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Finding Calm – Chapter 3 from Nancy Sherman’s “Stoic Wisdom”

The Daily Stoic

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The Power of Training and Discipline

Epictetus casts physical training as a model for overall mental discipline. He warns that the point of a toned body or psychological toughness is not to bild a fan base, if their aim is mere display. One of the better known stoic exercises for finding calm is pre rehearsing future evils or bads. It takes daily pre rehearsal and a willingness to actually think about potential losses.

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