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Today you might face something difficult. You’ll push. You’ll test. You’ll work hard. But maybe things don’t go your way. And then you start to beat yourself up. You work harder. You push harder. You get frustrated. Try asking yourself: Do I just need some help? One of the misconceptions of Stoicism is that it’s […]

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We had the honor to interview Kevin Rose, one of the most prominent Silicon Valley technologists. We wanted to learn more about his practice of taking cold showers as a way to build resilience and achieve mental clarity, something that we feel the Stoics would’ve recommended, if only as a test of self-discipline. Below is Kevin’s […]

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The earth we live on is 4.5 billion years old. Even if you live to be very old, your time on earth will be just a fraction of all that the earth has existed through. A fraction of a fraction of a fraction, in fact. That’s worth keeping in mind the next time you get […]

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We all have those days that just seem to dissolve into nothing. You want to finish things, but you can barely start. You manage to get into work and once there, you stare at your screen, you procrastinate, you surf, you waste your time. Then you go home, and you keep wasting it. You binge […]

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“Don’t set your heart on so many things,” says Epictetus. Prioritize. Train your mind to ask: Do I need this thing? What will happen if I do not get it? What if it all happens all at once? We think we want to have it all, but if we actually got it all what would happen is […]

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Life can knock us on our ass, can’t it? Just out of nowhere, our legs are suddenly in the air and we’re on the ground. Time and time again this happens…yet we seem to make no preparation for this. We just hope it doesn’t. No more. Let’s remember what Marcus Aurelius said: “The art of living […]

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The temptation is to think that the world is zero-sum. In our selfishness and ambition, we can sometimes see that someone else winning is our loss and someone else’s failure is our gain. The closer these people are to ‘competing’ with us, the more this temptation is there. But that’s not a formula for happiness, […]

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Do big or important things and there will be haters. Do controversial things and there will be haters. Do good things and yes, there will probably still be haters. That’s how it is today and how it’s been for all of time. The Stoic does two things when encountering hatred or ill opinion in others. […]

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How much time do we waste fantasizing about other people’s lives? And questioning our own? It’s easier today than ever before. You scroll through Facebook, and you see your friends doing what you want to do. You glance at Instagram and see the faraway places that people are traveling. You hang out on Twitter and […]

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