Jonas SalzgeberinStoic PracticesAs Long as You Live and While You Can, Become Good Now“Don’t behave as if you are destined to live forever. What’s fated hangs over you. As long as you live and while you can, become good…3 min read·Jan 26, 2019----
Jonas SalzgeberinStoic PracticesThis 2-Minute Stoic Idea Will Forever Change Your Life“So make a practice at once of saying to every strong impression: ‘An impression is all you are, not the source of the impression.’ Then…4 min read·Jan 16, 2019----
Jonas SalzgeberinStoic PracticesWhy Listening Trumps Speaking“Let silence be your goal for the most part; say only what is necessary, and be brief about it. On the rare occasions when you’re called…2 min read·Jan 14, 2019----
Jonas SalzgeberTo Err Is Human, To Forgive Divine“Whenever you take offense at someone’s wrongdoing, immediately turn to your own similar failings, such as seeing money as good, or…2 min read·Jan 12, 2019----
Jonas SalzgeberWhy Anger Is Your Worst Enemy“Keep this thought handy when you feel a fit of rage coming on — it isn’t manly to be enraged.4 min read·Jan 10, 2019----
Jonas SalzgeberinStoic PracticesReview Your Day: The Stoic Evening Routine“I make use of this opportunity, daily pleading my case at my own court. When the light has been taken away and my wife has fallen silent…4 min read·Jan 8, 2019----
Jonas SalzgeberinStoic PracticesPrepare Yourself for the Day: The Stoic Morning Routine“When you first rise in the morning tell yourself: I will encounter busybodies, ingrates, egomaniacs, liars, the jealous and cranks. They…3 min read·Jan 4, 2019----
Jonas SalzgeberinStoic PracticesRemind Yourself of the Impermanence of Things“When giving your child or wife a kiss, repeat to yourself, ‘I am kissing a mortal.’” — Epictetus3 min read·Jan 3, 2019----
Jonas SalzgeberinStoic PracticesThe Anti-Puppet Mindset“If a person gave away your body to some passersby, you’d be furious. Yet you hand over your mind to anyone who comes along, so they may…3 min read·Dec 31, 2018----
Jonas SalzgeberinStoic PracticesThe Equanimity Game“When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer…3 min read·Dec 29, 2018----