"Can someone really retire, if he/she is passionate about what he does?"

I am not going to make the post complex as it is against the laws of IKIGAI itself, just kidding, but i am going to give you the most important points that i collected after reading the book. That will be presented according to their nature.

What You Get In The Next Few Posts?

<ul><li>Hara Hachi Bu- Fill your stomach 80% and stop eating.</li><li>Avoid Stress and anxiety as it affects everything from digestive system to our skin.</li><li>Be Physically active and take care of Sleep.</li><li>Keep your fingers busy till death, you can see 100 years.</li><li>Eat less with more servings.</li><li>Drink Green Tea regularly.</li><li>Breathe Better, Live Longer. e.g. breathe with the sound of Si as SIR with slow exhale for healthy lungs.</li></ul>

Physical Processes To Follow From IKIGAI

<ul><li>Whatever you do, don't retire.</li><li>Train the Brain by doing new things everyday.</li><li>Slow the neuron aging process by - </li></ul><ol><li>Intellectual activity, </li><li>Curiosity, </li><li>Desire to learn, </li><li>Playing games, </li><li>Getting familiar with new situations/people.</li></ol><ul><li>Practice Mindfulness/Meditation.</li><li>Find reasons to LIVE - Because he who has a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.</li><li>And to get reasons to live, ask yourself, 'why i am not getting SUICIDE?'</li><li>Try to be in the moments of FLOW as much as you can.</li><li>Stop multitasking, focus on a single one.</li><li>Microflow- Enjoy mundane tasks.</li><li>Get instant vacations - getting there by meditation.</li></ul>

Mental Ideas 

<ul><li>Break big tasks into parts and then ATTACK one by one.</li><li>Be resilient (be able to deal with setbacks).</li><li>Enjoy life's pleasures, but don't get enslaved by them.</li><li>We, human beings, are INSATIABLE, when we find our dream job/thing, after a while we are already hunting for a new one.</li><li>WABI SABI- Instead of searching for beauty in perfection, look for it in the things that are flawed or incomplete.</li><li>ICHI GO ICHI E- This moment exist only now and won't come again.</li><li>Be AntiFRAGILE- Being stronger when harmed.</li><li>Create Redundancies- Don't depend on single salary, try to make money from hobbies, new ideas, businesses.</li></ul>

Continued...

<ul><li>MOAI - Make a get together community, meet and enjoy with your loved ones and friends regularly.</li><li>Central tenet of STOICISM is 'Knowing what we can control and what we can't'.</li><li>Learn about the impermanace of Humans and Things.</li><li>Take it slow in life, leave urgency behind.</li><li>Surround yourself with good friends.</li><li>Get in shape for your next birthday.</li><li>Smile- Have a cheerful attitude.</li><li>Reconnect with nature.</li><li>Give thanks to everyone from ancestors to nature to friends and family.</li><li>Live in the moment- Today is all you have.</li><li>Find and follow your IKIGAI.</li></ul>

Spiritual Things To Grab From The Book

Ikigai is the action we take in pursuit of happiness. As Okinawan residents know, “In Okinawa being happy every day is ikigai.” Such happiness is the outcome of valuing purpose, flow, movement, meaning, health, and community.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • 1.5 MILLION+ COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE “Workers looking for more fulfilling positions should start by identifying their ikigai.” ―Business Insider “One of the unintended—yet positive—consequences of the [pandemic] is that it is forcing people to reevaluate their jobs, careers, and lives. Use this time wisely, find your personal ikigai, and live your best life.” ―Forbes Find your ikigai (pronounced ee-key-guy) to live longer and bring more meaning and joy to all your days. “Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.” —Japanese proverb According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai—a reason for living. And according to the residents of the Japanese village with the world’s longest-living people, finding it is the key to a happier and longer life. Having a strong sense of ikigai—where what you love, what you’re good at, what you can get paid for, and what the world needs all overlap—means that each day is infused with meaning. It’s the reason we get up in the morning. It’s also the reason many Japanese never really retire (in fact there’s no word in Japanese that means retire in the sense it does in English): They remain active and work at what they enjoy, because they’ve found a real purpose in life—the happiness of always being busy. In researching this book, the authors interviewed the residents of the Japanese village with the highest percentage of 100-year-olds—one of the world’s Blue Zones. Ikigai reveals the secrets to their longevity and happiness: how they eat, how they move, how they work, how they foster collaboration and community, and—their best-kept secret—how they find the ikigai that brings satisfaction to their lives. And it provides practical tools to help you discover your own ikigai. Because who doesn’t want to find happiness in every day?

