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#80: Thomas Edison's Formula for Greatness

The Tim Ferriss Show

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You Love Adversity Because It's All Fuel

The stoics commanded themselves cheerfulness in all situations, especially the bad ones. Indifference and acceptance are certainly better than disappointment or rage. We don't get to choose what happens to us, but we can always choose how we feel about it. And why on earth would you choose to feel anything but good? If the event must occur, a mor fati, a love of fate, is the response. Don't waste a second looking back at your expectations. Face forward. And face it with a smug little grin.

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