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​ ​ ​ ( https://6198ed19.click.convertkit-mail4.com/n4urx76wn2uvhx0om39f6h64g26k2slh7me6/9qhmr2oghnhdw5d87dt9/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucw== ) The right book at the right time is a powerful thing. In fact, it can change the whole course of your life. Some time around 141 AD, a young Marcus Aurelius was given a copy of Epictetus’ lectures from his teacher’s own library. Walking the halls one day as a grad student at Stanford, a professor invited James Stockdale into his office. Reaching behind him, he too grabbed a worn copy of Epictetus off the shelf and handed it to this young man. Not only did these books change the lives of the people they were given to—Marcus Aurelius relying on it when he became emperor and Stockdale as a prisoner of war—but this process may have indirectly changed your life, too. How many people heard about the Stoics from these two evangelists? How many people has their example inspired? There’s another impressionable kid whose life was changed by such a recommendation. Who? Me! When I first picked up Meditations ( https://6198ed19.click.convertkit-mail4.com/n4urx76wn2uvhx0om39f6h64g26k2slh7me6/9qhmr2oghnhdw5d87dt9/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucw== ) nineteen years ago, I had no idea just how much the book would impact my life. I had no idea the immense and positive impact this then-obscure ancient philosophy would have on my relationships with family and friends, but also the relationship I had with myself. I certainly had no idea I’d be writing so many books about Stoicism, or that those books would sell millions of copies and lead to a global resurgence in the philosophy today. You would not be reading this email right now without someone doing for me what Junius Rusticus did for Marcus Aurelius or what Professor Rhinelander did for Stockdale. 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It doesn’t have to upset you.” Reading those lines again, I’m reminded of the strange magic within Meditations ( https://6198ed19.click.convertkit-mail4.com/n4urx76wn2uvhx0om39f6h64g26k2slh7me6/08hwh9h2el2482fl/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucw== ). Because when Marcus says “you,” as in, “You have to assemble your life yourself—action by action” (Book 8.32), or “The things you think about determine the quality of your mind” (Book 5.16), he is speaking to himself. And because he never intended these words to be read by anyone, this exercise in self-improvement is radically sincere and earnest—at times, painfully so—and has the unintended benefit of speaking directly to you, helping us all with our common problems. ( https://6198ed19.click.convertkit-mail4.com/n4urx76wn2uvhx0om39f6h64g26k2slh7me6/9qhmr2oghnhdw5d87dt9/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucw== )My original, marked-up copy of "Meditations," the book that changed the course of my life. And as unrelatable as antiquity might seem, human beings remain ever the same. It’s why Meditations ( https://6198ed19.click.convertkit-mail4.com/n4urx76wn2uvhx0om39f6h64g26k2slh7me6/9qhmr2oghnhdw5d87dt9/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucw== ) has endured for almost 2,000 years, why great leaders throughout history have carried it into battle, why businessmen, teachers, athletes, stay-at-home moms, writers, and so many others today turn to it for guidance through those struggles and obstacles we all face in life. But I also believe Marcus Aurelius and his Meditations ( https://6198ed19.click.convertkit-mail4.com/n4urx76wn2uvhx0om39f6h64g26k2slh7me6/9qhmr2oghnhdw5d87dt9/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucw== ) wouldn’t have the impact it has had today if it weren’t for the beautiful English translation by Gregory Hays. It was his translation I first picked up all those years ago and it remains the best one you can get today. 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​ ​ ​ ( https://6198ed19.click.convertkit-mail4.com/o8un7ro048fqh6d79l9svhqw6d2q4sohrm98/x0hw3nq2u6he25ol0rb5/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucw== ) It can be an ugly world. It can be a boring world. It can be a world full of distraction. Which is why the artist and the philosopher must learn how to cultivate their eyes. In 1940, the writer James Baldwin was walking in New York City with the painter Beauford Delaney, his friend and mentor. As they crossed the street, Delaney stopped the young Baldwin. “Look,” he said, as he pointed down into the gutter. “What do you see?” All Baldwin saw was a puddle. Delaney told him to look again. 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Perhaps it was Rusticus, his philosophy teacher, who taught him this, or Fronto, his rhetoric teacher, or some poet or writer he met, but in any case, as Baldwin said of Delaney, “The reality of his seeing caused me to begin to see.” And so it goes for us. We must cultivate the ability to see—to see beauty and poetry everywhere—because it is everywhere. We must look into the gutter. We must change our aperture and perspective so that amidst the muddle and puddles of life, we can see what the artist and the philosopher sees. Reading Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations ( https://6198ed19.click.convertkit-mail4.com/o8un7ro048fqh6d79l9svhqw6d2q4sohrm98/x0hw3nq2u6he25ol0rb5/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucw== ) can change the way you see the world—but only if you know how to read it. Maybe you’ve always wanted to read Meditations. Maybe you tried and couldn’t get into it. Maybe you’ve read it, but want to take your understanding to the next level. Well, now is the perfect time. 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​ ​ ​ ( https://6198ed19.click.convertkit-mail4.com/lmul6d3w80fmhn7zzddf6h8vo6k2gugh8e7r/n2hqx2nkavhvqz5r89t6/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucw== ) It was never meant to be seen by prying eyes. It certainly wasn’t meant to be published as a book. It was written in an antiquated, foreign language, full of ancient philosophy that, until recently, few had ever heard of. And the man doing the writing lived a life unimaginably different and distant from yours. Then why bother reading a book like that? How could it possibly affect or improve your life? Yet it is this book that Frederick the Great reportedly rode into battle with in his saddlebags, as did four-star General James Mattis, who carried it with him on deployments throughout the Middle East. It is this book that American presidents have read and raved about. It is this book that Robert Louis Stevenson, the great novelist, described as unlike any other. 