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • 1.5 MILLION+ COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE “Workers looking for more fulfilling positions should start by identifying their ikigai.” ―Business Insider   “One of the unintended—yet positive—consequences of the [pandemic] is that it is forcing people to reevaluate their jobs, careers, and lives. Use this time wisely, find your personal ikigai, and live your best life.” ―Forbes Find your ikigai (pronounced ee-key-guy) to live longer and bring more meaning and joy to all your days. “Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.” —Japanese proverb   According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai—a reason for living. And according to the residents of the Japanese village with the world’s longest-living people, finding it is the key to a happier and longer life. Having a strong sense of ikigai—where what you love, what you’re good at, what you can get paid for, and what the world needs all overlap—means that each day is infused with meaning. It’s the reason we get up in the morning. It’s also the reason many Japanese never really retire (in fact there’s no word in Japanese that means retire in the sense it does in English): They remain active and work at what they enjoy, because they’ve found a real purpose in life—the happiness of always being busy. In researching this book, the authors interviewed the residents of the Japanese village with the highest percentage of 100-year-olds—one of the world’s Blue Zones. Ikigai reveals the secrets to their longevity and happiness: how they eat, how they move, how they work, how they foster collaboration and community, and—their best-kept secret—how they find the ikigai that brings satisfaction to their lives. And it provides practical tools to help you discover your own ikigai. Because who doesn’t want to find happiness in every day?

Hector Garcia was born in Spain in 1981 and has been living in Tokyo since 2004. During his spare time he writes aGeekinJapan.com, one of the most widely-read blogs in the world in Spanish and in English, as well as books about his experiences in Japan. He is the author of the bestsellers: Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life and A Geek in Japan. You can find more of Hector's musings at ageekinjapan.com

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Francesc Miralles Contijoch is a Catalan writer, essayist, translator, and musician.

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“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”

The only thing that we can truly control is our own attitude and reactions. Once we accept that, we can find happiness right where we are, irrespective of how things turn out. This was perhaps the hardest but the most necessary part of the transformation for me.

1. Let go of trying to control everything.

Every time we pretend to be someone, it takes us away from our true selves, and from our place of happiness. It was hard at first to stop trying to please others. Eventually I realized how liberating it was to dare to be myself!

2. Let go of trying to please everyone.

I often found myself asking “Why me?” It was hard to replace that with “Why not?” After all, everyone gets their share of joys and sorrows; why should I somehow be above it and deserve only the joys?

3. Let go of the sense of entitlement.

Unless we walk in the shoes of the other, we really don’t know the reason for their behavior. Carrying resentment only hurts us and delays any repair. I cannot tell you how amazing it’s been to let go of some of the resentment I didn’t even know I’d been carrying for years

4. Let go of resentment.

On the flip side, if we are the ones who made a mistake, it is time to forgive ourselves and make amends. “I’m sorry. How can I fix it?” can go a long way in starting the healing process.

5. Let go of guilt.

Neither apology nor forgiveness is possible without letting go of pride. Nor is there room for authentic connection where pride resides. Let it go.

6. Let go of pride.

If I had a dime for every opportunity I squandered in the quest for perfection, I’d be rich! But no one can be perfect all the time. That’s what makes us humans. We are quirky. We have flaws. We are beautiful just the way we are

7. Let go of perfectionism.

In any given situation we have a choice—look at what’s good and be grateful or look at what’s wrong and complain. Deliberately adopting the attitude of gratitude literally changed the course of my life.

