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Using Stoic philosophy to help you (and me): LEARN from the past, PLAN for the future, LIVE in the present.
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It’s a common disruption to our tranquility: putting someone else’s life on a pedestal compared to our own.
We envy the apparent prosperity and happiness of others while losing sight of the things in our own lives that we should be quite content with.
The full story of someone else’s life can’t be known. Their inner world isn’t visible to us. To have their life, we’d need to inherit everything about them. Would we really be willing to take that risk?
To help regain your freedom from this kind of disruption, I’ve constructed a short Stoic exercise for you to practice.
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A guided contemplation to help you reflect on a powerful idea from Stoicism: the notion that our insignificance isn't a bad thing.
This idea can be liberating and transformative, guiding us toward greater peace, humility, and—surprisingly—purpose.
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"Liberty is having a mind superior to injury, a mind that makes itself the only source from which its pleasures spring, that separates itself from all external things, avoiding the unquiet life of one who fears everybody’s laughter, everybody’s tongue. For if there is anyone who can offer an insult, who cannot?"
—Seneca, On the Constancy of the Wise Man 19.2
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"Each day acquire something that will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed against other misfortunes as well; and after you have run over many thoughts, select one to be thoroughly digested that day."
—Seneca, Letters 2.4
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In this episode, we look at Cicero's explanation of the Stoics' main guiding principle—that virtue is the only true good in life.
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"The present moment is enough for you,” Marcus Aurelius told himself in his Meditations.
As Pierre Hadot wrote in his book Philosophy as a Way of Life, this had a double meaning:
- It is enough to keep you busy; you have no need to think about anything else; and
- It is enough to make you happy; there is no need to seek for anything else.
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To help achieve the kind of mental freedom the Stoics enjoyed by worrying less about the opinions of others, I have constructed a short exercise that uses some imagery from Kurt Vonnegut's novel Breakfast of Champions.
I’ve called it the Molecular Pause technique.
When to use it: Use the Molecular Pause technique whenever you feel discomfort or hesitation in your actions due to the fear of judgment.
What to use it for: Use this technique to remind yourself to, as Seneca put it, be your own spectator and seek your own sincere praise. The idea is to cultivate courage and build confidence in your actions, independent of external validation.
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A reading of the twelfth book of Marcus Aurelius's twelve-book work.
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When someone tells us a harsh truth, it may question our beliefs or behavior in a way that offends us.
This episode explores how we can use the Stoic virtues to deal with harsh truths in a calm, detached way so that we can remove the harshness and examine the truth.
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A reading of the eleventh book of Marcus Aurelius's twelve-book work.
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Today's episode is an interview with Dutch Olympic gold medalist Mark Tuitert.
I really enjoyed talking with Mark - he's a keen enthusiast of Stoicism and has recently released a book called The Stoic Mindset.
In the interview, we talk about the book, Mark’s interest in Stoicism, and how the philosophy has helped him both in his professional and personal life.
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In this episode, I look at why the Stoic practice of accepting one's fate is not the same thing as passivity.
Accepting what happens saves us time. We don’t feel the need to curse fate or complain about our luck when we practice this kind of acceptance.
We don’t spend excessive time in denial, wishing we could change the past. Instead, we focus on what we can do.
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Imagine the freedom that comes from living in alignment with your values, unencumbered by the fear of exposure or judgment.
How can you cultivate a mindset that not only avoids wrongdoing but actively rejects even the thought of it?
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This explainer episode will provide you with a straightforward understanding of what Stoic Wisdom is and how you can use it in your Stoic practice.
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A reading of the tenth book of Marcus Aurelius's twelve-book work.
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In today's episode, I interview one of my favorite writers on Stoicism, Donald Robertson.
He's a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist, and the author of such books as How to Think Like a Roman Emperor, Verissimus, Stoicism and the Art of Happiness, and The Philosophy of CBT.
His latest book is a biography of Marcus Aurelius, titled Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor.
In the interview, we talk about the book, Marcus Aurelius's life, and some practical techniques for dealing with anxiety.
I hope you enjoy!
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In the relentless pursuit of happiness, a common impulse leads us to believe that a change in surroundings will lift the burdens of our minds.
Seneca, the ancient Stoic philosopher, challenges this instinct in his 28th Letter to Lucilius, inviting us to question whether our travels truly offer escape or merely a temporary reprieve.
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This explainer episode will provide you with a straightforward understanding of what Stoic Temperance is and how you can use it in your Stoic practice.
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Five of the best pieces of advice from Seneca’s On Anger you can use today if you feel anger beginning to bubble up.
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A reading of the ninth book of Marcus Aurelius's twelve-book work.
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"If you want to do something, make a habit of it, if you don’t want to do that, don’t, but make a habit of something else instead."
—Epictetus, Discourses 2.18
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Trust in your innate ability to improve, guided by your principles and the support of the universe.
Each moment of each day offers you an opportunity to choose the right path.
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This explainer episode will provide you with a straightforward understanding of what Stoic Justice is and how you can use it in your Stoic practice.
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A reading of the eighth book of Marcus Aurelius's twelve-book work.
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"We are always learning, always growing. It is right to accept challenges. This is how we progress to the next level of intellectual, physical, or moral development.”
—Epictetus, A Manual For Living, p.74
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"When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you."
—Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 9.27
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This episode is shared from the Stoa Conversations podcast, in which I talked with host Caleb Ontiveros about the practice of Stoicism as a philosophy of daily life.
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Think of the countless examples throughout history of individuals who have achieved remarkable feats through relentless dedication and continuous learning.
By cultivating discipline and resilience, you too can overcome obstacles and accomplish great things.
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A reading of the seventh book of Marcus Aurelius's twelve-book work.
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An homage to a TED talk by Ethan Hawke called “Give yourself permission to be creative”, adjusted to conform to the alternative title of “Give yourself permission to practice philosophy.”
“I place it to the credit of philosophy that I recovered and regained my strength. I owe my life to philosophy, and that is the least of my obligations!” —Seneca, Letters 78.3
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This explainer episode will provide you with a straightforward understanding of what Stoic Courage is and how you can use it in your Stoic practice.
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Today’s episode takes inspiration from various Stoic sources, as well as Oliver Burkeman’s excellent book Four Thousand Weeks, to show how it’s possible to zoom out from our own troubles and get a better perspective on them.
Doing this can, as Burkeman puts it, help us to drop back down from "godlike fantasies of cosmic significance into the experience of life as it concretely, finitely – and often enough, marvelously – really is."
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As you go about your day, remember to focus on your actions rather than your words.
Let your actions speak louder than your discussions.
Let your deeds be the evidence of your philosophy.
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In his Meditations, the Stoic Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius noted ten reminders for himself that could serve as a calming influence when he felt angry with other people.
If we remind ourselves of these kinds of perspectives regularly enough, we might just be able to invoke them when we next feel anger bubbling up, and by doing so, block its destructive potential.
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A reading of the sixth book of Marcus Aurelius's twelve-book work.
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"Still you are indignant and complain, and you don’t understand that in all the evils to which you refer, there is really only one – that you are indignant and complain."
—Seneca, Letters 96.1
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"Each day acquire something that will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed against other misfortunes as well; and after you have run over many thoughts, select one to be thoroughly digested that day."
—Seneca, Letters 2.4
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Today's episode offers some Stoic advice on using the virtue of Justice to guide our interactions with other people.
As Seneca put it: "Our fellowship is very similar to an arch of stones, which would fall apart, if they did not reciprocally support each other."
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This explainer episode will provide you with a straightforward understanding of what oikeiosis is and how you can use it to guide your Stoic practice.
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"So until your pleasantries become solid beliefs and you’ve acquired some means of keeping yourselves safe, I’d advise you to be cautious when engaging with non-philosophers."
—Epictetus
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A reading of the fifth book of Marcus Aurelius's twelve-book work.
