1. Wisdom
“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil?”
— Epictetus
This is not about reading books and gain a lot of wisdom. This is about the ability to look within yourself and focus on the influences you control.
This way the improvement you seek is always within your control and what the Stoics referred to as wisdom.
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