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Learn from seasoned mental health professionals who will share their own experiences applying Stoic wisdom to their practice. 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style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); letter-spacing: 0em; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Powerful Stoic principles to help yourself and others&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font_8 wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); letter-spacing: 0em; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Effective techniques to use with clients&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; 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background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Avoiding burnout&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font_8 wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); letter-spacing: 0em; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Setting boundaries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font_8 wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 0em; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;inherit-font-size wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font_8 wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0em; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font_8 wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 0em; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font_8 wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 0em; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Topics and Talks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;font_8 wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); font-size: 19px; line-height: normal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.3em; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font_8 wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); letter-spacing: 0em; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Becky Schmooke, Unlocking Success: The Art of Active Reflection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font_8 wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); letter-spacing: 0em; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Panel: Advice from Wellbeing Professionals, hosted by Paul Wilson (Featuring Lisa Avery, Alison McCone, Simon Drew, Trevor Munro-Clark)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font_8 wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); letter-spacing: 0em; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Scott Corey, in conversation with Eve Riches, Take Care of Your Big Heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font_8 wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); letter-spacing: 0em; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Keynote talk by Tim Lebon, Stoicism and Wellbeing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font_8 wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 0em; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font_8 wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 0em; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Keynote Speaker: Tim Lebon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font_8 wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 0em; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Tim is an accredited CBT therapist working in the NHS and in private practice. He is a founding member of Modern Stoicism and is its director of research, and he is responsible for running Stoic Week. Tim&#39;s books include 365 Ways to Be More Stoic, Wise Therapy, and Achieve Your Potential with Positive Psychology. 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  4. Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/8701980393185083557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/09/stoic-wisdom-for-mentl-health-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/8701980393185083557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/8701980393185083557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/09/stoic-wisdom-for-mentl-health-and.html' title='Stoic Wisdom for Mental Health and Wellbeing - on line event Sept 28th 2023, register now'/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-2468841015216761714</id><published>2023-09-19T08:02:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2023-09-19T08:02:17.283+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="aurelius foundation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="modern stoicism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoicism"/><title type='text'>Aurelius Foundation Annual face-to-face Stoic Conference, London September 23rd</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9cicvXMNs-5Sm_QxVXmpPEckJ7vHY-cp6K3VdTh_aQlTSaB2Q4jQaFNaXK66qLOQevo_CEGST5p83HMAn5HH4JZPnoju044jte0YPkb4SJaUJOlR7dnXjX0FQSMsEPEQAENRvDA4DD64s21Y99HQJ2clU2uLyP1dYa-tIAq4JGVPcMnpS6BK/s1512/StoicIcons.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1008&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1512&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9cicvXMNs-5Sm_QxVXmpPEckJ7vHY-cp6K3VdTh_aQlTSaB2Q4jQaFNaXK66qLOQevo_CEGST5p83HMAn5HH4JZPnoju044jte0YPkb4SJaUJOlR7dnXjX0FQSMsEPEQAENRvDA4DD64s21Y99HQJ2clU2uLyP1dYa-tIAq4JGVPcMnpS6BK/w400-h266/StoicIcons.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;You are invited to join us 23rd September 2023 at the annual Aurelius Foundation event in Central London.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stoic-icons-the-legacy-of-seneca-epictetus-cicero-and-marcus-aurelius-tickets-628724721567&quot;&gt;Stoic Icons: The Legacy of Seneca, Epictetus, Cicero, and Marcus Aurelius Tickets, Sat 23 Sep 2023 at 10:00 | Eventbrite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am giving a workshop in the afternoon on Stoicism and wellbeing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hope to see you there!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