8. Let go of negativity.

We are the average of the people we hang out with, and if they are frequently negative, it becomes hard for us to maintain an attitude of gratitude. It’s been a tough call to distance myself from people in my life who were bringing me down, but it was necessary to move on.

9. Let go of draining, unhealthy relationships.

Somewhere along the way, many of us have bought into the notion that the busier we are and the more we achieve, the happier we will be. After thirty-five years, I’ve come to realize that busyness does not equal happiness.

10. Let go of the busyness.

Money is definitely good to have, but once our basic needs and savings goals are met, it’s time to evaluate the tradeoff of earning more and more. Letting go of the need for money just for the sake of it has been a very hard but fulfilling experience for me.

11. Let go of the attachment to money

Everybody who tries anything worthwhile fails at some point or the other. Failure does not mean we are broken. It simply means we are courageous to dare! Easier said than done, but I’m trying.

12. Let go of the fear of failure.

Fundamentally, we all crave for connection. But when fear of abandonment starts to rule our lives, we make very irrational choices. I try to trust that what is meant to be will happen. And no matter how things turn out, we’ll come out of it okay.

13. Let go of the fear of abandonment.

We usually only get to see the highlights reel of other’s lives. Comparing my behind-the-scenes to that has only made me unhappy in the past. It’s time for change.

14. Let go of comparison.

In the end, the core of all my issues was that I expected things to be a certain way. I expected what a good spouse or a friend ought to act like. I expected my daughter to behave a certain way. I expected how situations should turn out. Heck, I even had fixed expectations of what happiness was! Letting go of expectations has helped everything else start to fall in place.

15. Let go of expectations.

how can we find true happiness if we are saddled down by the baggage of the past or fear of the future? Once I learned to let go of some of the above, I started to focus deliberately on today and now. Suddenly, music and beauty emerged from what was previously mundane. Is there a better way to find true happiness?Letting go of something that is ingrained in our minds for years is hard. In my experience, even when I do manage to let go of something some of the time, at other times, it comes right back. In the end, it’s the journey that matters.

16. Let go of yesterday and tomorrow.

We don't need to chase anything to be happy. Happiness is already within us. We just need to clear up some clutter to find it.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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16 Things to Let Go to Live a Truly Happy Life

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoda">Yoda </a>is one of the strongest, most inspiring, and most beloved characters in <a href="https://www.starwars.com/">Star Wars </a>. He first appeared in the 1980 sequel to <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/">the original movie </a>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_1">Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back </a>) and instantly became a fan favorite. If you’re looking for the best Yoda quotes, you’ve come to the right place! As he said when first encountering Luke Skywalker: “Looking? Found someone you have, eh?”

In this organized list, we’ve compiled the most popular Yoda quotes for you, based on how often we see them online and in pop culture. While there’s a clear #1, there’s no exact data on the others, but in general, our top 10 should hold up pretty well. We’ve also included Nik’s 20 favorite additional quotes, a little of Yoda’s backstory, and some guidance on why studying his quotes is worthwhile. Finally, we used an AI art generator to create some cool images for you to share your favorite Yoda quotes on social media.

You can easily navigate this list by jumping to any section that interests you using the table of contents below. If you want to share a quote, simply highlight the text, and sharing options for all major social media platforms will appear. Alternatively, you can also use the images we created for you in the last section of this list. Ready to learn you are, I hope. Here goes our list of the best quotes from Master Yoda!

Since his debut, Yoda has been featured in countless movies, comics, spinoffs, and other aspects of the Star Wars franchise, itself one of the most popular stories in history. <a href="https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Yoda">Yoda </a>is a tiny green creature of unknown origin. Despite his somewhat reptilian features, he has a human-like form, resembling a cross between a goblin, human, tortoise, and elf (his ears are pointy). Yoda is over 800 years old when we first meet him. As such, he has been the Grand Master of the Jedi Order—a cult of warrior-monks protecting the galaxy—for a long time.

