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The Little Book of Stoicism: Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness

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The Little Book of Stoicism: Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness

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Information is temporary. Knowledge is everlasting.

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Nature vs Nurture Filter

Are you feeling negative emotions because you truly feel them or simply because you learned to attach those emotions to similar situations firing your upbringing?

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To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Don't confuse busyness with productive output.

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Just (don't NOT) Do It

If you want to start a new habit or break an old one, focus on getting a small streak going and your mindset will shift from having to DO something to not having to NOT do it. It's easier to not want to break a streak of something you've started than to tell yourself you have to keep doing it. Don't "Just do it." Just "(don't NOT) Do It."

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Fall in love with the problem, not the solution

Resist the urge to think of solutions right away without staying deeply in the problem first. When you are encountered with a problem, stay within it for as long as you can before jumping to a solution. The longer you stay in it and deeply understand it, the better you'll identify it and come to the best solution.