Build character by practicing virtue and fostering good intent in your decision making. Start by mastering the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance.
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Marcus Aurelius reminds us that you can explore the cosmos without claiming to own it — and still live with strength, fairness, and honor inside it.
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Cognitive distancing is the ability to look at an event from a distance.
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Negative visualization is the technique of analyzing future adverse scenarios including various worst-cases.
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Cognitive reframing is the technique where you ask how else you can interpret something.
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94 Generations Ago Zeno is considered the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy. When events occur in life, people react. Life is a series of events and immediate reactions. A stoic introduces a third middle step, a judge step. On their life journey, a stoic strives for a series of event-judge-react experiences. When you introduce
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81 Generations Ago The stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger has the distinction that more of his writings survived the test of time and is therefore a valuable primary source for stoic philosophy. Some of my favorite translated Seneca quotes: Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. All cruelty springs from weakness. Religion is
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Epictetus taught that freedom begins by distinguishing what is within your control from what is not.
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99 Generations Ago Socrates was a Greek philosopher and is frequently credited as the founder of Western philosophy. He left no writings, but his student Plato documented his philosophy. Some of my favorite translated sayings attributed to Socrates: Enjoy yourself — it’s later than you think. He who is not content with what they have
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Stoicism is a philosophy of self-command centered on virtue while focusing your effort on what is yours to control.