Who Is Yoda?

In Star Wars, Yoda is the best of the good guys. His ability to wield “the Force”—the invisible “life power” the Jedi direct and rely on in their quests—is unparalleled. He’s also an excellent fighter with a lightsaber, the Jedi’s weapon of choice. Finally, Yoda teaches all younglings, young children with Jedi powers, before they transition into 1-on-1 student-master relationships to complete their training.

Throughout the Star Wars movie, he takes more of an advisor role, but we do get to see him fight a good bit as well. One of few survivors of “Order 66,” a mass killing order against all Jedi that led to the rise of the dark Galactic Empire, Yoda first goes into exile to contemplate on his failure to foresee this coup. He later returns to train Luke Skywalker and do his part in restoring the good Republic. When Yoda dies at 900 years old, he becomes part of the Force and thus can still appear to other Jedi in ghost-form.

While watching Yoda fight is pretty cool, his biggest strength lies in his wisdom. He is known for talking in a jumbled style and offering riddles more so than straight-up advice, but every single one of his words is carefully chosen and hits hard. In a way, Yoda is the original self-help guru. He’s the first person everyone turns to when they need advice. The best thing Yoda can offer is perspective shifts. His quotes often flip common notions upside down, showing us we’ve been focused on the wrong aspect of a situation. This is incredibly powerful.

What Can We Gain From Studying Yoda’s Quotes?

A perspective shift takes your thinking to a higher level. Instead of simply attacking an obstacle with force (pun intended), you might find a way over it, under it, or around it. You may even realize what you thought was a problem isn’t an issue at all or that you can safely ignore it and still stay on the right path.

If you do <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=%22do%20or%20do%20not%22,there%20is%20no%20try,fear%20is%20the%20path%20to%20the%20dark%20side,yoda%20quotes">a Google Trends analysis </a>, you’ll see that “there is no try” ranks far above other Yoda quotes in search volume. It also outpaces the general search for Yoda quotes, suggesting people are even more likely to remember that one line than who it came from. Therefore, this quote takes the #1 spot. We did some further analysis, and, based on search interest relative to one another, these are Yoda’s 10 greatest hits:

The 10 Most Popular Quotes From Yoda

1. “No! Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.”

2. “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”

3. “Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you. Here, between you, me, the tree, the rock—everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.”

4. “Patience you must have, my young Padawan.”

5. “I don’t believe it!” “That is why you fail.”

6. “Great warrior. Hmm. Wars not make one great.”

7. “You must unlearn what you have learned.”

8. “A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.”

9. “Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery, hmm… but weakness, folly, failure, also. Yes, failure, most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is.”

10. “Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.”

I have watched every Star Wars movie and most of its related TV shows, many of them twice. I’ve seen Yoda’s scenes many times. Here are the lines from him that most stand out to me and that I go back to time and again:

My 20 Favorite Yoda Quotes

11. “Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.”

12. “Many of the truths that we cling to depend on our point of view.”

13. “If no mistake have you made, yet losing you are, a different game you should play.”

14. “Named must your fear be, before banish it you can.”

15. “Yes, [I am] afraid. Hmm, surprised are you? A challenge lifelong it is, not to bend fear into anger.”

16. “When you look at the dark side, careful you must be. For the dark side looks back.”

17. “Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you, it will.”

18. “The boy you trained, gone he is. Consumed by Darth Vader.”

19. “What’s in [that cave]?” “Only what you take with you.”

20. “A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was.”

21. “Secret, shall I tell you? Grand Master of Jedi Order am I. Won this job in a raffle I did, think you? ‘How did you know, how did you know, Master Yoda?’ Master Yoda knows these things. His job it is.”

22. “No longer certain, that one ever does win a war, I am. For in fighting the battles, the bloodshed, already lost we have.”

23. “Smaller in number are we, but larger in mind.”

24. “Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.”

25. “Looking? Found someone you have, eh?”

26. “Your path you must decide.”

27. “A Jedi’s strength flows from the Force.”

