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262 - The Inverse Law Of Desire

Stoic Coffee Break

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Introduction

The Stoic Coffee Break is a weekly podcast where I take an aspect of stoicism and do my best to break it down towards most important points. Eric Cloward: Do you struggle with getting the things that you want in your life? Are you unhappy because you aren't able to achieve the success you want in life? Today he wants to talk about an idea called The Inverse Law of Desire and how it may be keeping you from accomplishing your goals in life. When we desire something too strongly, what we actually want is the outcome, which is something that we can't control.

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