How we feel about it

We don’t get to choose what happens to us, but we can always choose how we feel about it. And why on earth would you choose to feel anything but good? We can choose to render a good account of ourselves. If the event must occur, Amor Fati (a love of fate) is the response.

Ryan Holiday

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Craig Constantine

Presence, not pursuit.

Craig Constantine

#neostoicism is a mutation of ancient aretaic virtues toward service of the #technocracy.
It is #managerial #ethics disguised as #virtue.
Rather than learning actual self-discipline, it is subsumption for #productivity.
Instead of accepting what can't be changed, it is excuses for collective responsibilities.
Instead of self-mastery it is optimizing performance.

The neo-stocism comes from #redpill "father figures": #JordanPeterson, #ElonMusk, #AndrewTate, #DanBilzerian, #JackDonovan, #JockoWillink, #DavidGoggins, #CurtisYarvin, and #RyanHoliday . The relationship between this, nazi neoclassicism, and modern fascism are not accidents.

A productive stoic is an ideal subject of work and rule: self-monitoring, and compliant.

#stoicism #technocrats

Forbearance

Clearheadedness and action are not always enough, in politics or in life. Some obstacles are beyond a snap of the fingers or novel solution. It is not alway possible for one person to rid the world of a great evil or stop a country bent toward conflict. Of course, we try—because it can happen. But we should be ready for it not to. And we need to be able to find a greater purpose in this suffering and handle it with firmness and forbearance.

~ Ryan Holiday, from The Obstacle is the Way

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#Quotes #RyanHoliday #Stoicism

Craig Constantine

Presence, not pursuit.

Craig Constantine

this week, #michaelCosta on #tds scored 💯. i bought the books from both #ryanHoliday and #catherineBracy, and also #jeffTweedy’s new #tripleAlbum. (i watched jeff on #lssc the previous night, but wasn’t convinced yet)

too bad they don’t get points for the suggestions

(tho, tbh: i suspect they do)

(because: america, dammit!!)

kudos to #ryanholiday on yesterday’s #thedailyshow: “stoicism is not supposed to make you a better sociopath, or a bigger asshole.”

#stoicism

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Do good. Be better.

Been working through #TheDailyStoic this year (up to May so far, I'm not great about it) and enjoying it. It's a quote-a-day book by #RyanHoliday, and leans pretty heavily on Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius.

I don't really follow Holiday, but I appreciate what he's done to popularize stoic ideas.

#philosophy #stoicism #stoic

Strategy

What matters is whether a certain approach gets you to where you want to go. And let’s be clear, using obstacles against themselves is very different from doing nothing. Passive resistance is, in fact, incredibly active. But those actions come in the form of discipline, self-control, fearlessness, determination, and grand strategy.

~ Ryan Holiday

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Craig Constantine

Presence, not pursuit.

Craig Constantine