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Just like we have the power to interpret the past in the most constructive way possible, we also have the power to make our own choices in response to questions about the future.
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This explainer episode will provide you with a straightforward understanding of what eudaimonia is and how you can use it to guide your Stoic practice.
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"There is no real doubt that it is good for one to have appointed a guardian over oneself, and to have someone whom you may look up to, someone whom you may regard as a witness of your thoughts."
—Seneca, Letters 25
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This explainer episode will provide you with a straightforward understanding of what the circles of concern are and how you can use them to guide your Stoic practice.
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The Roman senator Cato the Younger died in 46 BC but during his lifetime and in the years since his death, he has widely been considered as a near-perfect living embodiment of Stoicism.
He was known for his moral integrity, his tenacity in supporting just causes and his immunity to bribes at a time when such corruption was commonplace. He was a respected military tribune who led from the front and shared in the hardship of his men. In his stubborn defense of the Roman Republic, he even preferred death over being ruled by Julius Caesar.
The Stoic philosopher Seneca had huge admiration for Cato and advised his friend Lucilius to choose Cato as a role model and to use the Stoic as a ruler against which he could measure and straighten his own behavior.
We have some good insights into Cato's adherence to Stoicism from Plutarch's Parallel Lives and I'd like to share a couple of them today as examples of how he demonstrated his character.
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The story I'd like to share in today's episode comes from Seneca's On Tranquility of Mind essay and features some interesting and entertaining details from the life of a philosopher called Julius Canus.
Seneca's underlying motivation for holding Canus up as a role model in this story was to demonstrate how one can maintain a calm mind in the face of adversity.
What Julius Canus faced is likely to be a lot more extreme than what most of us will face on a daily basis but this is encouraging in itself - if someone can maintain tranquility of mind in the direst of circumstances, surely it can be done when the stakes aren't so high.
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The Greek Stoic philosopher Cleanthes was originally a boxer who took up philosophy when he came to Athens and eventually became the successor to Zeno of Citium as the second head of the Stoic school around 262 BC.
He supported his studies by working as a water-carrier at night and the short anecdotes we have about his life provide good lessons on humility and simple living.
The biographical stories I share about Cleanthes in this episode come courtesy of Diogenes Laertius and his famous work Lives of the Eminent Philosophers.
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Today's Stoic story takes the form of two short anecdotes from the life of the philosopher Paconius Agrippinus.
The examples from Agrippinus's life are used by Epictetus in his Discourses to demonstrate to his students what it truly means for one to desire only what is up to them to be averse to what is not.
They also show how the Stoics in general believed in practicing the virtue of courage by sticking to one's principles in the face adversity and trying to do the right thing even if it could result in negative consequences.
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The Stoics knew how useful stories and examples could be in the illustration of philosophical lessons.
Clear descriptions and explanations of principles are vital of course but demonstrating them in practice is an invaluable tool in helping people to understand them.
The example I share in this episode comes from Seneca's Consolation to Marcia, which was a letter the Stoic statesman sent to his friend to help her manage her grief following
the death of her son.
The real-life examples Seneca presents convey lessons that we could adapt and apply not just to grief but to any misfortune as we decide how we will respond to what we face in life.
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What we can learn from dogs, the animal that Socrates called "a true philosopher."
The video mentioned in this episode: This golden retriever has shown us all the true meaning of optimism, hope and gratitude
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A reading of the fourth book of Marcus Aurelius's twelve-book work.
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"For the morning is the youth of the day, when everything is bright, fresh, and easy of attainment; we feel strong then, and all our faculties are completely at our disposal.
Do not shorten the morning by getting up late, or waste it in unworthy occupations or in talk; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred."
—Schopenhauer, Our Relation to Ourselves
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This explainer episode will provide you with a straightforward understanding of what the Stoic motto of living according to Nature means and how you can use it in everyday life.
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Desire has a reliable way of making us view our lives through the lens of what we don’t have.
This lens obscures from our sight the many blessings we already have and puts us into a discontented state of ungratefulness.