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How do I learn to treat other people better when they can be so petty, miserable, and annoying—and how do I learn to treat myself better, too? Marcus answers these questions with great clarity and wisdom in Meditations. In fact, he gives us an entire “design for living,” writes Gregory Hays in his translation of the book ( https://6198ed19.click.convertkit-mail4.com/lmul6d3w80fmhn7zzddf6h8vo6k2gugh8e7r/n2hqx2nkavhvqz5r89t6/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucw== ). Marcus gives us a set of rules and guidelines to live our lives by, practical exercises that made him a better person and can make you one, too. That's why people have read Meditations ( https://6198ed19.click.convertkit-mail4.com/lmul6d3w80fmhn7zzddf6h8vo6k2gugh8e7r/n2hqx2nkavhvqz5r89t6/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucw== ) for the last two thousand years. That’s why it’s a favorite of presidents and prisoners, men and women, soldiers and activists, entrepreneurs and everyday people. 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Certainly he did not spend his dinners saying “Can you believe what this Epictetus guy is doing?” Certainly he did not gossip or speculate or complain about him. Which is why Epictetus understood that the key to his sanity, his freedom—and in the end, triumphing over someone like that—meant focusing less on them and much more on himself. ​His critical question ( https://6198ed19.click.convertkit-mail4.com/38ugz4okx2akh20xzp8a7c4ppzpnnf7hr25d/9qhzhnhd02zo9oa9/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdG9yZS5kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9kaXNjb3Vyc2VzLWFuZC1zZWxlY3RlZC13cml0aW5ncy1ieS1lcGljdGV0dXM= ) resounds to us today: Is this something that’s up to me? Or not? This isn’t to say that Epictetus or any of the Stoics were apathetic, it’s just they knew the trap of confusing emoting about a problem with doing something about a problem. They knew how easily bad people could consume our every waking second…at the expense of both our happiness and our effectiveness. 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But his view on justice and of the goal of good government was captured in a line that he borrowed from the scriptures: “Every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.” His vision of America, he said in a famous address, gave “bigotry no sanction” and “persecution no assistance.” Washington was talking about tolerance. He was talking about freedom and love and hope. He was talking about sticking up for the little guy. Now, neither Washington and the Founders nor the Stoics were perfect at this (ahem, slavery). They fell short. They made mistakes. But they set down a powerful ideal for us to aspire to today. As Marcus Aurelius writes, it was from the Stoics Thrasea, Helvidius, Cato, and Brutus that he first learned the importance of “a society of equal laws, governed by equality of status and speech, and of rulers who respect the liberty of their subjects above all else.” Tyrants, bullies, and jerks are the enemies of justice. 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Let us balance life’s books each day. … The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time.” — Seneca ( https://6198ed19.click.kit-mail6.com/4zu96dz0r2h7up4eo4iqqa6kd8l77a5hmdwe/wnh2hghk6v48mt7/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9TZW5lY2E_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW1tMXNlcSZ1dG1fbWVkdW09Y29udmVydGtpdCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWNvbnZlcnRraXQ= ) The powerful and the wise have been finding ways to remind themselves of their mortality ( https://6198ed19.click.kit-mail6.com/4zu96dz0r2h7up4eo4iqqa6kd8l77a5hmdwe/dpheh0hk0vp7vsm/aHR0cHM6Ly9wcmludHMuZGFpbHlzdG9pYy5jb20vcHJvZHVjdHMvbWVtZW50by1tb3JpP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1tbTFzZXEmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1jb252ZXJ0a2l0JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y29udmVydGtpdA== ) for centuries. Their art is filled with it. Their writing muses over it. Their desks were staged with totems to remind them of the urgency of life. They would keep reminders close to their body too, wearing memento mori rings, cufflinks, even tattoos. They never wanted to forget: We can go at any moment. The Stoic finds this thought invigorating and humbling. Remembering this fact is one of the most important and critical of Stoic exercises. It is not surprising that one of Seneca’s biographies is titled Dying Every Day. After all, it is Seneca who urged us to tell ourselves “You may not wake up tomorrow,” when going to bed and “You may not sleep again,” when waking up as reminders of our mortality. 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Rule over yourself.” — Publius Syrus When America first sent astronauts into space, they trained them in one skill more than any other: the art of not panicking (more on the Stoic art of not panicking here ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/o8un7ro048fwu0m3x9s0cqzd58rraohrm98/58hvh7hmxdk3e9s6/aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9fT0l3M2VTejhHMD9mZWF0dXJlPXNoYXJlZA== )). Here on Earth, when something goes wrong we trade in our plan for an emotional freak-out. As Nassim Taleb put it, real strength lies in the domestication of one’s emotions, not in pretending they don’t exist. Step 3: Practice Objectivity “Don’t let the force of an impression when it first hits you knock you off your feet; just say to it: Hold on a moment; let me see who you are and what you represent. Let me put you to the test.” — Epictetus In our lives, how many problems seem to come from applying judgments to things we don’t control? Perceptions give us information at the exact moment when it would be better to focus on what is immediately in front of us. We must question our animalistic impulse to immediately perceive what happens. But this takes strength and is a muscle that must be developed. Step 4: Practice Contemptuous Expressions The Stoics used contempt to lay things bare and “strip away the legend that encrusts them.” Roasted meat is a dead animal. Vintage wine is old, fermented grapes. We can do this for anything that stands in our way, seeing things as they truly, actually are, not as we’ve