Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
Essentially, amor fati is the attitude that regardless of what comes your way, every experience is to be welcomed and accepted, regardless of whether it appears to be positive or negative. When it comes to challenges, amor fati goes beyond simple acceptance. You should love whatever difficulties you face because they are what forge you into a bette
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The problem with these technologies is that our culture of celebrity worship and emphasis on living the perfect life on social media means that many of us fall into the trap of believing self-promotion is more important than self-improvement.
Jason Hemlock • Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
Epictetus says, “Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will—then your life will flow well.”
Jason Hemlock • Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
“Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.” – Marcus Aurelius
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The Stoics had a very simple, two-step process for developing self-awareness. The first was to be suspicious about your perception and opinion about the people and events you encounter until you’ve tested them; the second was to take the opposite approach when it comes to evaluating other people’s behaviour, by being sympathetic to their plight rat
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Journaling allows you to reflect on how successful you are in applying everything you’ve learned and how you can continue to apply those lessons.
Jason Hemlock • Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
Volunteer to help others less fortunate.
Jason Hemlock • Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
Instead of looking inside to think about how we can improve ourselves, we create a false front to show the world that we’re not just meeting society’s expectations – we’re smashing through them.
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Journaling improves your memory.
Jason Hemlock • Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
One of the most important aspects of living a Stoic life is recognising what you can and cannot change.