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Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Epictetus

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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The Dicodomy of Control

Epictetus started his book give me a sense of how the handbook, and is huge, ike that te titas brought people in english. The stoic insight was if you want to have a good life, number one, you need to focus your attention on things you can control. When it comes to choosing your values, when it comes to choosing goals, you want to choose values that are going to lead us in the right direction. Don't get yourself on the hedonic treadmill because you will never be satisfied....

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