The Daily Stoic 7 Stoic Lessons on How To Keep Going
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Oct 26, 2025 Explore the Stoic secrets of perseverance through challenging times. Discover how they faced plagues and wars with courage and resilience. Learn to embrace your fate with amor fati, and why complaining weakens your resolve. Understand the importance of viewing loss as returnable and engaging in action without procrastination. Epictetus's insights highlight that your judgments, not events, cause suffering. Finally, inventory your strengths and resources to navigate hardships effectively.
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Family Routine At Whole Foods
- Ryan Holiday describes a routine of taking his kids to Whole Foods and letting them sneak items into the cart.
- He uses this family ritual to illustrate ordinary, grounding moments amid life's demands.
Perseverance Is Inner Strength
- Stoicism helped people survive extreme hardships like plagues, exiles, and imprisonment by focusing on internal control.
- Perseverance means maintaining morality and inner character despite external suffering.
Embrace Your Fate To Act Courageously
- Accept whatever happens and wish that events unfold as they do; this creates peace of mind.
- Embrace hardship (amor fati) so you can act courageously rather than feel helpless.
