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To Epictetus, all external events are beyond our control; we should accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. However, individuals are responsible for their own actions, which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline. This is part of Adlerian psychology as well. There are my tasks, and there are
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The January 6th entry in Leo Tolstoy’s A Calendar of Wisdom has the following quote: Put at least half of your energy into making yourself free of empty wishes, and very soon will see that in so doing you will receive much greater fulfillment and happiness —After EPICTETUS This
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“If we focus only on past causes and try to explain things solely through cause and effect, we end up with “determinism.” Because what this says is that our present and our future have already been decided by past occurrences, and are unalterable” If we look to the past for
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“There is no escape from your own subjectivity. At present, the world seems complicated and mysterious to you, but if you change, the world will appear more simple” You cannot leave subjectivity behind, but you can change your mind, your thoughts, and so change your subjective world. Excerpt From: Ichiro
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“None of us live in an objective world, but instead in a subjective world that we ourselves have given meaning to. The world you see is different from the one I see, and it’s impossible to share your world with anyone else.” We exist in a subjective reality, created
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“that people can change, that the world is simple and that everyone can be happy” More of the basic premises of Adlerian psychology/philosophy. The world is inherently simple; it is made complex through our subjective experience of it. Because this complexity is in our thoughts, we can change and
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“Yes, this world is astonishingly simple and life itself is, too.” A basic premise of Adlerian psychology/philosophy is that the world is actually very simple, and that our lives are also very simple, but that all complexity arises from our relationships with other people. If you didn’t have
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Maybe one reason why it feels funny-ish is because there is finally a great big Trump-shaped hole at the center of this week’s performances. In 2021, Donald Trump was demonstrably on the side of the insurrectionists. This week, Trump called for his followers to support Kevin McCarthy.
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The unhappy man is always absent from himself, never present to himself. But one can be absent, obviously, either in the past or in the future. Midweek pick-me-up: Elevating resolutions for the new year inspired by some of humanity’s greatest minds
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