Today’s book: The Enchiridion by Epictetus—a short, sharp handbook of Stoic wisdom that teaches you how to master yourself, live with purpose, and meet life’s challenges with calm and courage.
Here’s your 1-minute summary:
- Focus only on what you control. Thoughts, actions, and choices—these are yours. Everything else? Let it go.
- Events don’t disturb you—your judgments do. Reframe your perception, and you change your experience.
- Accept fate. Don’t just endure what happens—embrace it as part of your training.
- Desire nothing external. True freedom comes when you stop needing things outside your control to go your way.
- Live with virtue. Wisdom, courage, justice, and self-control are the only true goods—build your life on them.
Your power lies within. What would a Stoic choose to think or do today?
Again, as always, check out the Notes in the app for more. And check out all the Notes on Stoicism, one of my all-time favorite collections of Notes. And of course, my favorite flavor of ancient wisdom. I hope you enjoy!
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