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5 Hidden Gems From Ancient Philosophy That Will Immediately Improve Your Emotions
Hidden Gems From Ancient Philosophers
- The people you interact with the most influence your behavior. Consciously consider whom you allow into your life.
- Things can go wrong, anticipate worst-case scenarios to mitigate or avoid them.
- Acting based on habit can lead to mistakes whenever the situations at hand mismatch the ones that led to the creation of the habit.
- Be as invested in building yourself as you are in building your professional life. Study yourself, have ideas, develop them and the relationships that further them.
- Ignore the breaking news and focus on what’s in front of you.
- Take pride in your work, but know that it is not all there is.
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Stoicism
It was founded in the early 3rd century BC and revolves around 3 basic ideas:
- How life is brief and the world is unpredictable
- How to be steadfast, strong,...
Never let wealth distort your values
There is nothing wrong with achieving monetary success; however, you should never compromise your principles in its pursuit.
Build a village
You are only as strong as the people around you.
You can control whom you interact with, so build a strong personal and professional coalition: hire people with positive energy and create a circle of friends from different backgrounds for engaging conversations.
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“Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.”
Epictetus
Misery And The Mind
Misery can be influenced by your circumstances, but it is largely indifferent to them because it grows from within. Most of us have everything that we need to avoid it, but our untrained brains are prone to create it through anxiety.
This concept is easy to understand but it requires consistent effort and application. Keeping your brain in check demands that you understand and internalize it into day to day conduct.
Diversify Your Sources Of Joy
We only have so much time and energy, so it’s good to eliminate the meaningless things we do. And then spread your remaining time and energy across multiple sources.
Balance work with other hobbies or personal projects, increase the number of people you can rely on, etc. Over a long enough time, something will go wrong, and having multiple sources of fulfillment to rely on will save you from complete collapse.
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The Core Of Stoicism
Stoicism is famous for its practicality and focus on the here and now. It tells what is worth having in your life and gives you a way to get there; being satisfied with what you’ve got.
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy And Stoicism
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), is a “problem-focused” approach to psychological therapy and is seen as very effective against depression, anxiety and every kind of unhelpful thinking.
Like stoicism, CBT encourages distinguishing between events and perceptions, and most CBT textbooks contain one of the core teachings of the Stoics: our perception hurts us more than the things themselves.
The Problem With Stoicism
Practitioners may forget that some of the biggest determinants of our wellbeing are socio-economic and political if they follow too closely stoicism’s belief that circumstances can’t be changed and they must adapt. Doing so can needlessly perpetuate and aggravate harmful situations.