made them in our minds. Step 5: Alter Your Perspective “Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.” — Viktor Frankl Remember: We choose how we’ll look at things. What we must do is limit and expand our perspective to whatever will keep us calmest and most ready for the task at hand. Think of it as selective editing—not to deceive others, but to properly orient ourselves. Step 6: Live in the Present Moment “The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close up.” — Chuck Palahniuk It doesn’t matter whether this is the worst time to be alive or the best, whether you’re in a good job market or a bad one. What matters right now is right now. Focus on the moment, on what you can control right now. Not the monsters that may or may not be ahead. Step 7: Look for the Opportunity “A good person dyes events with his own color…and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.” — Seneca Every situation, no matter how negative, is an opportunity for improvement—if only we look for it. Maybe you were injured recently and are laid up in bed recovering. Now you have the time to start the book or the screenplay you’ve been meaning to write. 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A CEO calls her staff into the conference room on the eve of the launch of a major new initiative. They file in and take their seats around the table. She calls the meeting to attention and begins, “I have bad news. The project has failed spectacularly. What went wrong?” The team is perplexed: What?! But we haven’t even launched yet…! I know it seems strange and maybe even counterproductive to demand that employees think negatively instead of optimistically, but in business circles today, everyone from startups to Fortune 500 companies and the Harvard Business Review are doing this exact exercise. In a direct response to optimistic, feel-good thinking, these leaders are encouraging their employees to think negatively. The technique that the CEO above was using was designed by psychologist Gary Klein. It’s called a premortem. In a premortem, a project manager must envision what could go wrong—what will go wrong—before starting. Why? 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No one has ever understood this better than former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who, reflecting on the collapse of his fortune and fame, told a reporter, “If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.” The practice goes back much further than just psychology though. It dates back many thousands of years, in fact—to the great Stoic philosophers like Marcus Aurelius ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/zlu5d2xl7qs7um295xh9cwokq500b6hxnke/p8heh9hz606632iq/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9wL0N2LUZUZDZyVEctLz9pbWdfaW5kZXg9MQ== ), Epictetus ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/zlu5d2xl7qs7um295xh9cwokq500b6hxnke/x0hph6hw2622rzc5/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9yZWVsL0N0NFhaRUxQZXc3Lw== ) and Seneca ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/zlu5d2xl7qs7um295xh9cwokq500b6hxnke/6qheh8h7rgrrk6uo/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9zZW5lY2Ev ). 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In a case where nothing could be done, the Stoics would use it as an important practice to do something the rest of us too often fail to do—manage expectations. Because sometimes the only answer to “What if?” is, “It will suck but we’ll be okay.” We often learn the hard way that our world is ruled by external factors. We don’t always get what is rightfully ours, even if we’ve earned it. Not everything is as clean and straightforward as the games they play in business school. Psychologically, we must prepare ourselves for this to happen. If it comes as a constant surprise each and every time something unexpected occurs, you’re not only going to be miserable whenever you attempt something big, you’re going to have a much harder time accepting it and moving on to attempts two, three, and four. The only guarantee, ever, is that things could go wrong. The only thing we can use to mitigate this is anticipation, because the only variable we control completely is ourselves. The world might call you a pessimist. Who cares? It’s far better to seem like a downer than to be blindsided or caught off guard. If we have prepared ourselves for the obstacles that are inevitably on their way, we can rest assured that it’s other people who have not. In other words, this bad luck is actually a chance for us to make up for some time. We become like runners who train on hills or at altitude so they can beat racers who expected the course would be flat. Anticipation doesn’t magically make things easier, of course. But we are more prepared for them to be as hard as they need to be, as hard as they actually are. With anticipation, we have time to raise defenses, or even avoid them entirely. We’re ready to be driven off course because we’ve plotted a way back. We can resist going to pieces if things didn’t go as planned. With anticipation, we can endure. We are prepared for failure and ready for success. 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In one form or another, each of them did it. It would be Epictetus who would admonish his students that philosophy was something they should “write down day by day,” that this writing was how they “should exercise themselves.” Seneca’s favorite time to journal was in the evenings: “I examine my entire day and go back over what I’ve done and said, hiding nothing from myself, passing nothing by.” Then he would go to bed, finding that “the sleep which follows this self-examination” was particularly sweet. And Marcus, he was the most prodigious of journalers, and we are lucky enough that his writings survive to us ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/e5u7qwevr0s0ud39mmtoc8m3q022ilh28px/qvh8h7hrwpk2mxcl/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdG9yZS5kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucy1tYXJjdXMtYXVyZWxpdXMtcHJlbWl1bS1sZWF0aGVyLWVkaXRpb24tZ3JlZ29yeS1oYXlzLXRyYW5zbGF0aW9u ), appropriately titled, Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν, Ta eis heauton, or “to himself.” They were not the only ones to practice the habit of writing. Foucault observed that of this era of history, all the great minds practiced it. “In this period there was a culture of what could be called personal writing: taking notes on the reading, conversations, and