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November 2, 2020

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

Hello there, For this exercise, let us seek some inspiration from Epictetus’ Discourses III 24 84: “Whenever you experience the pangs of losing something, don’t treat it like a part of yourself but as a breakable glass, so when it falls you will remember that and won’t be troubled. So too, whenever you kiss your child, sibling, or friend, don’t […]

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November 2, 2020

Episode 21 – Wish for Things to be Exactly the Way They Are

A special COVID-19 release: I’m releasing two episodes to help with the current Pandemic situation and give some very pertinent Stoic practices to help you through these uncertain, anxious and tough times. 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 […]

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November 2, 2020

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (April 12, 2020)

Hello there, For this week’s exercise, let us look at an excerpt from the last Great Emperor’s own journal. This is from the Meditation IX 5: “Often injustice lies in what you aren’t doing, not only in what you are doing.”  As the Emperor of Rome, Marcus Aurelius fought “injustice” and “evil” in war, politics, natural disasters, economics, plagues and […]

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November 2, 2020

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (April 5, 2020)

Hello there, If there was a trophy for “most likely candidate to make it as a stand-up comedian” award for our ancient Stoic guides, then it would be unanimously awarded to Epictetus. For this week’s exercise, I will use some words from his Enchiridion VII:  “Don’t seek everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything […]

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November 2, 2020

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

Hello there, I’m going to try and shorten our weekly exercises a little and simplify them. So let’s get started with a quote from Epictetus’ Discourses III 3.18: “What is bad luck? Opinion. What are conflict, dispute, blame, accusation, irreverence, and frivolity? They are all opinions, and more than that, they are opinions that lie outside of our own reasoned […]

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