  5. Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/2468841015216761714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/09/aurelius-foundation-annual-face-to-face.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/2468841015216761714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/2468841015216761714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/09/aurelius-foundation-annual-face-to-face.html' title='Aurelius Foundation Annual face-to-face Stoic Conference, London September 23rd'/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9cicvXMNs-5Sm_QxVXmpPEckJ7vHY-cp6K3VdTh_aQlTSaB2Q4jQaFNaXK66qLOQevo_CEGST5p83HMAn5HH4JZPnoju044jte0YPkb4SJaUJOlR7dnXjX0FQSMsEPEQAENRvDA4DD64s21Y99HQJ2clU2uLyP1dYa-tIAq4JGVPcMnpS6BK/s72-w400-h266-c/StoicIcons.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-8540014707289999027</id><published>2023-07-14T06:10:00.003+00:00</published><updated>2023-07-14T06:10:50.618+00:00</updated><title type='text'>New Scientist presentation on Stoicism 15th July London</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85iwAj7vMKcvjEsjeHoEm8houKZR57MsA0MOPm30vLpyIotCywKYJNGxJfPwok97PxHwYBFmwJmj2OjTKwTskkQvyk-ZKHhYOVBVPfOq7j4RhnaVTKrDIJ5yOSBa77A-Q8aPNlQ0Df9LemraueNrIY6k364Gli78B77-2Nuuhf9oO1iBEQig2/s1920/Tim%20LeBon%201920x1080.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1920&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1080&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85iwAj7vMKcvjEsjeHoEm8houKZR57MsA0MOPm30vLpyIotCywKYJNGxJfPwok97PxHwYBFmwJmj2OjTKwTskkQvyk-ZKHhYOVBVPfOq7j4RhnaVTKrDIJ5yOSBa77A-Q8aPNlQ0Df9LemraueNrIY6k364Gli78B77-2Nuuhf9oO1iBEQig2/s320/Tim%20LeBon%201920x1080.jpg&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Honoured to be part of this fantastic day of learning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newscientist.com/science-events/healthandwellbeing/&quot;&gt;https://www.newscientist.com/science-events/healthandwellbeing/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
  6. Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/8540014707289999027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/07/new-scientist-presentation-on-stoicism.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/8540014707289999027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/8540014707289999027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/07/new-scientist-presentation-on-stoicism.html' title='New Scientist presentation on Stoicism 15th July London'/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85iwAj7vMKcvjEsjeHoEm8houKZR57MsA0MOPm30vLpyIotCywKYJNGxJfPwok97PxHwYBFmwJmj2OjTKwTskkQvyk-ZKHhYOVBVPfOq7j4RhnaVTKrDIJ5yOSBa77A-Q8aPNlQ0Df9LemraueNrIY6k364Gli78B77-2Nuuhf9oO1iBEQig2/s72-c/Tim%20LeBon%201920x1080.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-2964115241769544403</id><published>2023-05-02T05:53:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2023-05-02T05:53:37.069+00:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;If you are interested in how to be happy and lead a good life, check out this short blog post published on Psychology today&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/365-ways-to-be-more-stoic/202305/virtues-happiness-and-stoicism&quot;&gt;https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/365-ways-to-be-more-stoic/202305/virtues-happiness-and-stoicism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These thoughts are explored in more detail in chapter 2 of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ways-More-Stoic-day-day-ebook/dp/B0B1PY1954&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;365 Ways to be More Stoic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
  7. Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/2964115241769544403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/05/you-are-interested-in-how-to-be-happy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/2964115241769544403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/2964115241769544403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/05/you-are-interested-in-how-to-be-happy.html' title=''/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-4298531264602821591</id><published>2023-03-25T11:30:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2023-03-25T11:30:10.580+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="happiness"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="positive psychology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoicism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="virtues"/><title type='text'>Stoicism and Positive Psychology</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/zQbK6638frg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;zQbK6638frg&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was a great pleasure to take part in what I think turned out to be an extremely fruitful dialogue between &lt;a href=&quot;https://thepositivepsychologist.com/&quot;&gt;Lisa Avery&lt;/a&gt; and myself on Stoicism and Positive Psychology, expertly hosted by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.stoicare.com/&quot;&gt;Stoicare&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.stoicare.com/about&quot;&gt;Paul Wilson.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whilst caricatures would suggest opposition between these two examples of ancient wisdom and modern psychology, Lisa and I suggest otherwise.&amp;nbsp; As Lisa clarified, Positive Psychology is not &quot;happy-clappy&quot;. It is all about evidence-based ways to enhance well-being - which is understood to embrace both eudaimonic well-being &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.timlebon.com/2014/09/achieving-your-potential-with-positive_23.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;(PERMA&lt;/a&gt;, flourishing, living an ethically good life) and hedonistic well-being (positive emotions).&amp;nbsp; Lisa emphasized that there is room for negative emotions and gave a shout-out for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.susandavid.com/video/four-steps-to-achieve-emotional-agility/&quot;&gt;Susan Davids&#39; work on emotional agility.