Stoicism for a Better Life

December 13, 2020

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (December 13, 2020)

With the holiday seasons around the corner, I will keep the topic pertinent to the season. And since I recently re-read some of Seneca’s work as a refresher and reminder, I’ll stick with his words of wisdom to inspire us this week. Here’s a gem from his letters to Lucilius, XVIII: “…a man gives himself the surest proof of his […]

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December 6, 2020

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (December 6, 2020)

Hello there, With the holiday season upon us, we are all adjusting to a new reality and new way of living. For many of us, it will be a holiday season without having the opportunity to see our loved ones. Then again, thanks to the advent of technology, we can still get some visual time with family and friends, and […]

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November 29, 2020

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (November 29, 2020)

Hello there, For this week’s exercise, let look to Marcus Aurelius’ wise words from his Meditations IV 7: “Efface the opinion, I am harmed, and at once the feeling of being harmed disappears; efface the feeling, and the harm disappears at once.” An oldie but a goodie. We’re going right back into the core of Stoicism with this one: All […]

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November 22, 2020

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (November 22, 2020)

Hello there, Diogenes Laertius was a biographer and wrote extensively about the lives and philosophies of the ancient Greek philosophers. The book of his we have today is the translation Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, which contains a lot of the information we have about the predominant philosophers of ancient Greece (which was in Ionia; a region on the central […]

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November 19, 2020

How to Journal more effectively

Inspired by fire host Jay was curious on how to journal more effectively. As a Stoic, I recognize my journal as being my most powerful tool in harnessing the power of my rational mind. So I shared the six (6) way in which I use my journal to better myself. Have a listen, you’ll get a lot out of it […]

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November 17, 2020

Consequence of Habit interviews Anderson Silver

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1052338/6414289-coh-episode-20-anderson-silver Here’s the intro from their website. It was a great interview and we tackled everything from addictions to modern-day political divides: This week’s guest, Anderson Silver, is a stoic philosopher and author of three books on stoicism “Your User’s Manual”, “Vol 2: Your Duality Within” and “Vol 3: Your Dichotomy of Control”. In our discussion he describes his life […]

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November 15, 2020

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (November 15, 2020)

Hello there, For this week’s exercise, I will look for inspiration from Epictetus’ Discourses. This is II 1.21: “It will even do to socialize with men of good character, in order to model your life on theirs, whether you choose someone living or someone from the past.” We are all human beings; fatally flawed…full of emotions…primitive more often than we […]

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November 10, 2020

People, Process & Progress featuring Kevin Pannell interviews Anderson Silver

Virtue. Harmony. Reason. To me these are philosophies that 2020 America should consider as part of our after action report for the past year. Many have been without harmony as politics, race and other social factors have collided. Reason seems to have been brushed aside in place of fear in the face of the COVID virus and humanity’s in ability […]

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November 10, 2020

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (November 8, 2020)

Hello there, For this week’s exercise, let us circle back to Seneca (It’s been a while). This is from his moral letters to Luciluis, I 7.1: “Do you ask me what you should regard as especially to be avoided? I say, crowds; for as yet you cannot trust yourself to them with safety.” You have two ears and one […]

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November 10, 2020

Anderson Silver is on the Radio!

I recently got interviewed by the Podcast series The Way. Have a listen to the podcast. Or if you want, it will air LIVE tomorrow on the radio. Listen in at 5:00 pm EDT to FM 91.7 WHUS. Here’s a link to the radio stations online feed: http://fm.whus.org/

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