No Favorable Wind: Seneca on Why Direction Beats Speed
"If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable." Seneca's one-liner from a letter to a friend who kept delaying his life explains the modern epidemic of busy, optimised, directionless effort. Here is what the Stoics actually meant by purpose, why more productivity without a port makes you worse off, and a practical way to choose your harbour before you trim your sails.