Stoic Coffee Break 360 - Advice for the New Year
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Dec 27, 2025 As the year wraps up, it's the perfect time to reflect on personal attributes rather than just goals. Embrace curiosity and be open to differing views to foster growth. Discomfort can be a powerful teacher, helping to shape character by emphasizing what truly matters. Embracing vulnerability enhances our connections, while resilience gives us the strength to face challenges. Finally, let go of burdens and choose kindness, especially in a world that can be harsh. This new year, focus on who you want to be!
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Practice Active Curiosity
- Stay curious and seek ideas that challenge your worldview instead of shutting out disagreement.
- Talk with people you disagree with and try to inhabit their mind to learn and be surprised.
Make Discomfort Your Teacher
- Sit with discomfort instead of avoiding it and observe how it affects you to expand tolerance.
- Treat resistance as a signal of importance and a sign you're on the right path, then persist.
Be Soft And Tough Together
- Remain vulnerable and open to love even though it risks pain because cutting off hurt also cuts off joy.
- Be tough by bending and bouncing back rather than becoming hard and brittle when pressured.