Amor Fati: Accept and Love Everything that Happens
Acceptance.It’s just so hard at times.We’re bold and ambitious and think we can bend everything straight.But we can’t. We can’t change reality. The second we realize something it’s already gone. It’s like grabbing at the wind. It’s there one second and you’re quick to reach out for it and baam – it’s gone. Ungrabbable.And if […]
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What Is Stoicism? A Simple Definition & 10 Stoic Core Principles
Stoicism or Stoic Philosophy… sounds boring and daunting and like the last thing anyone would want to learn about. A few years back I would have gone a long way around this topic. Today, I’m writing about it because I fell in love with so many of its beliefs. So they didn’t call it Supermanism but Stoicism, […]
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The 3 Step Formula for Self-Mastery: Why and How to Improve Yourself
New: We created a fancy PDF of this post for printing and offline viewing. You can get it here. (It’s ‘pay what you want’, so feel free to get it for free.) The value of education (knowledge) like that of gold is valued in every place. – Epictetus, Enchiridion 150Why do you bother reading this […]
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Train Your Mind to Adapt to Any Circumstance
I fell in love with this sentence. (The title.) No matter what happens in life, you know how to react. You have this inner trust that whatever may come, you’ll be able to answer well. I remember not long ago, I got furious at my laptop for refusing my orders and being snail-slow. I got angry, cursed, […]
Continue readingThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Summary
The 7 Habits book summary:The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People embody many of the fundamental principles of human effectiveness. These habits are basic; they are primary. They represent the internalization of correct principles upon which enduring happiness and success are based.Stephen Covey’s bestselling book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Powerful Lessons […]
Continue readingSecrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker Summary
If your subconscious “financial blueprint” is not “set” for success, nothing you learn, nothing you know, and nothing you do will make much of a difference.– T. Harv Eker T. Harv Eker used to be a financial disaster. He had ups and downs, yet for the most part he was broke. Until one day, when […]
Continue readingPsycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz Book Summary
Any good plastic surgeon is and must be a psychologist. When you change a man’s face you almost invariably change his future. Change his physical image and nearly always change the man – his personality, his behavior – and sometimes even his basic talents and abilities.
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson In-Depth Summary
Do you get angry at the asshole driver that cut you off? Do you gossip about people who’ve upset you? Do you freak out when the referee whistles in your opponent’s favor? Well… seems to me like you’re giving too many fucks. (We all do it. I’m super guilty myself.) Wouldn’t life be better if we would care less […]
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Become a Better Person: Adopt Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues
Let’s admit it. You, and I, we will never reach personal perfection.No matter how hard we try, we won’t be perfect. Even if we keep trying and trying and getting better and better, we won’t be perfect. But we can try, can’t we? That’s at least what I try day-in, day-out – being the best ever possible version […]
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I Feel Like Shit Sometimes, And It’s OK
Lately I read Mark Manson’s book The Subtle Art of not Giving a Fuck. Great read!One thing that really inspired me was his Feedback Loop from Hell. I know, badass name. So today you’ll learn why you actually should give a fuck about this. It’s quite interesting. *Caution, there’s a lot of swearing in this post.“There’s […]
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