54 Stoic Rules
54 Stoic Rules
Stop
having Opinion 4. Say No 5. Stop wanting so much stuff 6. Is
this in my control? 7. You are the product of your choices 8.
Stop arguing what a good person is like and start being one 9.
Don’t be a slave 10. Tolerant with others, strict with yourself
11. Perfection is paralysis 12. Focus on process, not outcomes
Resilience 1. Difficult things are good for you 2. Meditate on
your mortality every day 3. What am I missing by choosing to
worry or be afraid? 4. You can laugh or you can cry 5. Don’t
suffer imagined troubles 6. Are you doing your job? 7. It takes
always longer than you think 8. Find a way to love everything
that happens 9. Will this be alive or dead time? 10. You're
going to meet shitty people 11. The grudge you are holding is
meaningless 12. Prepare for Life's inevitable setbacks
Wisdom 1. If I am not for me, Who is? If I am only for me,
who am I? 2. It's not that you read, it's what you read 3. Who
are you spending time with? 4. You can't learn that which you
already know 5. Study the lives of the greats 6. Ask yourself,
"is this essential?" 7. What does your ideal day look like? 8.
You cant be successful, if you haven't defined what success is
9. Who is this for? 10. Learn something from everyone
Perspective 1. What is the most important thing? 2. You're not
that important 3. Look for the poetry in ordinary things 4. You
can't escape change 5. Value time more than money and
possessions 6. Always choose "alive time" 7. You will be
forgotten 8. Associate only with people that make you better
9. Forgive, forgive, forgive 10. Every person is an opportunity
for kindness 11. To do wrong to one is to do wrong to
yourself Stillness 1. You're paying too close of attention 2.
Stop having an opinion 3. What is the meaning of life? 4. Is
this who I want to be? 5. Shut up 6. To be or to do? 7. You're
weak if you loose your temper 8. This is what you trained for
9. Accept success without arrogance, handle failure with
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