To put it blithely: When life has you in mount, the solution is not to flail around, a victim of your own passion and panic. Instead, stay calm, breath, and remember that you know how to fix this.
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Stop Complaining, Ryan
One could argue that it is this lack of reflecting, and of daily practice that has caused the second reason for my absence. The truth is, that over the last few weeks I have been a pretty rotten Stoic.
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Move Thyself…
For the vast majority of those things, those obstacles, there is nothing we could do to avoid them. Still less we can do to remove them from our path. What we can control, is our perceptions of the obstacle and how we choose to react.
Continue reading50 Shades of Red: The Stoics on Anger
Anger is a weakness. True strength is being able to hold yourself together and maintain the ability to reason regardless of what happens externally.
Continue readingWhat me Worry?
After ejection … I whispered to myself: I’m leaving the world of technology and entering the world of Epictetus …
Continue readingAttitude: It Takes no Talent to Hustle
Recently, I was present to overhear someone explain a Stoic idea to children, and I nearly laughed out loud at how simple the concept could be (and how complicated I often make it). Instead of talking about…
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