28. “Adventure. Excitement. A Jedi craves not these things.”

29. “To be Jedi is to face the truth, and choose. Give off light, or darkness, Padawan. Be a candle, or the night.”

30. “We are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters.”

Perhaps you can tell, but Yoda’s wisdom is clearly inspired by Eastern philosophies, like Buddhism and Zen. He reminds me of a Kung Fu master, like Bruce Lee, who mainly uses rigorous physical practice as a way to master the mind and spirit. From Yoda’s point of view, most problems originate from fear. It’s the #1 thing he warns other Jedi of. “Don’t let fear get the better of you. Once you do, it can transform into all kinds of emotions that’ll drive you to do bad things.” That’s the gist of his message.

Yoda is also big on acceptance, another common theme in Eastern philosophy. Instead of trying to turn reality into some desired future, we should accept it as it is and work with what we’ve got.

Looking for the best Yoda quotes? Here are the 30 most popular & most important lines from everyone's favorite Jedi master.

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The 30 Best & Most Popular Yoda Quotes

The Bhagavad Gita says that the Universe is made up of eight elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Ether (Space), Mind, Intellect, and Consciousness. The five sheaths to human existence are the environment, physical body, prana or energy, mind and consciousness. So, the whole universe is an individual part, and we are part and parcel of the universe.

Honour Existence

Krishna tells Arjuna to fight but be in peace at the same time. He says, “First, go inside and cleanse yourself. Do not fight with hatred but fight for justice; fight with equanimity.”

Peaceful Fight

The Gita says, “Your own mind is responsible for your bondage and for your liberation.” Your mind keeps changing all the time. If your mind is trained well through Sadhana (spiritual practices), it befriends and helps you. Otherwise, your own mind behaves like an enemy.

Mind your Mind

Liberation is acquired by Nishkama-Karma — Action, which is done without any feverishness or attachment to the fruits of the action. Karma yoga is doing work with total responsibility.

Karma Yoga

Remember that that which is temporary is sorrowful. Sukha is inside you. Don’t look for happiness in that which is temporary, fleeting and changing. Joy and happiness are only in that which does not change.

You are Sukha

The relevance of Gita is in observing the flow of events in your life. That is ‘Sakshi’! Look at your past — Is it not a dream? Similarly, another 20 years will pass. Remembering that, “Whether unpleasant or pleasant things are happening, I am a witness to it. My mind getting caught up in it is also part of the happening; I am witness to that too.” This is how you rise above any situation.Just like how the air comes and blows everything away, in the same way, all of life’s events come and go.

Witness the Flow of Time

the Holy Book of Geeta teaches the ultimate ways of living a fulfilled life.

The Bhagavad Gita caters to the entire range of human evolution. It stands for poise and equanimity and for performing one’s designated duty.

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Life Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita

Solipsism revolves around the idea that there is nothing you can confirm except your own existence. If you think about the brain’s capacity for hallucination, and just good ol’ dreaming, it’s not that hard to imagine outside manipulation being possible as well. For all we know, we COULD be stuck in the Matrix, or maybe you’re the only person that exists and the entire world and your experience of it is just an illusion.

Solipsism

The philosophy of idealism has nothing to do with being idealistic. It has nothing to do with ideals, but rather ideas. It revolves around the thought that reality is fundamentally something that exists on a mental level. Kant once defined idealism as “the assertion that we can never be certain whether all of our putative outer experience is not mere imagining.”

Idealism 

Is the idea that nothing can be said to exist beyond the observation of the thing itself. So, for example, you could not argue that the stone exists, only that your sense of it exists. You could say: “I saw a stone.” but not: “The stone was there.” The only thing that one is able to confirm is the sensory data of the stone, but not the stone’s existence independent of your own.

Phenomenalism

The idea that only the present exists, and that both the past and future do not. A Buddhist scholar named Fyodor Shcherbatskoy said the following: “Everything past is unreal, everything future is unreal, everything imagined, absent, mental . . . is unreal. . .. Ultimately real is only the present moment of physical efficiency.” The belief that our way of experiencing time is it’s true and only nature. So, for a presentist the idea of time travel is ridiculous, as there exists no destination to travel to, where other philosophies and theories might suggest otherwise.