reflections that one hears or engages in oneself; keeping kinds of notebooks on important subjects (what the Greeks called hupomnemata), which must be reread from time to time so as to re-actualize their contents.” And of course, many people—Stoic or otherwise— have fallen in love with and dedicated themselves to morning or evening journaling in the centuries since. And for good reason—it works. It clarifies the mind, provides room for quiet, private reflection and gives one a record of their thoughts over time. But in Stoicism the art of journaling is more than that, more than some simple diary. This daily practice is the philosophy. Preparing for the day ahead. Reflecting on the day that has passed. Reminding oneself of the wisdom we have learned from our teachers, from our reading, from our own experiences. It’s not enough to simply hear these lessons once, instead, one practices them over and over again, turns them over in their mind, and most importantly, writes them down and feels them flowing through their fingers in doing so. In this way, journaling is Stoicism. It’s almost impossible to have one without the other. So if you’re not doing it, we encourage you to start. Whatever form you find is most conducive for you is the one to do it in. Maybe it's jotting thoughts down on paper. Maybe it's typing them on your computer. But it's the process that counts. And its value compounds over time. One cannot expect wisdom and self-mastery to simply arrive via epiphany. No, those states are acquired, little by little, practice by practice. The sooner you start, the better. 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Put The Day Up For Review Stoicism isn’t just about thinking, it’s about action—and the best way to improve is to review. Each evening you should, like Seneca did, examine your day and your actions. As he put it, “When the light has been removed and my wife has fallen silent, aware of this habit that’s now mine, I examine my entire day and go back over what I’ve done and said, hiding nothing from myself.” Ask yourself: Did I follow my plans for the day? Was I prepared enough? What could I do better? What have I learned that will help me tomorrow? For more, watch this video ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/e5u7qwevr0s0ud39mmtoc8m3q022ilh28px/9qhzhnhpwr53oqs9/aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS82MldHOVdXY3JTYz9mZWF0dXJlPXNoYXJlZA== ) for an ultimate guide to journaling like a Stoic. 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Most often, our ego runs away from anything that reminds us of the reality that sits at odds with the comfortable narrative we have built for ourselves. Or, we are simply petrified to look at life’s facts as they are. And there is one simple fact that most of us are utterly scared to meditate, reflect on and face head on: We are going to die. Everyone around us is going to die. Such reminders and exercises take part of Memento Mori—the ancient practice of reflection on mortality that goes back to Socrates, who said that the proper practice of philosophy is “about nothing else but dying and being dead.” In early Buddhist texts, a prominent term is maranasati, which translates as ‘remember death.’ Some Sufis have been called the “people of the graves,” because of their practice of frequenting graveyards to ponder on death and one’s mortality Throughout history, Memento Mori reminders have come in many forms ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/75u4eo6qm2b2ux2vdqb7cweg7o66bnho8nv/vqh3hrhp0r2z5xhg/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9oaXN0b3J5LW9mLW1lbWVudG8tbW9yaS8= ). Some reminders, like the aide behind the general, were there to humble. Others were meant to inspire zest for life. The essayist Michel de Montaigne, for instance, was fond of an ancient Egyptian custom where during times of festivities, a skeleton would be brought out with people cheering “Drink and be merry for when you’re dead you will look like this.” To us moderns this sounds like an awful idea. Who wants to think about death? But what if instead of being scared and unwilling to embrace this truth we did the opposite? What if reflecting and meditating on that fact was a simple key to living life to the fullest? Or that it was the key to our freedom—as Montaigne put it, “To practice death is to practice freedom. A man who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave.” In Meditations ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/75u4eo6qm2b2ux2vdqb7cweg7o66bnho8nv/l2h778rkimh32758gnc6/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucy1tYXJjdXMtYXVyZWxpdXMtZ3JlZ29yeS1oYXlzLXRyYW5zbGF0aW9uLXByZW1pdW0tbGVhdGhlci1lZGl0aW9u ), Marcus Aurelius wrote that “You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” That was a personal reminder to continue living a life of virtue now, and not wait. The French painter Philippe de Champaigne expressed a similar sentiment in his painting Still Life with a Skull, which showed the three essentials of existence—the tulip (life), the skull (death), and the hourglass (time). The original painting is part of a genre referred to as Vanitas, a form of 17th century artwork featuring symbols of mortality which encourage reflection on the meaning and fleetingness of life. Meditating on your mortality ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/75u4eo6qm2b2ux2vdqb7cweg7o66bnho8nv/m2h7h5h85zkdr9hm/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9wL0N3cU9BM0lPNWlILz9pbWdfaW5kZXg9MQ== ) is only depressing if you miss the point. It is in fact a tool to create priority and meaning. It’s a tool that generations have used to create real perspective and urgency. To treat our time as a gift and not waste it on the trivial and vain. Death doesn’t make life pointless but rather purposeful. And fortunately, we don’t have to nearly die to tap into this. A simple reminder ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/75u4eo6qm2b2ux2vdqb7cweg7o66bnho8nv/g3hllg77c5h39w74vkbr/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdG9yZS5kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9tZW1lbnRvLW1vcmk_X3Bvcz0xJl9zaWQ9MTJhNTNjNTY0Jl9zcz1y ) can bring us closer to living the life we want. It doesn’t matter who you are or how many things you have left to do, a car can hit you in an intersection and drive your teeth back into your skull. That’s it. It could all be over. Today, tomorrow, someday soon. ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/75u4eo6qm2b2ux2vdqb7cweg7o66bnho8nv/g3hllg77c5h39w74vkbr/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdG9yZS5kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9tZW1lbnRvLW1vcmk_X3Bvcz0xJl9zaWQ9MTJhNTNjNTY0Jl9zcz1y ) The Stoic finds this thought invigorating and humbling. 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It’s so pleasurable. Were you then made for pleasure? In short, to be coddled or to exert yourself?” — Marcus Aurelius Nobody likes Mondays. So it’s comforting to think that even 2,000 years ago, the emperor of Rome (who was reportedly an insomniac) was giving himself a pep talk ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/p9u25z4ldvfqupwkr0iwcpdkx933hrhm5kw/owhkhqhr99rlzpbv/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9yZWVsL0Mxa2pZejFnTjZHLw== ) to summon the willpower to throw off the blankets and get out of bed. From the time we’re first sent off to school until the day we retire, we’re faced with that same struggle. It always seems nicer to shut our eyes and hit the snooze button a few times. But we can’t—because we have a job to do. Not only do we have the calling we’re dedicated to, but we have the larger cause that the Stoics speak about: the greater good ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/p9u25z4ldvfqupwkr0iwcpdkx933hrhm5kw/z2hghnh3663rg6hp/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9zdW1tdW0tYm9udW0v ). We cannot be of service to ourselves, to other people, or to the world unless we get up and get working—the earlier the better. So come on. Get in the shower, have your coffee, and get going. For more morning motivation, here’s Marcus Aurelius’ Advice For Better Days ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/p9u25z4ldvfqupwkr0iwcpdkx933hrhm5kw/6qheh8h7rr76q8ho/aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9MUzBnU2pybE1KYz9mZWF0dXJlPXNoYXJlZA== ). Tuesday: Prepare Yourself For Negativity “When you first rise in the morning tell yourself: I will encounter busybodies, ingrates, egomaniacs, liars, the jealous, and cranks. They are all stricken with these afflictions because they don’t know the difference between good and evil. Because I have understood the beauty of good and the ugliness of evil, I know that these wrong-doers are still akin to me … and that none can do me harm, or implicate me in ugliness—nor can I be angry at my relatives or hate them. For we are made for cooperation.” — Marcus Aurelius You can be certain as clockwork that at some point today you’re going to interact with someone who seems like a jerk (as we all do). The question is: Are you going to be ready for it? This exercise calls to mind a joke from the 18th century writer and witticist Nicolas Chamfort, who remarked that if you “swallow a toad every morning,” you’ll be fortified against any other disgusting thing that might happen that day. But there is a second part to this, just as there is a second half of Marcus’ quote: “No one can implicate me in ugliness—nor can I be angry at my relative or hate him.” The point of this preparation is not to write off everyone in advance. It’s that, maybe, because you’ve prepared for it, you’ll be able to act with patience, forgiveness, and understanding. 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Gently guide fortune and help determine the future by thin king far ahead.” The second habit in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/p9u25z4ldvfqupwkr0iwcpdkx933hrhm5kw/9qhzhnhpwwplkkc9/aHR0cHM6Ly9nZW5pLnVzL2Vrbzdt ) is: Begin with an end in mind. Having an end in mind is no guarantee that you’ll reach it—no Stoic would pretend otherwise—but not having an end in mind is a guarantee that you won’t. To the Stoics, oiêsis (false conceptions) are responsible not just for disturbances in the soul, but for chaotic and dysfunctional lives and operations. When your efforts are not directed at a cause or a purpose, how will you know what to do day in and day out? How will you know what to say no to and what to say yes to? How will you know when you’ve had enough, when you’ve reached your goal, or when you’ve gotten off track if you’ve never defined what those things are? You cannot. And so you are driven into failure—or worse, into madness—by the oblivion of directionlessness. For Stoic guidance to clarify your intentions, check out this Philosophical Guide to Setting and Achieving Goals ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/p9u25z4ldvfqupwkr0iwcpdkx933hrhm5kw/3ohphkh7mm7n6ofr/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9nb2FsLXNldHRpbmcv ). Thursday: Be Ruthless To Things That Don’t Matter “How many have laid waste to your life when you weren’t aware of what you were losing, how much was wasted in pointless grief, foolish joy, greedy desire, and social amusements—how little of your own was left to you. You will realize you are dying before your time!” — Seneca, “On the Brevity of Life,” 3.3b One of the hardest things to do in life is say no. ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/p9u25z4ldvfqupwkr0iwcpdkx933hrhm5kw/n2hohvh3qq3kwxi6/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9yZWVsL0NxTHdrd2ZBREdWLw== ) To invitations, to requests, to obligations, to the stuff that everyone else is doing. Even harder is saying no to certain time-consuming emotions: anger, excitement, distraction, obsession, lust. None of these impulses feels like a big deal by itself, but run amok, they become commitments like anything else. If you’re not careful, these are precisely the impositions that will overwhelm and consume your life. Do you ever wonder how you can get some of your time back or how you can feel less busy? Start today off by utilizing the power of no. No, thank you, and No, I’m not going to get caught up in that, and No, I just can’t right now. It may hurt some feelings. It may turn people off. It may take hard work. But the more you say no to the things that don’t matter, the more you can say yes to the things that do. This will let you live and enjoy the life that you want. Friday: Turn ‘Have To’ Into ‘Get To' “The task of a philosopher: We should bring our will into harmony with whatever happens, so that nothing happens against our will and nothing that we wish for fails to happen.” — Epictetus, “Discourses,” 2.14.7 A long to-do list seems intimidating and burdensome—all these things we have to do in the course of a day or a week. But a get-to-do list sounds like a privilege—all the things we’re excited about the opportunity to experience. This isn’t just semantic play. It is a central