Show Notes
We discuss some timeless wisdom from Roman Stoic (and Emperor!) Marcus Aurelius. Stoicism teaches us that our perception of the world is what determines how we feel, not the reality of the world itself. With that in mind, we cover ideas of striving vs. acceptance, active participation in life, a willing acceptance of 'fate', death, praise, goal setting, self-deception, values, truth, freedom, and the importance of working on one's character. This is one of Will's personal favourites.
Hope you enjoy.
Will & Luke
00:00 Introductions
4:00 About Marcus Aurelius and the book
5:00 Overview of Stoicism (perceiving things objectively, active participation and cooperation with the world, willing acceptance of fate) 14:15 Structure of the book and links to current self-help books
17:30 Striving vs Acceptance (focusing on the moment, aiming high)
24:40 Working on your character, telling the truth, and self deception. 'If it's not right, don't do it. If it's not true, don't say it'
31:55 Striving, goals, and death
41:00 Each moment being a chance to choose your reaction and action. Choose now. Cost of goals ahead of means. Don't loose values in attainment of goals (we can forget).
46:55 You can choose to within at any given moment to renew (and others opinions)
49:11 Luke's stand outs (Other's praise, Death, Truth + Nature, Popular beliefs, Freedom through redirecting to be free from an old way of thinking, Harm through inaction)
57:45 Final thoughts
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