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I pointed out that our research shows that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/365-ways-to-be-more-stoic/202301/why-stoicism-is-more-relevant-than-you-might-think&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Stoicism enhances positive emotions such as joy and optimism and, notably, zest&lt;/a&gt;. Stoicism is neither about being emotion-free nor about repressing emotions. Nor is it about being isolated and passive, as illustrated by Hierocles&#39; remarkable Circles of Concern&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2uc_9CurbhoxQGe6uad4UPttLTCsa5cYTsrZ0fZENSZ9KiauG3ZUTkFTQT1lhw__-5HTjnGlPyj6XeP-LWkHeopswWqUOsfavJz4og-LZqXW8pkvqVAXjxZDbtyX931ERmYwYJNKfej4rAyxfai6djuYI1GRrl0PolpFqhZMroRqABE3wgg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; data-original-height=&quot;938&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1835&quot; height=&quot;205&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2uc_9CurbhoxQGe6uad4UPttLTCsa5cYTsrZ0fZENSZ9KiauG3ZUTkFTQT1lhw__-5HTjnGlPyj6XeP-LWkHeopswWqUOsfavJz4og-LZqXW8pkvqVAXjxZDbtyX931ERmYwYJNKfej4rAyxfai6djuYI1GRrl0PolpFqhZMroRqABE3wgg=w400-h205&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not to say that Stoicism and Positive Psychology are identical. Stoicism emphasises the core role of wisdom and the unity of the virtues, whereas Positive Psychology often presents the virtues, aka character strengths, as being less intimately connected, and wisdom as being just one virtue amongst many.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Positive Psychology rightly, I think, reminds us of the positive spin-offs of positive emotions as well as the part they play in the good life.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was delighted that a number of participants felt inspired by the session&amp;nbsp; - a feeling shared by Lisa, Paul and myself. As with any good session, it left me with some questions to ponder, including&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- how can we best test some of the specific exercises proposed by Stoicism -&amp;nbsp; such as the premeditation of adversity (negative visualisation), evening review, and use of Hierocles&#39; Circles of Concern and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhDbTZXFCBM&quot;&gt;View from Above&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; To be clear, we have a lot of evidence that Stoicism as a whole work, but less about the individual interventions&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-can we find a win-win between Stoics&#39; insistence that pleasure can be a dangerous trap and Positive Psychology placing positive emotions firmly as part of the good life? (the careful reader might notice that not all positive emotions involve pleasure, and this could be part of the answer. The Stoic would also say that pleasure is absolutely to be preferred if it is a spin-off of virtuous action, rather than something that is prioritised over good character)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-how can we have more fruitful dialogue between Stoics and Positive Psychologists?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are some within the Positive Psychology who have already shown an interest in eudaimonic well-being and virtue ethics (of which Stoicism is an example).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kesebir and Diener, in their seminal article,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2309566&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; A Virtuous Cycle - Virtues and Happiness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They argue that the good life, flourishing, can be viewed as the peak of a mountain that can be approached from two sides. One side - envisaged by the Stoics, emphasises cultivating and prioritising the virtues. Another side, advocated by positive psychologists, involves understanding and building key components of the good life - such as positive emotions, engagement (flow), positive relationships, meaning and accomplishment (PERMA).&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Could it be that there is much to be said for both routes?. What if we aimed to combine the best of both approaches? Building virtues &lt;i&gt;and &lt;/i&gt;thinking about how best to build PERMA?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMm44i6LUgccz1Uo0zYthFaq7ey_aQgjP8aANzjkHye-NcdRXOA1DEIXpuxKw7nIR12XImmB8aIEnPapQb1UWwe38GwUgy4f1-OhPOTJW8BKNguE5f35JX6tSj1vi1Den967_X5KjMVchzmIPU9agsg0rWY3gQUCn26TUZIt4BJu3Qd58vVQ&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; data-original-height=&quot;354&quot; data-original-width=&quot;611&quot; height=&quot;231&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMm44i6LUgccz1Uo0zYthFaq7ey_aQgjP8aANzjkHye-NcdRXOA1DEIXpuxKw7nIR12XImmB8aIEnPapQb1UWwe38GwUgy4f1-OhPOTJW8BKNguE5f35JX6tSj1vi1Den967_X5KjMVchzmIPU9agsg0rWY3gQUCn26TUZIt4BJu3Qd58vVQ=w400-h231&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can watch the entire discussion on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbK6638frg&quot;&gt;Stoicism and Positive Psychology here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For further ways to incorporate Positive Psychology into Stoicism, see my &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ways-More-Stoic-day-day-ebook/dp/B0B1PY1954/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;365 Ways to be more Stoic,&lt;/a&gt; including chapters on each of the virtues (courage, wisdom, self-control and justice).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
  8. Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/4298531264602821591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/03/stoicism-and-positive-psychology.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/4298531264602821591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/4298531264602821591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/03/stoicism-and-positive-psychology.html' title='Stoicism and Positive Psychology'/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/zQbK6638frg/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-4091480021210967087</id><published>2023-02-19T21:24:00.002+00:00</published><updated>2023-02-19T21:24:08.958+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="modern stoicism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoicism"/><title type='text'>Stoic Week results 2022 published!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://modernstoicism.com/report-on-stoic-week-2022-by-tim-lebon/&quot;&gt;Report on Stoic Week 2022&amp;nbsp;by Tim LeBon | Modern stoicism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5d5c61; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The tenth annual Stoic Week took place in October 2022. This year’s theme was:&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Stoicism and Wellbeing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Stoic Week 2022 was written and facilitated by Tim LeBon and Eve Riches, with support from the Modern Stoicism team and a group of volunteers. This report summarises the findings from Stoic Week 2022 in terms of its contribution to Stoic research.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5d5c61; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;This year we made a deliberate decision to largely retain the materials from 2021. Stoic Week is intended primarily as an introduction to Stoicism for newcomers, so it made sense to fine-tune the improved and well-received 2021 Handbook, rather “reinvent the wheel.” At the same time Stoic Week also functions as a refresher to seasoned Stoics, so we were interested in learning whether doing Stoic Week for a second time would still &amp;nbsp;be beneficial.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5d5c61; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;This year there were 3 main questions we looked to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5d5c61; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5d5c61; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Read on at ..&lt;a href=&quot;https://modernstoicism.com/report-on-stoic-week-2022-by-tim-lebon/&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent;&quot;&gt;Report on Stoic Week 2022&amp;nbsp;by Tim LeBon | Modern stoicism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
  9. Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/4091480021210967087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/02/stoic-week-results-2022-published.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/4091480021210967087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/4091480021210967087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/02/stoic-week-results-2022-published.html' title='Stoic Week results 2022 published!'/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-2045373415174357871</id><published>2023-02-19T21:12:00.008+00:00</published><updated>2023-02-19T21:14:50.359+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoicism"/><title type='text'>Stoa Conversations  Podcast - interviewed by  Caleb Ontiverus on 365 Ways and how Stoicism addresses anxiety -and more</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stoameditation.com/blog/how-stoicism-addresses-anxiety/&quot;&gt;How Stoicism Addresses Anxiety with Tim Lebon (stoameditation.com)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313b3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&quot;How does Stoicism actually make a psychological difference?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313b3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;In this conversation, Caleb Ontiveros speaks with the author, researcher and psychologist,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://londontherapy.timlebon.com/p/welcome.html&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(4, 24, 31) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #04181f; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;&quot;&gt;Tim Lebon&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on that very question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313b3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Tim shares how Stoicism has made a concrete difference to his life and how it has transformed the lives of others. He then discusses how Stoicism works and how it can help you shape you into a more resilient person.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313b3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;We end with a discussion on the future of Stoicism.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313b3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Ways-More-Stoic-day-day/dp/1529390443&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(4, 24, 31) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #04181f; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;&quot;&gt;365 Ways to Be More Stoic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313b3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;(1:15) What is Stoicism?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313b3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;(5:00) How has Stoicism made a difference to Tim?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313b3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;(10:00) How has it made a difference to others?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313b3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;(20:00) How Stoicism works&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313b3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;(36:00) The future of Stoicism&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313b3f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