Thankfully, Stoicism helps us find a better perspective.
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This short explainer episode will provide you with a straightforward understanding of what the Stoic sage is and how you can use it in your Stoic practice.
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A reading of the third book of Marcus Aurelius's twelve-book work.
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This short explainer episode will provide you with a straightforward understanding of what the Stoic reserve clause is and how you can use it in your Stoic practice.
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Today's episode is a guided Stoic meditation that aims to help bring you back to the present moment. It’s something you’ll hopefully find valuable to return to when thoughts about the past and future get a little overwhelming.
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This short explainer episode will provide you with a straightforward understanding of what the dichotomy of control is and how you can use it in your Stoic practice.
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"It’s typically human to feel affection even for people who make mistakes. The feeling is a response to the thoughts that they’re your kin, that they’re led astray against their will by their ignorance, that shortly both of you will be dead, and especially that he did you no harm, because he didn’t make your command center worse than it was before."
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.22
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A short exploration of Seneca's advice to his friend Lucilius and the following related sentiment from the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer:
"Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death."
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This short explainer episode will provide you with a straightforward understanding of one of the elements of Stoicism that can sometimes be confusing - what the philosophy considers to be good, what it considers to be bad, and what it considers to be indifferent.
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In this interview with Jon Brooks, I share my journey into Stoicism and how it has helped me find meaning and purpose in life. I discuss how I was introduced to Stoicism through the Tim Ferriss podcast and William B Irvine's book "A Guide to the Good Life". I also explain how Stoicism's focus on personal responsibility and practical philosophy resonated with me and led me to start creating content on the topic early on in my philosophical journey.
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What keeps people coming back to a Roman Emperor’s 2000-year-old journal?
To help answer that question, in this episode I share one short lesson from each of the twelve books of the Meditations.
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This short explainer will provide you with a straightforward understanding of what negative visualization is and how you can use it in your Stoic practice.
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A reading of the second book of Marcus Aurelius's twelve-book work.
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This short explainer will provide you with a straightforward understanding of what Amor Fati is and how you can use it in your Stoic practice.
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Young Plato is a fantastic documentary about a headmaster embarking on a quest to teach children to use philosophy to examine their own thoughts and question the world around them. There are certainly plenty of lessons that older generations can learn too.
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This short explainer will provide you with a straightforward understanding of what Memento Mori (Latin for “remember you must die”) is and how you can use it in your Stoic practice.
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Plato’s Academy Centre is a non-profit organization raising funds through a variety of means with the ultimate goal of opening an international conference venue overlooking Plato’s Academy Park, the original site of Plato’s school of philosophy.
In addition to their fundraising, the group also publishes articles and holds events about Stoicism and other philosophical topics. I was happy to take part in a short interview for PAC’s Substack page recently which you can listen to in this episode.
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“The more consistently you journal,” writes Brittany Polat in her book Journal Like a Stoic. “The more impact you’ll see in your daily life.”
If you’re interested in starting a journaling habit or are seeking some new approaches to your existing practice, Journal Like a Stoic is an excellent resource.
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By studying them, by practicing them, and by writing about them, we can ensure that the fundamental principles of Stoicism will always remain “at hand” to us and that our philosophy is very much a lived one.
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“I don’t know” is the key that unlocks the gate to learning. Without that admission, the journey ends. No one can be taught what they think they already know.
Ayo Disu is the co-founder of Octillion Capital Partners, a company that seeks to acquire clean and sustainable brands in the health, beauty, food and beverage industries.
In this interview, I talk to Ayo about his work with Octillion and how he applies Stoicism in his personal and professional life.
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A simple approach to daily Stoic journaling.
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21 short Stoic life lessons that initially sound difficult to believe.
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How to use Stoicism to prepare for each and every day.
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What we can learn from Jose Mujica's rejection of riches.
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A Stoic lesson in gratitude from the Philosopher-King, Marcus Aurelius.
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How memento mori practices can help you appreciate the gift of each new day.
