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Here are 5 of my favorite big ideas from William B. Irvine's Stoic Challenge. Hope you enjoy!
William B. Irvine is professor of philosophy at Wright State University. He's also a fantastic (and prolific) writer. And… Unlike many of his academic peers and philosophy professors, he is a practicing Stoic philosopher. In the words of Donald Robertson (another Stoic author and practitioner; see The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), he is both a librarian AND a warrior of the mind. We featured another of Professor Irvine's great books on Stoicism called A Guide to the Good Life. I quite enjoyed that one but I REALLY(!) enjoyed this one. Like, Jumbo loved it. In fact, I'm going to place this one at the top of our growing collection of books on Stoicism, along with the must-read classics from Aurelius (Meditations), Seneca (Letters from a Stoic, On the Brevity of Life), and Epictetus (Discourses, Enchiridion) as well as modern classics like Ryan Holiday's The Obstacle Is the Way and The Daily Stoic. If you're looking for "A Philosopher's Guide to Getting Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient," I think you'll enjoy it as much as I do. I highly recommend it.
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Big Idea 1: EXAMPLES OF WASTE
– PN: A Guide to the Good Life by William B. Irvine https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/a-guide-to-the-good-life-william-irvine/
– 1: Warriors versus librarians Let's not just catalog these 1, let's live them (#66) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/warriors-vs-librarians/
– PN: How to think like a Roman Emperor by Donald Robertson https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/how-to-think-like-a-roman-emperor-donald-robertson/
– 1: Self-efficacy The science of confidence (#111) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/self-efficacy/
– 1: What is your excuse? RISE UP! with Spartan heroine Kacey McCallister (#979) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/whats-your-excuse/
Big idea 2: ANTIFRAGILITY
– Antifragile 101 How to use it all to fuel your heroic growth https://www.optimize.me/antifragility/
– 1: Antifragile vs Resilient vs Fragile (#10) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/antifragile/
– 1: OMMS The Hero's Mantra (#41) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/omms/
– 1: The 1, 2, 3 of Antifragility How to operationalize WOSM (#1108) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/the-1-2-3-of-antifragility/
– 1: Polystyrene weights and your Optimize Gym membership (#407) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/styrofoam-weights/
– PN: The obstacle is the way by Ryan Holiday https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/the-obstacle-is-the-way-ryan-holiday/
Big idea 3: THE TEST
– #1: /"/"Thank you, Stoic gods! I appreciate the opportunity to put my philosophy into practice!/"/" (#36) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v6QywG42MXtY
– 1: Threat or challenge How to react to life's stressors? (This is important!) (#336) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/threat-vs-challenge/
Big Idea 4: NEGATIVE VISUALIZATION
– 1: Stoic Negative Visualization A practice in the ancient art of Stoic Joy (#851) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/stoic-negative-visualization/
– 1: Memento Mori Want to live? Remember Death (#209) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/memento-mori/
– 1: The science of gratitude says: it works! (#24) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/gratitude/
– 1: The #1 obstacle to gratitude and its remedy (#1071)
– 1: Science Says: Gratitude Works with STUNNING Statistics (#1068) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/the-1-obstacle-to-gratitude/
– 1: Taking things FOR GRANTED or AS GRANTED Let's choose wisely (#1070) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/taking-things-for-granted-vs-as-granted/
Big idea 5: LAZY BILL
– 1: Demons vs Daimons How to feed them (#919) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/demons-vs-daimons/
– 1:1 or -1 Destiny Math What should YOU be? (#1) https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/destiny-math/
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