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151 - To Be Unshaken
Episode 151
"...what you desire is something great and supreme and very near to being a god — to be unshaken. "— Seneca“I may be sincere, but never serious, because I don’t think the universe is serious.”— Allen…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
150 - The Un-Pursuit of Happiness
Episode 150
**The Un-Pursuit of Happiness**“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
149 - The Vocabulary of Anger
Episode 149
I talk a lot on this podcast about anger because it’s something that I’ve been working to manage in my own life. And today, I want to talk about the language of anger, and about learning to redefine …
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
148 - Comparison and Self Judgment
Episode 148
“Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of — that’s the metric to measure yourself against. Your standards are. Winning is not enough. People can get lucky and win. People can be assholes a…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
147 - Look Within
Episode 147
How often do we look outside of ourselves to know what to do? How often do we doubt ourselves and look to others to find a solution to a problem? How often do we seek the opinions of others to feel l…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
146 - Fear is the Killer
Episode 146
“There are more things likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”— Seneca (Letters from a Stoic - Letter XIII: On Groundless Fears)How man…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
145 - Hold True
Episode 145
How do you remain true to the aspirations you have? How do you not let other people’s opinions sway you from you principles? This weeks episode is about finding your values and holding true.“Attach y…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
144 - Emotional Management
Episode 144
“What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.” ― E…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
143 - The Quality of Your Thoughts
Episode 143
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.” ― Marcus …
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
142 - Reject the Injury
Episode 142
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.” ― Marcus AureliusWhy do we feel a sense of injury when disagrees with us? Why do we feel hurt when someone tells us we are wrong? In th…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago