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Stoicism for Success
Stoicism is not only for hard times. Prosperity is its own test: it is easy to be virtuous when nothing is at stake. The Stoics warned that good fortune can quietly erode character unless you keep choosing well when it costs you nothing.
Stoic ideas for this
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
Epictetus · Fragments
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
Epictetus · Enchiridion
Put it into practice
A Stoic tool is only useful if you actually use it. Try this small loop the next time success shows up:
- Name it plainly. Say what is happening without the story you are adding on top of it.
- Split what’s yours from what isn’t. Invest your energy only in the part you can actually choose.
- Do one small thing. A single deliberate action today beats a week of intending to.
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