Venchele Saint Dic's Key Ideas from The Daily Stoic
by Ryan Holiday

The following little reminder sums up the three most essential part of Stoic philosophy worth carrying with you every day:

1. Control your perceptions

2. Direct your actions properly

3. Willingly accept what's outside of your control

That's all we need to do.

If you want to be steady, if you want clarity, proper judgement is the best way.

Epictetus is reminding us that serenity and stability are results of your choices and judgment, not your environment.

There is clarity in simplicity.

There is clarity (and joy) in seeing what others can't see, in finding grace and harmony in places others overlook. Isn't that far better than seeing the world as some dark place?

External things cannot fix internal issues.

1. First, we must consider what we should desire and what we should be averse to.
2. Next, we must examine our impulses to act--that is, our motivations.
3. Finally, there is our judgment. Our ability to see things clearly and properly comes when we use our great gift from nature: reason.