EPISODE · Dec 26, 2025 · 18 MIN
Six Mistakes to Avoid in the New Year
from Despite the Limits · host Scot Storey
Send us Fan MailIn this last episode of Season 2, I look at “The Six Mistakes of Man”.Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC) was a Roman statesman and scholar whose work was admired by ancient scholars and is also admired by modern scholars today. It appears we have wrestled with these six mistakes for thousands of years.Here they are:1)The illusion that personal gain is made up of crushing others.2)The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected.3)Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it.4)Refusing to set aside trivial preferences.5)Neglecting development and refinement of the mind, and not acquiring the habit of reading and study.6)Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.If you were looking for a discussion about how to do an end of year review let me invite you to check out episode 23 from Season 1, “How to Do an End of Year Review”. Below is a link to that episode.https://www.buzzsprout.com/2303705/episodes/16261345Happy New Year friends! Let’s continue the conversation!https://www.linkedin.com/in/scot-storeyhttps://www.facebook.com/Scot.Storey.Leadership?mibextid=LQQJ4d
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Send us Fan Mail In this last episode of Season 2, I look at “The Six Mistakes of Man”. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC) was a Roman statesman and scholar whose work was admired by ancient scholars and is also admired by modern scholars today. It appears we have wrestled with these six mistakes for thousands of years. Here they are: 1)The illusion that personal gain is made up of crushing others. 2)The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected. 3)Insisting tha...
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