Get Out of My Head: Creating Modern Clarity With Stoic Wisdom

it’s crucial to understand that the quality of the input is not the same as the quality of the output.

the negative feelings we experience in obsessing over past or future suffering inevitably cause us even more harm than the instance of suffering itself.

‘If you’re going to be stupid, you better be hard.’ What it means,” Rich shares, “is that if you aren’t going to do the work to prepare, things are going to be harder for you.

zero-based budgeting forces a clear-eyed assessment of costs and value during each new planning period.

Failing to live where you are is a recipe for discontentment. Whether the grass is actually greener elsewhere is meaningless. All that matters is the grass below your own feet.

“Receive without pride, let go without attachment.”

“Some things are within our control, and some things are not.

The “value-action gap” describes behavior in which our actions fail to match our stated values.

To identify your own past strength through crisis and help prepare you for future crises, go through the lifeline exercise to see how past low points have actually made your later high points possible.