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As Long as You Live and While You Can, Become Good Now

As 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…
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Jonas Salzgeber
This 2-Minute Stoic Idea Will Forever Change Your Life

This 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…
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Why Listening Trumps Speaking

Why 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…
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Review Your Day: The Stoic Evening Routine

Review 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…
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Prepare Yourself for the Day: The Stoic Morning Routine

Prepare 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…
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Jonas Salzgeber
Remind Yourself of the Impermanence of Things

Remind Yourself of the Impermanence of Things

“When giving your child or wife a kiss, repeat to yourself, ‘I am kissing a mortal.’” — Epictetus
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The Anti-Puppet Mindset

The 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…
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Jonas Salzgeber
The Equanimity Game

The 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…
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Jonas Salzgeber
Stoic Practice: Scratches Happen in Training

Stoic Practice: Scratches Happen in Training

“When your sparring partner scratches or head-butts you, you don’t then make a show of it, or protest, or view him with suspicion or as…
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Jonas Salzgeber
Stoic Practice: Cut the News and Take Back Your Time

Stoic Practice: Cut the News and Take Back Your Time

“It is essential for you to remember that the attention you give to any action should be in due proportion to its worth, for then you…
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