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Gretchen Rubin On The Power Of Exploring Your Senses

The Daily Stoic

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The Stockdale Paradox

I was thinking, could I kind of force myself to acquire a taste just through sheer familiarity? And I think there is something like if you drink coffee enough time, you might acquire a taste. So here's an idea that's like one of my central mantras for myself and tell me if this is a stoic idea. It comes from James Stockdale, the prisoner of war who gets it from stoicism. The tension between acceptance and sort of indomitable determinations.

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