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How you can apply Leonardo’s learning process to your practice of Stoicism.
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Follow in the footsteps of Marcus Aurelius with this fun but useful Stoic exercise.
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The good news is that an evening routine doesn’t need to be mentally taxing.
Done the right way, it can gently draw a line under the day that has just passed, and put the mind at rest, ready for satisfied slumber.
If your morning routine is your start-up cycle, your evening routine is your shut-down sequence.
Here is a short Stoic evening routine you can try that will help you happily put the finishing touches on your day.
You can find the mentioned longer guided meditation here.
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Having been a fan of Massimo Pigliucci’s work for several years, I was grateful to receive a review copy of his latest book, The Quest for Character.
While this book isn’t solely focused on Stoicism, the philosophy and its main figures are referenced many times throughout as Pigliucci tries to determine whether good character is something that can be taught.
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Today's episode looks at the interesting story of why Stoicism is indebted to what might just be your new favorite color - Tyrian purple.
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Today's episode features 11 short Stoic rules for life that aren’t rules at all.
Rather, they’re important questions that Stoicism gives us the ability to ask ourselves so that we might keep building our own excellent character.
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An explanation from Donald Robertson's How to Think Like a Roman Emperor of a six-step worry postponement process you can try today.
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Here are 30 short ways to be more Stoic today.
Maybe one will be enough to refocus you today, or maybe you’ll decide to try one a day for the next month to get back into a Stoic rhythm.
Whatever you take from this, remember to keep practicing!
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It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. Otherwise it cannot harm you — inside or out.
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.8
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You have to submit to discipline, maintain a strict diet, abstain from rich foods, exercise under compulsion at set times in weather hot and cold, refrain from drinking water or wine whenever you want — in short, you have to hand yourself over to your trainer as if he were your doctor.
— Epictetus, Enchiridion 29
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Today's episode unpacks the specific guidelines Marcus Aurelius reminded himself of when feeling anger and resentment toward others for their actions.
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How to look beyond isolated quotes, find the deeper meaning, and benefit by applying the principle.
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For today's episode, I welcome 8 guests who kindly submitted their own answers to the question: "What does Stoicism mean to you?"
Their considered responses give great insight into how practitioners of Stoicism view the philosophy.
Many thanks to Enda Harte, Brittany Polat, Michael McGill, Ranjini George, Kasey Pierce, Jamie Ryder, and Henry Manampiring!
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What we are and what we think we are can sometimes be very different things.
When we get overwhelmed, it can help to look for an alternative perspective.
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A special interview to mark episode 50 of The What Is Stoicism? Podcast!
Today's guest is Jon Brooks, creator of The Stoic Handbook and HighExistence. As a big fan of Jon's work, it was a pleasure for me to have him on the podcast.
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“Wanting to get out of pain is the pain; it is not the “reaction” of an “I” distinct from the pain. When you discover this, the desire to escape “merges” into the pain itself and vanishes.” —Alan Watts
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How to stay Stoic in a noisy world.
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Waste no more time arguing what a good person should be. Be one.
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Without a story, without an imagined reality, everything can be seen for what it is.
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Stoic perspectives to change how you think about the past and the future so you can stop all that mental time travel.
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There’s a lot we can learn from animals.
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"Do not seek for things to happen the way you want them to; rather, wish that what happens happen the way it happens: then you will be happy." - Epictetus
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When you set a goal and try to achieve it, you’re ultimately either successful or not.
But consider this – if you become rich and famous without trying, or even desiring to, should you be considered "successful"?
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With a clear focus on your guiding principles, you can quickly apply them and make decisions more easily. Decisions that reflect your character.
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How to be less disrupted by criticism by using it as a learning experience.
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The present is all anyone has — the past is gone, the future is yet to come. Yes, it is wise to learn from the past and to plan for the future, but it is right now that we should focus on.
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Learn from the past, plan for the future, live in the present.
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"By the time the situation actually arrives, it isn’t too bad at all. You’ll be incredibly relieved cause it’s never as bad as you thought!"
