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#123 William Irvine: How To Live a Stoic Life

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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The Three Elements of Control

Epictetus is normally identified as the source of this psychological insight a. The dicodome of control, which i have transformed into the tricotome of control. It says there are things you can control and things you can't control. And it's a profound insight that focuses your attention on what you can control. So negative visualization is one technique. Are there other popular or effective ones that are equally valuable?

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