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Turning Trials into Triumph: Ryan Holiday (The Daily Stoic)
Wisdom From The Top with Guy Raz
Meditate on mortality to appreciate the present moment, not to prepare for death.
- Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius suggested imagining your child might not live through the night.
- This isn't to numb you to their potential death but to make you appreciate the time you have now.
- It discourages rushing through bedtime with your child to do other things like check emails.
- The Stoics likely developed these exercises to anticipate our biases and excuses that devalue the present.
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