipwreck. As ultimately, life is challenge & suffering. So stoicim provides a framework on how to lead oneself and others despite these challenges.
Thus, leadership and stoicism are intertwined. In fact, I refer to Stoicism as the philosophy of successful leaders.
The Stoics elaborated a detailed taxonomy of virtue, dividing virtue into four main types:
- Wisdom
- Justice
- Courage
- Moderation
We will spend the next 4 weeks diving into each of them to provide you with a stronger framework on how to lead yourself and others through the 4 stoic virtues.