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"Meanwhile, I owe you my little daily contribution; you shall be told what pleased me to-day in the writings of Hecato; it is these words: “What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.” That was indeed a great benefit; such a person can never be alone. You may be sure that such a man is a friend to all mankind."
-- Seneca, Letters 6.7
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Don’t make your happiness conditional upon things outside your control.
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“Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realise how unnecessary many things are.
We’ve been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.”
-- Seneca, Letters 123.6
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"Admit not sleep into your tender eyelids till you have reckoned up each deed of the day." - Epictetus, Discourses 3.10)
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Make today a good one.
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How short-sighted of us to cajole the sand into the bottom chamber of life’s hourglass when we know it can’t go back. The increasing emptiness of the top chamber speaks sadly of what has already fallen through. The hourglass clings to what remains, but time can’t be stopped or saved. It can, however, be savoured.
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“Every day and night keep thoughts like these at hand — write them, read them aloud, talk to yourself and others about them.” - Epictetus, Discourses 3.24
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“Most of us have lives filled with mediocrity. We said yes to things that we felt half-hearted about.” - Derek Sivers, Hell Yeah or No
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"There is a need, in my view, for someone as a standard against which our characters can measure themselves.
Without a ruler to do it against you won’t make crooked straight.” - Seneca, Letters 11.10
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"As each day arises, welcome it as the very best day of all, and make it your own possession. We must seize what flees." - Seneca, Letters 108.27
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Do that which is easiest of all—namely, demonstrate that what men call pleasures are punishments as soon as they have exceeded due bounds.
— Seneca The Younger, On Drunkenness
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A Stoic never beats themselves up.
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Take the Stoic path and decide YOUR OWN worth.
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Calming perspectives from Marcus Aurelius to relax, study, work or meditate to.
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☕ An energizing espresso shot of Stoicism inspired by Italian coffee culture.
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“The reward for all the virtues lies in the virtues themselves, for they are not practiced with a view to recompense; the wages of a good deed is to have done it.” - Seneca, Epistles 81.19
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"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.47
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With awareness we can regain our innocence, we can feel the freedom of becoming like children.
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How to start solving problems from within.
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Stoic reflections on empathizing.
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How to stay on track with your Stoic goals.
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A short introduction to the What Is Stoicism? Podcast.
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Stoic reflections for when negative thoughts start to take over.
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Stoic reflections on removing ego and carrying water.
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Calming music and thoughts from Marcus Aurelius to relax, study, work or meditate to.
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Stoic reflections for when you're feeling burnt out.
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Stoic reflections on curing fear of the future in a practical way.
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Stoic reflections of gift giving. 🎁
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Stoic relflections on self-discipline.
“Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging.”
- Marcus Aurelius
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Stoic relflections on your ideal life.
“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him."
-- Viktor Frankl
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Stoic reflections on morning motivation.
“When the standards have been set, things are tested and weighed. And the work of philosophy is just this, to examine and uphold the standards, but the work of a truly good person is in using those standards when they know them.”
-- Epictetus, Discourses 2.11.23
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Stoic reflections on being criticised and praised.
“Everything in any way beautiful has its beauty of itself, inherent and self-sufficient: praise is no part of it. At any rate, praise does not make anything better or worse.”
-- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.20
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Stoic reflections on doing.
“So then practice and rehearse
To find heart-soul’s universe,
Knowing that by moving/seeing
Proves for all time: Doing’s being!”
- Doing is Being, Ray Bradbury
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Stoic reflections on doing the right thing.
"Just that you do the right thing, the rest doesn’t matter.”
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.2
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Stoic thoughts on luck.
“It is my bad luck that this has happened to me.’ No, you should rather say: ‘It is my good luck that, although this has happened to me, I can bear it without pain, neither crushed by the present nor fearful of the future.’ Because such a thing could have happened to any man, but not every man could have borne it without pain. So why see more misfortune in the event than good fortune in your ability to bear it?”
-- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.49
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