Presentism

Contrary to presentism, eternalism is the belief that all moments in time, past, present and future are equally real. Some eternalists believe that because of the nature of time, in this case that time exists as a whole, not in separate parts, the existing future already exists in a set and final manner, and therefore we are only capable of experiencing the future, not able to change it in any way, which one could interpret as the existence of fate. Modern scientific theories seemingly support the eternalism over presentism, but with our ever-developing understanding of the universe.

Eternalism

The most well-known form of nihilism, existential nihilism is focused on the assertion that life has no inherent purpose, goal, or intrinsic value. (Intrinsic value is the idea of something having value in and of itself.) Simplified, it’s the belief that life is utterly pointless. The difference between nihilism and hedonism is that pleasure, or joy, is seen as worthless as well, and therefore is often characterized as leading to a feeling of despair. Some modern interpretations of existential nihilism conclude that precisely because your life has no intrinsic value, goals or purpose.

Nihilism

Hedonism is centered around the belief that pleasure is the only thing that has intrinsic value. Basically, a hedonist makes pleasure the ultimate goal of any and all of his actions and choices in life. Hedonism is perhaps the philosophy that is closest to our original instincts, in that it embraces the response of pleasure to things like eating and fornicating wholeheartedly. Instead of bringing morals into the picture, it focuses on feasting on pleasure, a sensory response that probably played a vital part in our survival as a species.

Hedonism

Unlike what seems to be popular belief, stoicism is not about faking not having an emotional response or becoming completely emotionless. It is a philosophy that focuses on training yourself to improve through training and conditioning. From everything to your outlook on life, to knowledge and perhaps especially minimizing your negative emotional responses. Stoics believe that emotions like anger, sadness and frustration are based in your own, fixable faults rather than justified responses to outside influences.

Stoicism

One could perhaps argue that skepticism is the basis for all other philosophies. Because if we didn’t question, if we didn’t ask, then where would the answers be? But philosophical skepticism, unlike methodical skepticism, does not focus on questioning individual statements to validate or invalidate; rather, it questions if there is a possibility for a certainty in any knowledge. And given the constant changes in our understanding of the universe and even what’s directly in front of us, it might not be as “overly skeptical” as you might think.

Skepticism

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We become perfectionists from a primary sense of being unworthy, flawed, a disappointment, a letdown, a nuisance.Result: So powerful is this sense, that we are ready to do more or less anything to expunge it.

What Is It ?

Our brain promises our mind, that after the completion of next task we will get dropped into the peace pool, but we are clearly lying to ourselves in the mirror.Result: We aren't fascinated in doing the perfect work, we are trying to escape ourselves from a awful reality.

Fake Promise

"Perfectionsm isn't as much desire for excellence, as it isbtge fear of failure couched in procrastination

These ill-prevention driven thinking can create a paramount of anxiety, hidden-fear, resistive behavior leading to long-time destructive nature.

Aw-Phobia

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How Perfectionism Makes Us Ill

If someone makes a joke out of you, it will only harm you if you let it. Not making eye-contact, not reacting, starting a different meaningful conversation are some usual ways.Result: We want people to act as we will, but reality teaches that people have their own will. Their behaviour isn't up to us.

Joke Mentality

"Add nothing of your own from within & that's the 3nd of it.

In a short hand, we could influence them, but usually they end up following their own mind.Result: Stop spending your precious time on changing their ideology, they will think & speak as they wish, it is a 90% universal rule.

Mindlock Ideology 

Spring-Summer-Rainy-WinterEverything is a cycle as your life. This means temporary. You have got very limited time to live, don't consume it thinking about these temporary human actions.Result: Focus on permanent changes established by the world leaders.

