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184 – The Truth Never Harmed Anyone
Read more…: 184 – The Truth Never Harmed Anyone”It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.” – Marcus Aurelius Deep down, we all harbor insecurities. We feel that we just aren’t as good as we pretend to be, or want to…
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183 – Mind And Body
Read more…: 183 – Mind And Body“Wild animals run from the dangers they actually see, and once they have escaped them worry no more. We however are tormented alike by what is past and what is to come.” — Seneca One of the hardest things that we have to deal with…
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182 – Want What You Have
Read more…: 182 – Want What You Have“Don’t set your mind on things you don’t possess as if they were yours, but count the blessings you actually possess and think how much you would desire them if they weren’t already yours.” — Marcus Aurelius When we think about things that we want…
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181 – Askers and Guessers
Read more…: 181 – Askers and Guessers“The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.” —Marcus Aurelius For people who live in a Guess Culture, learning to ask for what we want is particularly challenging.…
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180 – Ask For Help
Read more…: 180 – Ask For Help“Don’t be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you’ve been wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up? So what?” — Marcus Aurelius The Stoics teach us that we’re part of…
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179 – Do Hard Things
Read more…: 179 – Do Hard ThingsOne thing that fascinates me about humans is our desire to find the easy way to do almost anything. So many of the things that we think of as necessities in our modern lives are simply things that make our lives easier. None of these…
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178 – If It’s Endurable, Then Endure It
Read more…: 178 – If It’s Endurable, Then Endure ItHow often do we complain about the things that we don’t like about in life? There are so many things to complain about in life. The Pandemic. The government. Politics. Our relationships. Money. Even the weather. We can all find things to complain about. Complaining…
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177 – Get Comfortable with the Uncomfortable
Read more…: 177 – Get Comfortable with the Uncomfortable“It is our own opinions that disturb us. Take away these opinions and resolve to dismiss your judgment about an act as if it were something grievous, and your anger is gone.” — Marcus Aurelius Practicing stoicism is not about repressing emotions. It is not…
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176 – Win Or Learn, Then You Never Lose
Read more…: 176 – Win Or Learn, Then You Never LoseI have a card in my office that I look at from time to time. It says, “Win or learn, then you never lose.” I have it sitting on my desk as a daily reminder that I when I feel like I’m failing at something…
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175 – Circumstances and Choices
Read more…: 175 – Circumstances and Choices“Some things are within our power, while others are not. Within our power are opinion, motivation, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever is of our own doing; not within our power are our body, our property, reputation, office, and, in a word, whatever is…
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