4 Lessons in Productivity and Leadership From the Family That Brought Us Stoicism

If you like Marcus Aurelius, you’ll love the Medici

Portrait of Italian banker and politician Cosimo de’ Medici (1389–1464), the first member of the Medici political dynasty that served as de facto rulers of Florence during the Italian Renaissance period. Photo: The Print Collector/Getty Images

Greek philosophy is booming today, with everyone from Silicon Valley bros to NFL teams studying the words of the Stoics.

We can largely thank the Medici family for this.