  10. Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/2045373415174357871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/02/conversation-featured-on-stoa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/2045373415174357871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/2045373415174357871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/02/conversation-featured-on-stoa.html' title='Stoa Conversations  Podcast - interviewed by  Caleb Ontiverus on 365 Ways and how Stoicism addresses anxiety -and more'/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-2008158679189813724</id><published>2023-02-19T20:56:00.005+00:00</published><updated>2023-02-19T21:03:57.668+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="modern stoicism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoicism"/><title type='text'>Excerpts from 365 Ways to be more Stoic and exclusive book summary from The Stoic Magazine</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;The Stoic Magazine has just published an excerpt from 365 Ways to be more Stoic, including what I hope is a helpful summary of key themes. The article begins ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;My new book, 365 Ways to be More Stoic, aims to be a practical, day-by-day guide to help the reader learn about Stoicism and build a consistent practice. It includes chapters on key Stoic ideas like the dichotomy of control, the virtues, and managing emotions. I reflected on the Stoic insights that my therapy clients find most insightful and wrote a chapter on each. So, you will find a whole chapter on anger management and dealing with adversity, and, maybe more surprisingly, on time management.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/24395050/2008158679189813724&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Read on &lt;/a&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://thestoicgym.com/sites/default/uploads/0f54cc8e1835801538ad1157ef514499.pdf   &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
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Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/2008158679189813724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/02/excerpts-from-365-ways-to-be-more-stoic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/2008158679189813724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/2008158679189813724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/02/excerpts-from-365-ways-to-be-more-stoic.html' title='Excerpts from 365 Ways to be more Stoic and exclusive book summary from The Stoic Magazine'/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-118114605508339918</id><published>2023-01-14T16:15:00.014+00:00</published><updated>2023-02-19T21:21:32.455+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="365 Ways to be more Stoic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="modern stoicism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoicism"/><title type='text'>Stoicism featured on BBC Radio Scotland</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Why Stoicism is more interesting than you think&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Featuring Tim LeBon and Kathryn Koromilas&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://archive.org/details/BBC_Radio_Scotland_FM_20230108_090000?start=1627&quot;&gt;BBC Radio Scotland FM : January 08, 2023 09:00AM-12:00PM GMT : Free Borrow &amp;amp; Streaming : Internet Archive&lt;/a&gt;#&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;(starts at 27 minutes)&amp;nbsp; for 13 minutes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;From the&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;il&quot;&gt;Radio&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;il&quot;&gt;Scotland&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;programme website&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: #3a3c3e; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Stoicism may be associated with someone who bottles up their feelings and keeps a stiff upper lip, but its origins are more philosophical and practical. Amid the various challenges we’re facing - be that the pandemic, the cost of living crisis, or our own daily frustrations - can a stoic approach help? Tim LeBon - research director of Modern Stoicism, practicing CBT therapist and author of 365 Ways to be More Stoic and Kathryn Koromilas, host of The Stoic Salon podcast explore the value of this fascinating approach to life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: #3a3c3e; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
  12. Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/118114605508339918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/01/stoicism-featured-on-radio-scotland.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/118114605508339918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/118114605508339918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2023/01/stoicism-featured-on-radio-scotland.html' title='Stoicism featured on BBC Radio Scotland'/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-1386965174012847534</id><published>2021-03-20T15:40:00.003+00:00</published><updated>2021-03-20T15:40:34.387+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="covid-19"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoicism"/><title type='text'>What is a Stoic Response to Pandemic - Prof Chris Gill, Tim LeBon and Eve Riches - Full presentation available</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/XHPQM-8en7o&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;XHPQM-8en7o&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
  13. Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/1386965174012847534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2021/03/what-is-stoic-response-to-pandemic-prof.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/1386965174012847534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/1386965174012847534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2021/03/what-is-stoic-response-to-pandemic-prof.html' title='What is a Stoic Response to Pandemic - Prof Chris Gill, Tim LeBon and Eve Riches - Full presentation available'/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/XHPQM-8en7o/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-3643987610979245635</id><published>2021-02-23T08:10:00.004+00:00</published><updated>2021-02-23T08:10:37.985+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="covid-19"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="modern stoicism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoicism"/><title type='text'>What Is A Stoic Response to The Pandemic?</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; src=&quot;https://youtube.com/embed/XHPQM-8en7o&quot; width=&quot;480&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
