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D.A. DiGerolamo

D.A. DiGerolamo

·3 days ago

Quote of the Day

Marcus Aurelius | Meditations | 7.58 —

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Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day
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D.A. DiGerolamo

D.A. DiGerolamo

·May 24

Forget What They Say and Do

Marcus Aurelius on avoiding the pull of others’ actions — We are social animals. We need to belong to a group(s), and we need the assistance of others for survival. “We become who we are,” David Brooks once wrote, “in conjunction with other people becoming who they are.” But there is a downside to this social aspect we innately have…

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Forget What They Say and Do
Forget What They Say and Do
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Tobias Charles

Tobias Charles

·May 21

11 Stoic Quotes That Will Help You Calm The Mind

See for yourself why it’s called timeless wisdom — To realise our potential, we must embrace circumstances and activities that force us outside of our comfort zone. In these moments, our minds can wander and invite in thoughts that undermine or stress us out. …

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11 Stoic Quotes That Will Help You Calm The Mind
11 Stoic Quotes That Will Help You Calm The Mind
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D.A. DiGerolamo

D.A. DiGerolamo

·May 18

Quote of the Day

Epictetus | Enchiridion — “Keep in mind that desire presumes your getting what you want and that aversion presumes your avoiding what you don’t want, and that not getting what we want makes us…

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D.A. DiGerolamo

D.A. DiGerolamo

·May 12

Quote of the Day

Marcus Aurelius | Meditations — “Salvation: to see each thing for what it is — its nature and its purpose. To do only what is right, say only what is true, without holding back. What…

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Stoicism

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D.A. DiGerolamo

D.A. DiGerolamo

·May 10

Desires, Models, and the Pull for More

Using temperance in a world of constant desire — One of the most important virtues the Stoics preached was that of self-restraint. To control oneself, both in action and desire. Marcus Aurelius, for example, spends much time within the Meditations talking to himself about restraining his anger or his temptation to do actions he deems non-virtuous. This idea of…

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Desires, Models, and the Pull for More
Desires, Models, and the Pull for More
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Tobias Charles

Tobias Charles

·Mar 23

10 Stoic Principles That Will Improve Your Ability To Lead

Timeless leadership wisdom from this ancient philosophy — Leadership is unavoidable. You might not be a boss or a manager. But everyday you’ll face moments when you’ll be leading others. You might be a mother organising a school run. Or a student choosing a location for a first date. …

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10 Stoic Principles That Will Improve Your Ability To Lead
10 Stoic Principles That Will Improve Your Ability To Lead
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D.A. DiGerolamo

D.A. DiGerolamo

·Feb 13

The Fear of the Future

Seneca’s advice on reclaiming control of our thoughts and focusing on the present moment — In Moral Letter 13, Seneca warns his friend Lucilius of the dangers of allowing fear of the future to run our lives. In his now famous line, he writes: “More things frighten us, Lucilius, than really affect us, and we are more often afflicted in thought than fact.” Fear is…

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The Fear of the Future
The Fear of the Future
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D.A. DiGerolamo

D.A. DiGerolamo

·Feb 6

The Power of Mind

The Stoics on reason to overcome emotion — Our mind is a powerful thing. The Stoics believed that in order to live a good life, we needed to embrace the power of our mind and use reason and rationality to detach from the overpowering of emotions. …

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The Power of Mind
The Power of Mind
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D.A. DiGerolamo

D.A. DiGerolamo

·Jan 2

The Key to Lasting Change

Keep the chain — It would be great if during the New Year, the resolutions we made were able to be accomplished. Unfortunately, what happens to many of us is we set resolutions for ourselves, we promise to change or do something different, and in a lot of cases we do for a while…

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The Key to Lasting Change
The Key to Lasting Change
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