Stoicism for a Better Life

November 1, 2020

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (February 9, 2020)

Today, I would like to try something different, and instead of starting with a quote from one of our ancient guides, I would like to begin with a story about our ancient guides’ own historical guide: Diogenes. One day, Alexander the Great came up to Diogenes, whom he admired very much, and noted the vagrant philosopher was frantically digging around […]

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November 1, 2020

As promised in my recent Podcast episode, here are the pictures of my Roman Denarius

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November 1, 2020

Episode 16 – Do you need your stuff?

We live in a culture of consumerism. Buy, buy, buy…own, collect and have. But do we really need all that we own? Do you really need your stuff? Want to send in a voice message to Anderson Silver? You may have your voicemail featured or answered on a Stoicism for a Better Life episode. Not a fan of Spotify? Stoicism […]

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November 1, 2020

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (February 2, 2020)

Hello there, For this week’s exercise, I wanted to look at our Cynic cousins and reign in our efforts a little bit. It’s nice to be motivated and work towards being a better person with a sense of urgency. This should be our modus vivendi after all, since we want to do good but haven’t the slightest idea on how […]

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November 1, 2020

Episode 15 – You have one job

No matter where we are in life or what’s happening around us, we only have one job: Be a good human being. Want to send in a voice message to Anderson Silver? You may have your voicemail featured or answered on a Stoicism for a Better Life episode. Not a fan of Spotify? Stoicism for a Better Life is available […]

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November 1, 2020

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (January 26, 2020)

Hello there, It has now been a full year we’ve been doing these weekly posts/articles on Stoic exercises. Yup, this is article #52 can you believe it? Thank you for those of you who have supported it from the beginning, including mods of the r/Stoicism sub and u/GD_WoTS who created and runs the r/PracticingStoicism subreddit. For this exercise, let us […]

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November 1, 2020

Episode 14 – Don’t be a Negative Nelly

Although we can’t really control our proto-emotions (your knee jerk reactions to stimuli), we really do have a choice to gain back control of our emotions and means. Even when something “bad” happens, we can always find something “good” to find in that situation to focus on. We can and should make a conscious and concerted effort to think more […]

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November 1, 2020

Episode 13 – Don’t be busy for the wrong reasons

We tend to busy ourselves thinking we will get more out of life. But one who enjoys life gets more from it than one who employs it (Lao Tzu). However, our time is very limited, so we don’t want to be lethargic. We want to accomplish good things that are truly meaningful to us. So let us identify what these […]

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November 1, 2020

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (January 19, 2020)

Hello there, Two weeks ago, on Episode 8 of my Podcast series Stoicism for a Better Life, I made a logical case that judging others is not only a waste of our precious time but also that judging others does not help us become better human beings. So best to focus on our own journey and self-improvement. But this week, […]

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November 1, 2020

Episode 12 – Spend your time purposefully

You’ve heard me say it time and time again: Virtue is not about perfection, but about trying your best. In order to try your best, however, you must make good decisions and judgments as often as possible. To that end, we must make an effort to use our time purposefully, in order to be the best we can be, as […]

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Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (February 9, 2020)

As promised in my recent Podcast episode, here are the pictures of my Roman Denarius

Episode 16 – Do you need your stuff?

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (February 2, 2020)

Episode 15 – You have one job

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (January 26, 2020)

Episode 14 – Don’t be a Negative Nelly

Episode 13 – Don’t be busy for the wrong reasons

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (January 19, 2020)

Episode 12 – Spend your time purposefully