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Make The Words Your Own

Make The Words Your Own

The Daily Stoic for August 12th, “Make The Words Your Own”. “Many words have been spoken by Plato, Zeno, Chrysippus, Posidonius, and by a whole host of equally excellent Stoics. I’ll tell you how people can prove their words to be their own—by putting into practice what they’

No Time For Theories, Just Results

No Time For Theories, Just Results

The Daily Stoic for August 11th. “No Time For Theories, Just Results”. “When the problem arose for us whether habit or theory was better for getting virtue—if by theory is meant what teaches us correct conduct, and by habit we mean being accustomed to act according to this theory—

Perfection Is The Enemy Of Action

Perfection Is The Enemy Of Action

The Daily Stoic for August 10th. “Perfection Is The Enemy Of Action”. “We don’t abandon our pursuits because we despair of ever perfecting them.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.2.37b Today’s stoic refers to this psychological cognitive distortion called “all or nothing”. It’s a way of thinking that

Stick With Just The Facts

Stick With Just The Facts

The Daily Stoic for August 9th. “Stick With Just The Facts”. “Don’t tell yourself anything more than what the initial impressions report. It’s been reported to you that someone is speaking badly about you. This is the report—the report wasn’t that you’ve been harmed. I

Start With Where The World Is

Start With Where The World Is

The Daily Stoic for August 8th, “Start With Where The World Is”. “Do now what nature demands of you. Get right to it if that’s in your power. Don’t look around to see if people will know about it. Don’t await the perfection of Plato’s Republic,

Pragmatic And Principled

Pragmatic And Principled

The Daily Stoic for August 7th, “Pragmatic And Principled”. “Wherever a person can live, there one can also live well; life is also in the demands of court, there too one can live well.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.16 Recently, I was reminded that you can’t trust people. There’

There Is Always More Room To Maneuver Than You Think

There Is Always More Room To Maneuver Than You Think

The Daily Stoic for August 6th, “There Is Always More Room To Maneuver Than You Think”. “Apply yourself to thinking through difficulties—hard times can be softened, tight squeezes widened, and heavy loads made lighter for those who can apply the right pressure.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 10.4b