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…Jan 26, 2019Jan 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…Jan 16, 2019Jan 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…Jan 14, 2019Jan 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…Jan 12, 2019Jan 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.Jan 10, 2019Jan 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…Jan 8, 2019Jan 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…Jan 4, 2019Jan 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.’” — EpictetusJan 3, 2019Jan 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…Dec 31, 2018Dec 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…Dec 29, 2018Dec 29, 2018