“He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.” ― Epictetus One of the most important things in life is that we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Remember, Stoics keep in the forefront of their minds the knowledge that one day they too will die, and when you look at life through that lens, you learn to give things their appropriate weight. Is that thing that you are stressing about going to be of importance in 10 years? 100 years? 1000? 10,000? We talk a lot about how you can’...
May 01, 2018•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast “How much better to heal than seek revenge from injury. Vengeance wastes a lot of time and exposes you to many more injuries than the first that sparked it. Anger always outlasts hurt. Best to take the opposite course. Would anyone think it normal to return a kick to a mule or a bite to a dog?” — Seneca I was talking with a friend the other day about how to deal with anger. He asked me specifically about how to deal with anger in life, so I felt it only appropriate to talk about anger today. Ang...
Apr 30, 2018•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.” — Epictetus Epictetus was known for his clever wit and pithy sayings, and here he’s giving us some very good advice of how we should handle ourselves in any social situation. We’ve all been around people that dominate conversations, and maybe we’ve been that person. As I’ve mentioned before on this podcast, I used to talk over people in conversations all the time. While mine was born out of i...
Apr 29, 2018•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.” — Epictetus Often, we find it difficult to take the steps to improve in an area we’re weak in. We can see how we want to be, and we get impatient when we’re not make the progress that we think we should. It also hard because we often know what not to do, but we don’t quite know what we should do to get where we want to be. When I was in high school, I accidentally ended up in choir. And I do mean accidentally. I mi...
Apr 28, 2018•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Remember, it is not enough to be hit or insulted to be harmed, you must believe that you are being harmed. If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation. Which is why it is essential that we not respond impulsively to impressions; take a moment before reacting, and you will find it easier to maintain control.” ― Epictetus One of the idea that the Stoics strongly hold is that no one can make us feel anything with our permission. And what do I mean b...
Apr 27, 2018•5 min•Ep 109•Transcript available on Metacast “I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.” — Marcus Aurelius --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme s...
Apr 26, 2018•5 min•Ep 108•Transcript available on Metacast “It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.” ― Marcus Aurelius How often do you take time in your day to retreat the the tranquility of your mind? Our phones, our computers, TV, radio, YouTube, so many things that can drive us to distraction. So many things out that we could give our attention, that often we feel overwhelmed by all the noise. With the myth of multitasking coupled with ...
Apr 25, 2018•5 min•Ep 107•Transcript available on Metacast “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” ― Marcus Aurelius If you’ve been listening to the podcast for a while, then you’ll recognize the term “Memento Mori” which means to remember death, in that you you could leave life at any moment. The Stoics believed strongly in keeping this idea in the forefront of their decision making and how they went about their daily lives. It is used as tool to help put things in perspective. It doesn’t mean that you shou...
Apr 24, 2018•5 min•Ep 106•Transcript available on Metacast “Epictetus being asked how a man should give pain to his enemy answered, By preparing himself to live the best life that he can.” — Epictetus How often have we been upset with someone and wished ill on them? Maybe someone said something unflattering about us, and we pointed out all of their faults to show that they’re worse than us? What if instead of looking for ways to bring that other person down, we looked for ways to make ourselves a better person? For example, if someone called you greedy ...
Apr 23, 2018•4 min•Ep 105•Transcript available on Metacast “The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” ― Epictetus --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme song? You can find it here from my alter ego . :) Find me ...
Apr 22, 2018•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.” ― Marcus Aurelius --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme song? You can find it here from my alter ego . :...
Apr 21, 2018•6 min•Ep 103•Transcript available on Metacast “It is unrealistic to expect people to see you as you see yourself.” ― Epictetus --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme song? You can find it here from my alter ego . :) Find me on instagram , twitter , or threads Lastly if you know of s...
Apr 20, 2018•4 min•Ep 102•Transcript available on Metacast “Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferior or foolish and only caters to or exploits people's weaknesses. Avoid being one of the mob who indulges in such pastimes. Your life is too short and you have important things to do. Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind. If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest. It is the easiest thing in the world to slide...
Apr 19, 2018•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Do not try to seem wise to others. If you want to live a wise life, live it on your own terms and in your own eyes.” ― Epictetus --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme song? You can find it here from my alter ego . :) Find me on instagr...
Apr 18, 2018•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast “A boxer derives the greatest advantage from his sparring partner – and my accuser is my sparring partner. He trains me in patience, civility and even temper.” — Epictetus --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme song? You can find it here...
Apr 17, 2018•4 min•Ep 99•Transcript available on Metacast “Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?” — Marcus Aurelius --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme song? You can fi...
Apr 16, 2018•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast “We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free.” — Epictetus --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme song? You can f...
Apr 15, 2018•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit the evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. It is time to really live; to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now. You are not some disinterested bystander. Participate. Exert yourself.” ― Epictetus --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic...
Apr 14, 2018•5 min•Ep 96•Transcript available on Metacast “Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.” ― Epictetus --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme song? You can find it here from my alter ego . :) Find me on instagram , twitter , or thre...
Apr 13, 2018•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents." ― Epictetus --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website ...
Apr 12, 2018•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Accustom yourself to attend carefully to what is said by another, and as much as it is possible, try to inhabit the speaker’s mind.” — Marcus Aurelius --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme song? You can find it here from my alter ego ....
Apr 11, 2018•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast "When you have been compelled by circumstances to be disturbed in a manner, quickly return to yourself and do not continue out of tune longer than the compulsion lasts." — Marcus Aurelius --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme ...
Apr 10, 2018•4 min•Ep 92•Transcript available on Metacast “Sick and yet happy, in peril and yet happy, dying and yet happy, in exile and happy, in disgrace and happy.” — Epictetus --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme song? You can find it here from my alter ego . :) Find me on instagram , twi...
Apr 09, 2018•4 min•Ep 91•Transcript available on Metacast "Remember, too, on every occasion that leads you to vexation to apply this principle: not that this is a misfortune, but that to bear it nobly is good fortune." — Marcus Aurelius --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme song? You...
Apr 08, 2018•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast “So does this misfortune prevent you in any way from being just, generous, sober, reasonable, careful, free from error, courteous, free, etc. – all of which together make human nature complete?” — Epictetus --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like t...
Apr 07, 2018•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast “If money is your only standard, then consider that, by your lights, someone who loses their nose does not suffer any harm.“ — Epictetus --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme song? You can find it here from my alter ego . :) Find me on ...
Apr 06, 2018•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Show me one person who cares how they act, someone for whom success is less important than the manner in which it is achieved. While out walking, who gives any thought to the act of walking itself? Who pays attention to the process of planning, not just the outcome?” — Epictetus --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and b...
Apr 05, 2018•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast "Let us overlook many things in those who are like opponents in the gymnasium. For, as I have said before, it is in our power to get out of the way and to have no suspicion or hatred." — Marcus Aurelius --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . ...
Apr 04, 2018•4 min•Ep 85•Transcript available on Metacast "Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered." — Marcus Aurelius --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some great looking shirts and hoodies at the Stoic Coffee Shop . Like the theme song? You can find it here from my alter ego . :) Find me on instagram , twitter ,...
Apr 03, 2018•4 min•Ep 84•Transcript available on Metacast “When somebody’s wife or child dies, to a man we all routinely say, ‘Well, that’s part of life.’ But if one of our own family is involved, then right away it’s ‘Poor, poor me!’ We would do better to remember how we react when a similar loss afflicts others.” — Epictetus --- Hello friends! Thanks for listening. Want to take these principles to the next level? Join the Stoic Coffee House Community ! Stop by the website at stoic.coffee where you can sign up for our newsletter, and buy some gr...
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