Becoming Antifragile
Becoming Antifragile
IJ Makan
007: How To Stop People Pleasing and Start Living - Epictetus
48 minutes Posted Dec 17, 2023 at 1:41 pm.
Stop waiting for other people's approval
Epictetus’ background
How should we act as humans?
Control what is in your power to be happy
Higher man vs. lower man
Practice non-attachment
Death of a child, how to be a friend in times of suffering, how to grieve with your friend
Your opinion about death causes you to suffer
When you love, you take the risk of suffering
How to live in a chaotic world
How to dine among the gods
Becoming free
Don’t let others opinions affect your inner peace
Don’t be a people-pleaser (if you live for the praises of others, you’re a slave)
Don’t be an a**hole either (instead live in harmony with opposites)
Master your mind
Avoid overindulgence for it weakens the mind
A philosopher takes responsibility for all things that happen to him
Take care who you surround yourself with
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Lessons from The Manual (Enchiridion) by Epictetus.
The Manual (complied by Arrian) is a set of 53 short practical precepts. The goal of the book is to guide and help Stoics navigate daily life. Epictetus was a Greek philosopher who lived in the 2nd century. He’s one of the most influential figures in Stoicism. He was born into slavery. But later gained his freedom becoming a teacher.
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