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Where to place the crowbar
Revert to what Epictetus described as our “chief task in life”—getting real clear about what’s up to us and what isn’t. Our actions, our thoughts, our feelings—these are up to us. Other people, the weather, external events, these are not. But here’s the thing: our responses to other people, the weather, external events are in our control. To reset your life, the best place to start is with making this distinction and then choosing to focus on the things that are in your control. If only because it concentrates your resources in the places where they matter.
~ Ryan Holiday, from You Slipped Up […]Bryan Ward wrote a great article How The Hammer Fails You and reading his metaphor about the hammer versus the crowbar was a pivotal moment for me. Later, I realized that Epictetus’s counsel feels like the seed for Ward’s metaphor.
Am I applying my mental or physical effort in the correct place?
Until my answer was consistently coming up yes, that was the most useful question I kept asking.
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soft life. quiet mind. 🌿 worry only what your will can hold. let the rest go like leaves in wind. 🍂 — Epictetus knew.
#StoicQuotes #QuietMind #Epictetus #PeaceOverWorry #AestheticQuotes #SoftLife #InnerCalm #DailyWisdom #MindfulLiving #StoicPhilosophy -
soft life. quiet mind. 🌿 worry only what your will can hold. let the rest go like leaves in wind. 🍂 — Epictetus knew.
#StoicQuotes #QuietMind #Epictetus #PeaceOverWorry #AestheticQuotes #SoftLife #InnerCalm #DailyWisdom #MindfulLiving #StoicPhilosophy -
soft life. quiet mind. 🌿 worry only what your will can hold. let the rest go like leaves in wind. 🍂 — Epictetus knew.
#StoicQuotes #QuietMind #Epictetus #PeaceOverWorry #AestheticQuotes #SoftLife #InnerCalm #DailyWisdom #MindfulLiving #StoicPhilosophy -
soft life. quiet mind. 🌿 worry only what your will can hold. let the rest go like leaves in wind. 🍂 — Epictetus knew.
#StoicQuotes #QuietMind #Epictetus #PeaceOverWorry #AestheticQuotes #SoftLife #InnerCalm #DailyWisdom #MindfulLiving #StoicPhilosophy -
Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.
— Epictetus
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Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.
— Epictetus
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Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.
— Epictetus
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Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.
— Epictetus
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Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.
— Epictetus
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Let go of what you can’t control. The power of our will is where true freedom lives. #Quotes #Stoicism #Epictetus #SelfControl #EmotionalResilience
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Let go of what you can’t control. The power of our will is where true freedom lives. #Quotes #Stoicism #Epictetus #SelfControl #EmotionalResilience
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Let go of what you can’t control. The power of our will is where true freedom lives. #Quotes #Stoicism #Epictetus #SelfControl #EmotionalResilience
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Let go of what you can’t control. The power of our will is where true freedom lives. #Quotes #Stoicism #Epictetus #SelfControl #EmotionalResilience
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Epictetus reminds us: Gratitude, not grief, leads to peace. Rejoice in what you have.
#Quotes #Wisdom #Epictetus #Gratitude #Happiness
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Epictetus reminds us: Gratitude, not grief, leads to peace. Rejoice in what you have.
#Quotes #Wisdom #Epictetus #Gratitude #Happiness
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Epictetus reminds us: Gratitude, not grief, leads to peace. Rejoice in what you have.
#Quotes #Wisdom #Epictetus #Gratitude #Happiness
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Epictetus reminds us: Gratitude, not grief, leads to peace. Rejoice in what you have.
#Quotes #Wisdom #Epictetus #Gratitude #Happiness
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The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own…
— Epictetus
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The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own…
— Epictetus
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The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own…
— Epictetus
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The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own…
— Epictetus
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The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own…
— Epictetus
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Listening over speaking builds stronger ties and calmer minds. Epictetus proved that long ago.
#Quotes #ListenMoreSpeakLess #Epictetus #Mindfulness #CommunicationSkills
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Listening over speaking builds stronger ties and calmer minds. Epictetus proved that long ago.
#Quotes #ListenMoreSpeakLess #Epictetus #Mindfulness #CommunicationSkills
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Listening over speaking builds stronger ties and calmer minds. Epictetus proved that long ago.
#Quotes #ListenMoreSpeakLess #Epictetus #Mindfulness #CommunicationSkills
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Listening over speaking builds stronger ties and calmer minds. Epictetus proved that long ago.
#Quotes #ListenMoreSpeakLess #Epictetus #Mindfulness #CommunicationSkills
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Do #Stoic teachers like #MarcusAurelius, #Seneca and #Epictetus inform your #ClimateAction? Do you hold yourself to moral teachings beyond just doing what is legal?
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Do #Stoic teachers like #MarcusAurelius, #Seneca and #Epictetus inform your #ClimateAction? Do you hold yourself to moral teachings beyond just doing what is legal?
https://co2mmit.substack.com/p/climate-action-stoic-twist -
Do #Stoic teachers like #MarcusAurelius, #Seneca and #Epictetus inform your #ClimateAction? Do you hold yourself to moral teachings beyond just doing what is legal?
https://co2mmit.substack.com/p/climate-action-stoic-twist -
Do #Stoic teachers like #MarcusAurelius, #Seneca and #Epictetus inform your #ClimateAction? Do you hold yourself to moral teachings beyond just doing what is legal?
https://co2mmit.substack.com/p/climate-action-stoic-twist -
Do #Stoic teachers like #MarcusAurelius, #Seneca and #Epictetus inform your #ClimateAction? Do you hold yourself to moral teachings beyond just doing what is legal?
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
— Epictetus
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
— Epictetus
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
— Epictetus
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
— Epictetus
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Challenges reveal who you are. The tougher the storm, the stronger you prove yourself. Epictetus knew what's up. 💯⛈️
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Challenges reveal who you are. The tougher the storm, the stronger you prove yourself. Epictetus knew what's up. 💯⛈️
#Quotes #Epictetus #Motivation #OvercomeChallenges -
Challenges reveal who you are. The tougher the storm, the stronger you prove yourself. Epictetus knew what's up. 💯⛈️
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Happiness starts with choice, not chance. The power of our will shapes every moment we live.
#Quotes #Epictetus #StoicLife #Happiness #PeaceOfMind
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Happiness starts with choice, not chance. The power of our will shapes every moment we live.
#Quotes #Epictetus #StoicLife #Happiness #PeaceOfMind
https://quotes.thisgrandpablogs.com/power-of-our-will/ -
Happiness starts with choice, not chance. The power of our will shapes every moment we live.
#Quotes #Epictetus #StoicLife #Happiness #PeaceOfMind
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
— Epictetus
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
— Epictetus
