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Scenario

When workplace memento mori practices create more stress than wisdom

Our team does intense, deadline-driven work and we've been trying to incorporate memento mori principles to remember what actually matters, but every time we slow down to contemplate mortality we fall behind and then work even more frantically to catch up. We're trapped in a cycle where the practice meant to free us from urgency creates more urgency.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The pause required for death awareness conflicts directly with the momentum your shared work demands.

Your guide for this
Laozi
Laozi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Stoic memento mori — remember you will die?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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