facet of the philosopher’s worldview. Today, don’t try to impose your will on the world. Instead, see yourself as fortunate to receive and respond to the will of the world. Stuck in traffic? A few wonderful minutes to get to sit there and relax. Your car broke down after idling for so long? Ah, what a nice nudge to take a long walk the rest of the way. A swerving car driven by a distracted, cell-phone-wielding idiot nearly hit you as you were walking and soaked you head to toe with muddy water? What a reminder about how precarious our existence is and how silly it is to get upset about something as trivial as being late or having trouble with your commute. It might not seem like there’s a big difference between seeing life as something you have to do versus seeing life as something you get to do, but there is. A huge, magnificent difference. Saturday: Take A Walk “We should take wandering outdoor walks, so that the mind might be nourished and refreshed by the open air and deep breathing.” — Seneca, “On Tranquility of Mind,” 17.8 In a notoriously loud city like Rome, it was impossible to get much peace and quiet. The noise of wagons, the shouting of vendors, and the hammering of blacksmiths all filled the streets with piercing auditory violence. So philosophers went on a lot of walks — to get where they needed to go, to clear their heads, and to get fresh air. Throughout the ages, philosophers, writers, poets, and thinkers have found that walking offers the additional benefit of time and space for better work. As Nietzsche would later say: “It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth.” Today, make sure you take a walk ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/p9u25z4ldvfqupwkr0iwcpdkx933hrhm5kw/48hvhehrllrnz9fx/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9yZWVsL0N4bjI1Q2VyVUtWLw== ). And in the future, when you get stressed or overwhelmed, take a walk. When you have a tough problem to solve or a decision to make, take a walk. When you want to be creative, take a walk. When you need to get some air, take a walk. When you have a phone call to make, take a walk. When you need some exercise, take a long walk. When you have a meeting or a friend over, take a walk together. Nourish yourself and your mind and solve problems along the way. It might not solve all your problems, but there’s certainly no problem that’s going to be made worse for it. Sunday: A Week In Review “I will keep constant watch over myself and—most usefully—will put each day up for review. For this is what makes us evil — that none of us looks back upon our own lives. We reflect upon only that which we are about to do. And yet our plans for the future descend from the past.” — Seneca, “Moral Letters,” 83.2 In a letter to his older brother Novatus, Seneca describes a beneficial exercise he borrowed from another prominent philosopher. At the end of each day, he would ask himself variations of the following questions: What bad habit did I curb today? How am I better? Were my actions just? How can I improve? 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( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/z2hghnh36n2wpkbp/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9waGlsb3NvcGh5MTU_X3Bvcz0yJl9zaWQ9OTkxNWM5ODJjJl9zcz1y ) Meditations ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/p8heh9hz6mwxgdcq/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucy1tYXJjdXMtYXVyZWxpdXMtZ3JlZ29yeS1oYXlzLXRyYW5zbGF0aW9uLXByZW1pdW0tbGVhdGhlci1lZGl0aW9u ) by Marcus Aurelius Meditations ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/p8heh9hz6mwxgdcq/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucy1tYXJjdXMtYXVyZWxpdXMtZ3JlZ29yeS1oYXlzLXRyYW5zbGF0aW9uLXByZW1pdW0tbGVhdGhlci1lZGl0aW9u ) is perhaps the only document of its kind ever made. It is the private thoughts of the world’s most powerful man giving advice to himself on how to make good on the responsibilities and obligations of his positions. 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Or, watch this video: 100 Things Ryan Holiday Learned From Reading Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/kkhmh6hlwr0m69sl/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_dj14TXZYS1YtT1JrWQ== ). ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/58hvh7hmxqd7k5t6/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9waGlsb3NvcGh5MTM_X3Bvcz0xJl9zaWQ9NzgyNTI0NjZlJl9zcz1y ) Letters from a Stoic ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/58hvh7hmxqd7k5t6/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9waGlsb3NvcGh5MTM_X3Bvcz0xJl9zaWQ9NzgyNTI0NjZlJl9zcz1y ) by Seneca Seneca ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/25h2hoh296pd42h3/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9yZWVsL0MyLVhyZ2pBaXBFLw== ), like Marcus, was a powerful man in Rome. He was also a great writer and from the looks of it, a trusted friend who gave great advice to people close to him. 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The main one, On the Shortness of Life, is a stringent reminder about the non-renewability of our most important resource: our time. One of his most famous quotes comes from this writing and is worth reflecting upon: “It is not that we are given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it.” Learn more about Seneca in this video ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/g3hnh5h39r8p66ar/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_dj13YXE5UzZrYVRsVQ== ) where Ryan Holiday breaks down who Seneca was, why you should be interested in his work, some of the key themes from his writing: How To Read Seneca (The World’s Most Interesting Stoic) ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/g3hnh5h39r8p66ar/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_dj13YXE5UzZrYVRsVQ== ). 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( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/g3hl72e3t5h39r8p6pbr/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdG9yZS5kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9jb2xsZWN0aW9ucy9jb3Vyc2VzL3Byb2R1Y3RzLzEwMQ== ) Discourses and Selected Writings ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/3ohphkh7m05z4vbr/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9waGlsb3NvcGh5ND9fcG9zPTEmX3NpZD0zMTY3MTg1ZWQmX3NzPXI= ) by Epictetus Of the big three (Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus), Epictetus is the most preachy and for many, the least fun to read. That doesn’t mean he isn’t brilliant. On many occasions he expresses something so clearly and profoundly that it will shake you to your core. Start with this translation ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/n2hohvh3qm9r62u6/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9waGlsb3NvcGh5NA== ). 