Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection
The importance of practice and repetition in learning
How to stay motivated and avoid burnout while learning
How to break down complex concepts into manageable parts
Premeditation is one of the most powerful of the Stoic tools for coping with stress. Is involves visualizing the future and imagining all the bad things that could happen.
This puts things in perspective. We tend to blow things up in our minds and make them appear much larger than they really are. By imagining all of the worst things that could happen, you come back down to earth and realize the present isn’t so bad.
1.05K
5.24K reads
MORE IDEAS ON THIS
Stoics thought that, when experiencing a heavy emotion or mental state such as anger or stress, adopting the behavior of someone who feels the opposite way can actually help us alter our state.
Scientific evidence indicates that things like body language and forcing a smile can ac...
1.07K
5.24K reads
"You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
1.62K
9.79K reads
Purposely deny yourself basic modern privileges, like meals, a cup of coffee or your weekend treat.
This helps you build up self-control and reminds you to appreciate what you have, which helps put the things you’re anxious about in perspective. Both gratitude and self-control...
1.03K
5.21K reads
CURATED FROM
Related collections
More like this
When you start to ground a fear and begin to look at it with your feet firmly planted on the ground then you most often realize that the worst that could happen isn’t really that bad.
...you can also probably start listing and taking action on a few things that will reduce the likelihood of...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving & library
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Personalized recommendations
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates