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“There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.”
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better results with less effort.
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overcome destructive emotions and act on what can be acted upon.
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the source of our dissatisfaction lies in our impulsive dependency on our reflexive senses rather than logic
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“Is this what I used to dread?”
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Comfort is the worst kind of slavery because you’re always afraid that something or someone will take it away.
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chance loses its ability to disrupt your life.
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Emotions like anxiety and fear have their roots in uncertainty and rarely in experience.
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“Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.”
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“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
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The common refrain about entrepreneurs is that they take advantage of, even create, opportunities.
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everything is opportunity.
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“Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well ordered mind than a man’s ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.”
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Justin MaresRemember that achievements can be ephemeral, and that your possession of them is for just an instant. Learn from Alexander’s mistake. Be humble and honest and aware. That is something you can have every single day of your life. You’ll never have to fear someone taking it from you or, worse still, it taking over you.
Enjoy it to the fullest (this is where I disagree with some of the Stoic writings), but don’t expect it to last forever, nor expect some single point in time to make your entire life complete forever. -
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So other people hurt me? That’s their problem. Their character and actions are not mine. What is done to me is ordained by nature and what I do by my own.
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When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own–not of the same blood or birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can hurt me.”
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“Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.”
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“Show me a man who isn’t a slave; one who is a slave to sex, another to money, another to ambition; all are slaves to hope or fear. I could show you a man who has been a Consul who is a slave to his ‘little old woman’, a millionaire who is the slave of a little girl in domestic service. And there is no state of slavery more disgraceful than one which is self-imposed.”
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“Count your years and you’ll be ashamed to be wanting and working for exactly the same things as you wanted when you were a boy. Of this make sure against your dying day – that your faults die before you do.”
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“Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well ordered mind than a man’s ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.”
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It doesn’t concern itself with complicated theories about the world, but with helping us overcome destructive emotions and act on what can be acted upon. Just like an entrepreneur, it’s built for action, not endless debate.
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Stoicism has just a few central teachings. It sets out to remind us of how unpredictable the world can be. How brief our moment of life is. How to be steadfast, and strong, and in control of yourself. And finally, that the source of our dissatisfaction lies in our impulsive dependency on our reflexive senses rather than logic.
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It’s a tool that we can use to become better entrepreneurs, better friends and better people.
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Stoic writing isn’t about beating up on yourself or pointing out the negative. It’s a meditative technique that transforms negative emotions into a sense of calm and perspective.
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It’s preparation for the philosophic life – an action – where the right state of mind is the most critical part.
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“It is in times of security that the spirit should be preparing itself for difficult times; while fortune is bestowing favors on it is then is the time for it to be strengthened against her rebuffs.”
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Comfort is the worst kind of slavery because you’re always afraid that something or someone will take it away.
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Emotions like anxiety and fear have their roots in uncertainty and rarely in experience. Anyone who has made a big bet on themselves knows how much energy both states can consume. The solution is to do something about that ignorance. Make yourself familiar with the things, the worst-case scenarios, that you’re afraid of.
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The downside is almost always reversible or transient
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“Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.”
-Marcus Aurelius
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its purpose is practical application. It is not an intellectual enterprise. It’s a tool that we can use to become better entrepreneurs, better friends and better people.
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Practice Misfortune
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Practice what you fear, whether a simulation in your mind or in real-life.
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Train Perception to Avoid Good and Bad
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Turning the Obstacle Upside Down
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Marcus Aurelius described it like this: “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
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What a Stoic does is turn every obstacle into an opportunity.
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Remember–It’s All Ephemeral
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Remember that achievements can be ephemeral, and that your possession of them is for just an instant. Learn from Alexander’s mistake. Be humble and honest and aware.
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You can be a Stoic, and joke around and have a happy life surrounded by what’s valuable to you.
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“Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases, treating her as if she were actually going to do everything that is in her power.”
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Thomas JamesIn the last three years, I’ve begun to explore one philosophical system in particular: Stoicism. Though my preferred Stoic writer, Lucius Seneca, I’ve found it to be a simple and immensely practical set of rules for better results with less effort.
TimFerriss lifestyle lifehacks Seneca stoicism philosophy entrepreneurship productivity business RyanHoliday MarcusAurelius Epictetus quotations wisdom
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nimnoospayThe Stoic Reading and Resources List:
(Note from Tim: I have bolded my favorites, the first two from Seneca)
Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
Dialogues and Letters (includes “On The Shortness of Life”) by Seneca
The Meditations (Gregory Hays translation. I strongly recommend this translation over all others. It’s the difference between liking and hating it.)
The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius by Pierre Hadot
Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault by Pierre Hadot
The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters
To Philosophize is To Learn How to Die (essay) by Montaigne
Discourses and Selected Writings of Epictetus by Epictetus
An Essay on Marcus Aurelius by Matthew Arnold
An Amazing Lecture Series on Marcus Aurelius and Stoicism
A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe (Wolfe, Bonfire of the Vanities etc, wrote an epic book that is a modern allegory of the teachings of Epictetus)
Seneca on Trial: The Case of the Opulent Stoic The Classic Journal, Vol. 61, No. 6 (1966)
Rudius Media Book Club Discussion of Stoicism (led by Ryan Holiday) -
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“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
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How brief our moment of life is
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stoa means porch
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meditative technique that transforms negative emotions into a sense of calm and perspectiv
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toics practiced what are known as “spiritual exercises” and drew upon them for strengt
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Turning the Obstacle Upside Down
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There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.
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Phil“Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.”
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brockmoellerSeneca “‘What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend.’ That is progress indeed. Such a people will never be alone and you may be sure he is a friend to all.” “Show me a man who isn’t a slave; one who is a slave to sex, another to money,
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brian rodneyFor those of us who live our lives in the real world, there is one branch of philosophy created just for us: Stoicism.
It doesn’t concern itself with complicated theories about the world, but with helping us overcome destructive emotions and act on what can be acted upon. Just like an entrepreneur, it’s built for action, not endless debate. -
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“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
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“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own–not of the same blood or birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can hurt me.”
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James StuartWhen you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the uglin
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Steve DogiakosStoicism 101: A Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs 106 Comments
Written by Tim Ferriss Topics: Filling the Void, Mental Performance
Stoicism was born on the porch of Zeno, but it can be used in the concrete jungle.
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“‘What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend.’ That is progress indeed. Such a people will never be alone and you may be sure he is a friend to all.”
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And there is no state of slavery more disgraceful than one which is self-imposed.”
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Arjan ZuidhofTim wrote a huge article for the motivation of all you entrepreneurial types out there!
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Dan Schaefflerwhere the right state of mind is the most critical part
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mandarineFrames of Reference” presents one hundred years of comic strip through the eyes of 20 contemporary Belgian authors, showcasing the links between the Belgian school and the major comic strip trends throughout the world. In addition to the 20 authors showca
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edcoxdotnetFor those of us who live our lives in the real world, there is one branch of philosophy created just for us: Stoicism.
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