Podcast
-
124 – Stuff
Read more…: 124 – Stuff“Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We’ve been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.” ― Seneca Transcript: Hello friends, welcome to the Stoic Coffee Break. Today’s episode…Stuff “Until…
-
123 – A Different Person
Read more…: 123 – A Different Person“If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.” ― Seneca Show Notes: • How often do we wish the world would change for us? •…
-
122 – Contagious Thoughts
Read more…: 122 – Contagious Thoughts“Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.” ― Epictetus Show Notes: – It’s important to be careful about the ideas we entertain.– Because the ideas we hold determine who we…
-
121 – Anger If Not Restrained…
Read more…: 121 – Anger If Not Restrained…“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…
-
120 – Are You Lucky?
Read more…: 120 – Are You Lucky?“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” ― Seneca Show Notes: – Are you a lucky person?– The Stoics understood that most things in life are out of our control.– The reason that they stress that ideas so much, that we try so hard…
-
119 – Who is Your Master?
Read more…: 119 – Who is Your Master?“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…
-
118 – Contentment and Desire
Read more…: 118 – Contentment and Desire“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of…
-
117 – Do Good of Your Own Accord
Read more…: 117 – Do Good of Your Own Accord“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…
-
116 – A Good Tale
Read more…: 116 – A Good Tale“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,…
-
115 – No Opinion
Read more…: 115 – No Opinion“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…
Join 3000+ subscribers
Stay in the loop with everything you need to know.