Tempor

Nobody escapes misfortunes, instead of complaining for a bad-luck free life, we should build our fortitude to stupendously handle the adversities.Result: Only a selective things are controllable so, target them, apart from the tragedies which are out of control.

Misfortune 

We pray to the God for preventing the uncertainties, but nonetheless they occur. So, start accepting the post-tragedic situation.Result: Start accepting that you will earn less rather than hustling unnecessarily at a time, disrupting the environment.

Accept The Uncertainty 

Which of the things around us should we value when none of them can offer a firm foothold?Like an attachment to a sparrow: we glimpse it & its gone.

Stoicism for Inner Peace (book): https://einzelganger.co/innerpeace Although he never considered himself a philosopher, Marcus Aurelius’ writings have become one of the most significant ancient Stoic scriptures. His ‘Meditations’ contain a series of notes to himself based on Stoic ideas, one of which is embracing fate and living conformably to the demands of nature. Instead of wanting things to happen as we wish, we’re better off accepting the universe, according to Marcus Aurelius, and developing a flexible attitude towards the outside world while being strict with ourselves (Stop Wanting, Start Accepting | The Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius) Support the channel: ✔️ PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/einzelgangerco ✔️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/einzelgangster ✔️ Bitcoin: 3HQnEz1LQ4G6dqN2LdZgzc7qoJjJCyWjTC (Donated BTC and want in the credits? Send me an email with the amount/address) 🎞️ Animations and thumbnail art by Munkaa: https://www.youtube.com/user/jus7y Purchase Stoicism for Inner Peace (affiliate links): 📘 Paperback: https://amzn.to/3wB9iHb 💻 Ebook: https://amzn.to/2RdjbKV Purchase Unoffendable (affiliate links): 📘 Paperback: https://amzn.to/2RJYfti 💻 Ebook: https://amzn.to/35e23a5 Merchandise: 🛍️ Shop: teespring.com/stores/einzelgangerstore 🛍️ Merchandise design by Punksthetic Art: https://www.youtube.com/user/JRStoneart Music used: Brian Bolger - Nineties Pad Bobby Richards - Lens VYEN - Amber Creative Commons (attributions): Marcus Aurelius bust (1): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marcus_Aurelius_Ephesus_Museum.jpg Marcus Aurelius bust (2): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marcus_Aurelius_head_sculpture_from_Sagalasos_Turkey.jpg Marcus Aurelius bust (3): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castings_of_Ancient_Roman_busts_in_the_Pushkin_Museum_(Antonin_Pius,_Marcus_Aurelius_and_Clodius)_by_shakko.jpg Marcus Aurelius statue (1): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Replica_della_statua_equestre_di_Marco_Aurelio_(Roma).jpg Marcus Aurelius statue (2): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marcus_Aurelius_(32393792365).jpg Chris: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chris_Rock_1995.jpg Hera: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wall_painting_-_wedding_of_Zeus_and_Hera_-_Pompeii_(VI_8_3)_-_Napoli_MAN_9559_-_02.jpg Zeno: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paolo_Monti_-_Servizio_fotografico_(Napoli,_1969)_-_BEIC_6353768.jpg #stoicism #marcusaurelius #stoic 00:00 - Intro 01:58 - (1) Accepting other people 04:16 - (2) Accepting transience 07:08 - (3) Accepting misfortune 09:51 - (4) Accepting change 12:50 - (5) Accepting your nature

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Although he never considered himself a philosopher, Marcus Aurelius’ writings have become one of the most significant ancient Stoic scriptures. His ‘Meditations’ contain a series of notes to himself based on Stoic ideas, one of which is embracing fate and living conformably to the demands of nature.

Instead of wanting things to happen as we wish, we’re better off accepting the universe, according to Marcus Aurelius, and developing a flexible attitude towards the outside world while being strict with ourselves (Stop Wanting, Start Accepting | The Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius)

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00:00 - Intro
01:58 - (1) Accepting other people
04:16 - (2) Accepting transience
07:08 - (3) Accepting misfortune
09:51 - (4) Accepting change
12:50 - (5) Accepting your nature

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