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While most of the other recommendations are bent towards hard, practical advice, Heraclitus might seem a bit poetic. But those beautiful lines are really the same direct advice and timeless, perspective-changing observations as the others. “Try in vain with empty talk / to separate the essences of things / and say how each thing truly is.” “Applicants for wisdom / do what I have done: / inquire within.” “Character is fate.” “What eyes witness / ears believe on hearsay.” “The crops are sold / for money spent on food.” Heraclitus is considered a key influence in Stoic thought. Marcus Aurelius, for example, makes numerous references to Heraclitus in Meditations ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/p8heh9hz6mwxgdcq/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucy1tYXJjdXMtYXVyZWxpdXMtZ3JlZ29yeS1oYXlzLXRyYW5zbGF0aW9uLXByZW1pdW0tbGVhdGhlci1lZGl0aW9u ). As one scholar put it in explaining Heraclitus’s influence on Stoicism, Marcus considered Heraclitus “as one of the great sages.” Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus’s Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/reh8hoh0d4lxwzu2/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy93YXIxMA== ) by James Stockdale In 1965, United States Navy fighter pilot James Stockdale was captured by the North Vietnamese where he remained a prisoner of war for the next seven years; two of which were spent wearing leg irons in solitary confinement. Years later, Stockdale would write and lecture extensively on Epictetus’s Enchiridion ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/08hwh9hdev6zg5tl/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy90aGUtY29tcGxldGUtd29ya3MtaGFuZGJvb2stZGlzY291cnNlcy1hbmQtZnJhZ21lbnRz ) which he credits for providing the mindset and strength necessary to endure years of torture. Stockdale’s exemplary behavior during imprisonment is an embodiment of how Stoicism can provide us with a framework for dealing with extreme adversity and the obstacles that come in our way. We had James Stockdale’s son, Sid Stockdale, on The Daily Stoic Podcast to discuss the legacy of his father. Listen to that episode here ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/8ghqhohldz69q6hk/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9zaWQtc3RvY2tkYWxlLW9uLXRoZS1zdG9pYy1sZWdhY3ktb2YtaGlzLWZhdGhlci1hZG1pcmFsLWphbWVzLXN0b2NrZGFsZS8= ). To learn more about the life and legacy of James Stockdale, watch our video: The Incredible Stoicism of Admiral James Stockdale ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/vqh3hrhp0l9geztg/aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9mRlI0TFFZNk1PTT9mZWF0dXJlPXNoYXJlZA== ). The Inner Citadel ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/l2hehmh32emr6xb6/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9pbm5lci1jaXRhZGVsLXRoZS1tZWRpdGF0aW9ucy1vZi1tYXJjdXMtYXVyZWxpdXMtcmV2aXNlZA== ) and Philosophy as a Way of Life ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/m2h7h5h85v6emltm/aHR0cHM6Ly9nZW5pLnVzL2wxSmlCVXI= ) by Pierre Hadot Both of these are academic, yet fascinating books. 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Don’t let the academic aspect scare you—Hadot’s books are incredibly readable and the ideas will stay with you. Rome’s Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/dpheh0h06v958xam/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9yb21lcy1sYXN0LWNpdGl6ZW4tdGhlLWxpZmUtYW5kLWxlZ2FjeS1vZi1jYXRvLW1vcnRhbC1lbmVteS1vZi1jYWVzYXI= ) by Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni Cato ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/e0hph7h0v634qxb8/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9jYXRvLw== ) has certainly earned his place in the history books—he was the Stoic senator who led the opposition against Julius Caesar who then killed himself rather than live under a dictator. Cato was a soldier, a politician, a thinker and most important, an example. 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The Shortness of Life: An Introduction to Seneca ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/p8heh9hz6mwxrgtq/aHR0cDovL2ZvdXJob3Vyd29ya3dlZWsuY29tLzIwMDkvMDQvMjQvb24tdGhlLXNob3J0bmVzcy1vZi1saWZlLWFuLWludHJvZHVjdGlvbi10by1zZW5lY2Ev ) The Practicality of Pessimism: Stoicism as a Productivity System ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/6qheh8h7rz8ox0to/aHR0cHM6Ly90aW0uYmxvZy8yMDA5LzA2LzEwL3RoZS1wcmFjdGljYWxpdHktb2YtcGVzc2ltaXNtLXN0b2ljaXNtLWFzLWEtcHJvZHVjdGl2aXR5LXN5c3RlbS8= ) There is also Stoicism and the Art of Happiness ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/58hvh7hmxqd73qa6/aHR0cHM6Ly9waGlsb3NvcGh5LW9mLWNidC5jb20v ) which is a fantastic blog, the Stoicism community on Reddit ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/d0umlx783dhmu29zdra6czlveq44blhnl0z/qvh8h7hrwzmneptl/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmVkZGl0LmNvbS9yL3N0b2ljaXNt ), author Jules Evans’ Philosophy for Life ( 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As Thoreau put it, “to be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school...it is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically.” That kind of philosophy has been jotted down (and practiced) by slaves, poets, emperors, politicians and soldiers, as well as ordinary people to help with their own problems and those of their friends, family and followers for thousands of years. This wisdom is still here, available to us. The best of which is Stoicism—long considered the most practical of all philosophies. A brief synopsis on this particular school of Hellenistic philosophy: Stoicism was founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/m2h7h5h85v3znmum/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS96ZW5vLw== ) in the early 3rd century BC, but was famously practiced by the likes of Epictetus ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/7qh7h8holq954daz/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9lcGljdGV0dXMv ), Cato ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/z2hghnh36nexd6sp/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9jYXRvLw== ), Seneca ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/x0hph6hw2oe076u5/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9zZW5lY2Ev ) and Marcus Aurelius ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/58hvh7hmxqg296t6/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9tYXJjdXMtYXVyZWxpdXMv ). The philosophy asserts that virtue ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/qvh8h7hrwzdp63tl/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS80LXN0b2ljLXZpcnR1ZXMv ) (such as courage ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/9qhzhnhpw0drgki9/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9jb3VyYWdlLWlzLXRoZS1tb3N0LWltcG9ydGFudC12aXJ0dWUv ), temperance ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/n2hohvh3qmv0nxb6/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS90ZW1wZXJhbmNlLWlzLXRoZS1tb3N0LWltcG9ydGFudC12aXJ0dWUv ), justice ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/wnh2hghw7nq6rvf7/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9qdXN0aWNlLXRoZS1tb3N0LWltcG9ydGFudC12aXJ0dWUv ), and wisdom ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/08hwh9hdev2rm7ul/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS93aXNkb20taXMtdGhlLW1vc3QtaW1wb3J0YW50LXZpcnR1ZS8= )) is happiness and judgment should be based on behavior, rather than words. That we don’t control and cannot rely on external events, only ourselves and our responses. But at the very root of the thinking, there is a very simple, though not easy, way of living: Take the obstacles in your life and turn them into your advantage ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/vqh3hrhp0lornpug/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9yeWFuMT9fcG9zPTEmX3NpZD1iYTc4NzRiZjQmX3NzPXI= ), control what you can and accept what you can’t. In the words of Epictetus ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/7qh7h8holq954daz/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9lcGljdGV0dXMv ): “In life our first job is this, to divide and distinguish things into two categories: externals I cannot control, but the choices I make with regard to them I do control. Where will I find good and bad? In me, in my choices.” Amazingly, we still have access to these ideas despite the fact that many of the greatest Stoics never wrote anything down for publication. Cato ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/z2hghnh36nexd6sp/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9jYXRvLw== ) definitely didn’t. Marcus Aurelius never intended for Meditations ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/m2hnno2wt5h85v3zomim/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9tZWRpdGF0aW9ucy1tYXJjdXMtYXVyZWxpdXMtZ3JlZ29yeS1oYXlzLXRyYW5zbGF0aW9uLXByZW1pdW0tbGVhdGhlci1lZGl0aW9u ) to be anything but personal ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/e0hph7h0v67ok5h8/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9wL0N4Qk5iX1R2X2VZLw== ). Seneca’s letters ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/owhkhqhr9pwd4piv/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9waGlsb3NvcGh5MTM_X3Bvcz0xJl9zaWQ9ODBhOWY4ZmNkJl9zcz1y ) were, well, letters. Epictetus’ thoughts ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/p8heh9hz6m4o9obq/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9waGlsb3NvcGh5NA== ) come to us by way of a note-taking student. And so it was from their example, their actions, that we find real philosophy. Because other than their shared study of Stoicism, the Stoics were all men of action—and that’s not a coincidence. Marcus Aurelius ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/dpheh0h06venq9sm/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9yZWVsL0N0enRCd0xBLUhuLw== ) was emperor of the most powerful empire in the history of the world. Cato ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/z2hghnh36nexd6sp/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9jYXRvLw== ), the moral example for many philosophers, defended the Roman republic with Stoic bravery until his defiant death. Even Epictetus ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/7qh7h8holq950ncz/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9yZWVsL0MxNUlWYjNBazVKLw== ), the lecturer, had no cushy tenure—he was a former slave. And this shouldn’t really be that surprising… The modern day philosopher and writer Nassim Nicholas Taleb defines a Stoic as someone who “transforms fear into prudence, pain into information, mistakes into initiation and desire into undertaking.” Using this definition as a model, we can see that throughout the centuries Stoicism has been a common thread though some of history’s great leaders. It has been practiced by Kings, presidents, artists, writers and entrepreneurs. Both historical and modern figures illustrate Stoicism as a way of life. Prussian King, Frederick the Great, was said to ride with the works of the Stoics in his saddlebags because they could, in his words, “sustain you in misfortune.” Meanwhile, Montaigne, the politician and essayist ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/z2hghnh36nexozup/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlcGFpbnRlZHBvcmNoLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9lc3NheXMtYS1zZWxlY3Rpb24tcmV2aXNlZA== ), had a line from Epictetus carved into the beam above the study in which he spent most of his time. George Washington was introduced to Stoicism ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/x0hph6hw2oe0w8c5/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9wdXQtZXZlcnl0aGluZy1pbi10aGUtY2FsbS1hbmQtbWlsZC1saWdodC8= ) by his neighbors at age seventeen, and afterwards, put on a play about Cato to inspire his men in that dark winter at Valley Forge. Thomas Jefferson had a copy of Seneca on his nightstand when he died. The economist Adam Smith’s theories on the interconnectedness of the world—capitalism—were significantly influenced by the Stoicism that he studied as a schoolboy under a teacher who had translated Marcus Aurelius’ works. The political thinker, John Stuart Mill, wrote of Marcus Aurelius and Stoicism in his famous treatise On Liberty ( https://click.kit-mail6.com/mvup3r6xomi6ul6k2eb4crk950qqb3hw42m/kkhmh6hlwrnvl5il/aHR0cHM6Ly9nZW5pLnVzL0pKTW9seTk= ), calling it “the highest ethical product of the ancient mind.” Thomas Wentworth Higginson was an ardent abolitionist and Civil War hero who led the first black regiment in the Union army and was a mentor of Emily Dickinson. He also happened to be an early translator of Epictetus. 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