  14. Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/3643987610979245635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2021/02/what-is-stoic-response-to-pandemic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/3643987610979245635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/3643987610979245635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2021/02/what-is-stoic-response-to-pandemic.html' title='What Is A Stoic Response to The Pandemic?'/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/XHPQM-8en7o/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-348625934725987094</id><published>2021-02-02T16:59:00.003+00:00</published><updated>2021-02-02T21:15:24.624+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoicism"/><title type='text'>Let&#39;s celebrate a new holiday - Groundhog Day - every February 2nd!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;Did you know that&amp;nbsp; Groundhog Day is a real thing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;Yes, there&amp;nbsp; really is an annual ceremony in&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222;&quot;&gt;Punxsutawney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;where they&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;produce a groundhog called&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222;&quot;&gt;Phil.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;Did you also know that Groundhog Day is&amp;nbsp; today, February 2nd?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;&quot;OK&quot;, I hear you protest, &quot;But why celebrate Groundhog Day as a holiday?&amp;nbsp;Doesn&#39;t Groundhog Day mean a day in which events are being repeated so everything is boring and meaningless? Like in lockdown! Why celebrate that?&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JME7xQ0_HWB4x1jb4LmtzQaY-Qnt7yYsxJkl-pgt-BhRjleA87VtaKSAPLxWYeA2cTbu49V07bWI77itZmWsMvCe8vGAblpFUegNm9SiYnsmbeZvo51In9ZvL-UxypQjTTfj/s637/Andiegroundhog.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;526&quot; data-original-width=&quot;637&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JME7xQ0_HWB4x1jb4LmtzQaY-Qnt7yYsxJkl-pgt-BhRjleA87VtaKSAPLxWYeA2cTbu49V07bWI77itZmWsMvCe8vGAblpFUegNm9SiYnsmbeZvo51In9ZvL-UxypQjTTfj/s320/Andiegroundhog.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;I put it to you that this is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; the real meaning of&amp;nbsp; the movie, Groundhog Day.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;For this film is philosophy masquerading as comedy - a bit like another favourite of mine, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/600054/the-good-place-moral-philosophy-concepts&quot;&gt;The Good Place.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;I&#39;ve written &lt;a href=&quot; Groundhog Day and Stoicism&quot;&gt;elsewhere &lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;about what I take to me the deep philosophical message of Groundhog Day - you can find it here -&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://modernstoicism.com/the-stoicism-of-groundhog-dayby-tim-lebon/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Groundhog Day and Stoicism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;But in this article I want to share with you the reason why I think we should celebrate Groundhog Day as a holiday.&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s because I think that if we did, we might have a really nice day - like I have today, the first day I have tried it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;The idea of someone being stuck in a time loop and repeating everything forever is not entirely new. In fact the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche came up with a rather similar notion in his theory &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333;&quot;&gt;of Eternal
  15. Recurrence. The idea of Nietzsche&#39;s theory is is that literally relive every moment of your life again, for all eternity.&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s one of those thoughts that can concentrate the mind wonderfully.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a;&quot;&gt;You might like to try this “Eternal Recurrence/Groundhog Day” thought
  16. experiment out for yourself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #4a4a4a; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;The &lt;i&gt;Groundhog Day&lt;/i&gt; Thought Experiment&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #4a4a4a; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;Design a day to relive for all eternity.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #4a4a4a; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;Who would you be
  17. with, where would you be what would you do?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #1a1a1b; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;
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  23. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;I&#39;ve often asked clients and students to jot down how they would spend Groundhog Day.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;It great at&amp;nbsp; helping people clarify their values.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;But &lt;b&gt;why leave it at that?&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; Why not actually &lt;i&gt;live &lt;/i&gt;your Groundhog Day?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;And when would be better to do it than on the actual Groundhog Day, February 2nd.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;If you were reliving a day for all eternity, wouldn&#39;t you want to make every second count?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;Wouldn&#39;t you be &lt;i&gt;extremely &lt;/i&gt;careful not to repeat patterns of behaviour that you knew were likely to be self-defeating.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;So I tried it&amp;nbsp; myself for the first time today.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;I finished writing my article on &lt;a href=&quot;https://modernstoicism.com/the-stoicism-of-groundhog-dayby-tim-lebon/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Groundhog Day and Stoicism&lt;/a&gt; and sent it off to be published.