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137 – Worthy of Your Potential

May 25, 2018 by Erick

“Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Therefore, give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths. Remain steadfast…and one day you will build something that endures: something worthy of your … [Read more…]

Posted in: Awareness, Challenges, Coffee Break, stoicism Tagged: challenges, potential, self awareness, stoic, stoicism, work

135 – No Easy Thing

May 23, 2018 by Erick

“You must know that it is no easy thing for a principle to become a man’s own, unless each day he maintain it and hear it maintained, as well as work it out in life.” – Epictetus Show Notes: How often do we hear something, think that we understand it, but yet it still takes … [Read more…]

Posted in: Anger, Awareness, Coffee Break, stoicism Tagged: anger, habits, principles, self awareness, stoicism

127 – Laugh in The Face Of Evil

May 15, 2018 by Erick

  “If evil be said of thee, and if it be true, correct thyself; if it be a lie, laugh at it.” ― Epictetus Show Notes: When I read this quote the first thing that came to mind was “I laugh in the face of evil!” 🙂 How often do we get upset at what … [Read more…]

Posted in: Awareness, Coffee Break, Opinion Tagged: gossip, opinions, others, self awareness, stoic, stoicism

121 – Anger If Not Restrained…

May 9, 2018 by Erick

“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.” ― Seneca Show Notes • Today’s topic is one that is a bit personal to me. It’s something that I struggle with at times. • I’ll get upset about something, and because I let anger get the best of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Anger, Awareness, Coffee Break, Control Tagged: anger, self awareness, stoic, stoicism

119 – Who is Your Master?

May 7, 2018 by Erick

“Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.” ― Epictetus Show Notes: • Stoics believed strongly that we are all in control of our own emotions • One of the strongest emotions we have to deal with is anger • … [Read more…]

Posted in: Anger, Awareness, Coffee Break, Control Tagged: anger, control, self awareness, stoicism

117 – Do Good of Your Own Accord

May 5, 2018 by Erick

“Even as the Sun does not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so should you not wait for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do your duty; nay, do good of your own accord, and you will be loved like the Sun.” ― Epictetus … [Read more…]

Posted in: Awareness, Coffee Break, Opinion Tagged: doing good, opinions, others, self awareness, stoic, stoicism

116 – A Good Tale

May 4, 2018 by Erick

“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.” ― Seneca Transcript We live in a time where the average lifespan is almost double what it was 200 years ago. Advances in medicine, sanitation, and agriculture have made it possible for more people to live … [Read more…]

Posted in: Coffee Break, Tranquility Tagged: death, momento mori, self awareness, stoic, stoicism

115 – No Opinion

May 3, 2018 by Erick

“You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can’t control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.” ― Marcus Aurelius Have you ever considered the possibility that you don’t need to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Awareness, Coffee Break, Opinion Tagged: opinions, self awareness, stoicism

113 – Plenty To Laugh At

May 1, 2018 by Erick

  “He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.” ― Epictetus Transcript One of the most important things in life is that we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Remember, Stoics keep in the forefront of their minds the knowledge that one day they too will die, and when you look at … [Read more…]

Posted in: Awareness, Coffee Break Tagged: laughter, self awareness

112 – Anger Always Outlasts Hurt

April 30, 2018 by Erick

  “How much better to heal than seek revenge from injury. Vengeance wastes a lot of time and exposes you to many more injuries than the first that sparked it. Anger always outlasts hurt. Best to take the opposite course. Would anyone think it normal to return a kick to a mule or a bite … [Read more…]

Posted in: Anger, Awareness, Challenges, Coffee Break Tagged: anger, challenges, coffee break, self awareness

111 – One Tongue, Two Ears

April 29, 2018 by Erick

“Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.” — Epictetus Transcript Epictetus was known for his clever wit and pithy sayings, and here he’s giving us some very good advice of how we should handle ourselves in any social situation. We’ve all been … [Read more…]

Posted in: Awareness, Coffee Break Tagged: coffee break, listen, self awareness

108 – Opinion Of The Self

April 26, 2018 by Erick

“I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.” — Marcus Aurelius Photo by Sergiu Vălenaș on Unsplash

Posted in: Awareness, Coffee Break, Control Tagged: coffee break, opinions, others, self awareness

102 – As You See Yourself

April 20, 2018 by Erick

“It is unrealistic to expect people to see you as you see yourself.” ― Epictetus Photo by Joanna Nix on Unsplash

Posted in: Awareness, Coffee Break Tagged: coffee break, self awareness, stoic

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