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;I&amp;nbsp; avoided my usual habit of&amp;nbsp; playing on-line bridge first thing in the morning because, although it&#39;s fun, it&#39;s also addictive and I would not really want to be playing bridge for&amp;nbsp; too long on my day to be repeated forever.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;I asked myself &quot;What would it be better to do instead? What is good for me and always makes me feel better?&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;I knew the answer, though I didn&#39;t like it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;As it was my Groundhog Day, I did what I knew I should, and went for a run. Sure enough I felt much better afterwards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;What next?&amp;nbsp; There is lots of research that suggests that&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/the-science-of-kindnessw3iFnRozOpPTphXvBDRP1yG&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;random acts of kindness&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;benefit both the giver and receiver of kindness. I&#39;d definitely want to include them on my Groundhog Day, so I brought in the bin, made my wife coffee and dealt with some correspondence in a kindly manner/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;Next I asked -&amp;nbsp; with whom do I want to interact&amp;nbsp; today? It&#39;s lockdown here, so my options are limited, but I sent out some emails and text messages and&amp;nbsp; spoke to some close friends. They responded positively, especially when I explained I was contacting them because I wanted them to be part of my Groundhog Day!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;And so it continued. By chance - I think - some other good things started happening to me as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;It was turning into a pretty good day.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;Then I had an idea. What if lot&#39;s of people celebrated Groundhog Day in this way, at the same time?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;What if lots of people doing random acts of kindness at the same time? 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  25. news is not a recent phenomenon. Nor is its propagation limited to Russian bots
  26. or extreme right-wing media outlets. In this article my aim is to dispel a long-standing
  27. and pernicious myth about Stoicism, the ancient philosophy founded by Zeno of
  28. Citium around 300 BCE which is currently enjoying something of a resurgence. The
  29. “fake news” claims that &amp;nbsp;Stoicism is&amp;nbsp; a dour, grim philosophy advocating the
  30. repression of emotions – the “stiff upper lip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;The truth about
  31. Stoicism is very different. Stoicism is in fact a positive, constructive life
  32. philosophy advocating active, virtuous engagement with the world. In this
  33. article I will first provide theoretical reasons to challenge the stiff upper
  34. lip view of Stoicism and then share recent empirical evidence about Stoicism
  35. that I hope will reduce the plausibility of the notion that Stoicism should be
  36. equated with a “stiff upper lip”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2-pBt7cd2gw4I2xji_EPEEFWLGQpIRUcdr5DRtb4HFB4RzBMHdsUVju9uFPwTzNgmSfTo-7A0-hke_EDeutml-MhLHXfYMSOdVpuu0xKx9DKhTMVMTPNd2Nm4A9NwUE7m_mZ/s825/FakeNewsStiffUpperLip.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;457&quot; data-original-width=&quot;825&quot; height=&quot;221&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2-pBt7cd2gw4I2xji_EPEEFWLGQpIRUcdr5DRtb4HFB4RzBMHdsUVju9uFPwTzNgmSfTo-7A0-hke_EDeutml-MhLHXfYMSOdVpuu0xKx9DKhTMVMTPNd2Nm4A9NwUE7m_mZ/w400-h221/FakeNewsStiffUpperLip.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  37.  
  38. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;The idea that Stoicism is all about the stiff upper
  39. lip and resignation is not new. To be perfectly honest, it influenced my view
  40. of Stoicism before I began studying Stoicism earnest over the last decade. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;A recent example (by no means the only one) of
  41. the stiff upper lip view of Stoicism &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;is provided
  42. by the classicist Edith Hall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;, author of a popular philosophy book on
  43. Aristotle, who &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;wrote in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://aeon.co/essays/what-can-aristotle-teach-us-about-the-routes-to-happiness&quot;&gt;2018
  44. article&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  45.  
  46. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-indent: 36pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&quot;Authentic ancient Stoicism was
  47. pessimistic and grim. It denounced pleasure. It required the suppression of
  48. emotions and physical appetites.” &lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_edn1&quot; name=&quot;_ednref1&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn1;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[i]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  49.  
  50. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  51.  
  52. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;The truth is that Stoics (ancient and modern) don’t
  53. repress negative emotions. They don’t need to. &lt;i&gt;Stoics see the world in such &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;a way that they don’t have these negative
  54. emotions in the first place.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  55.  
  56. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;The &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2020
  57. Stoic Week Handbook explains why this is the case.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  58.  
  59. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: .75pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0.75pt 8pt -0.25pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;“As we make progress towards virtue and happiness,
  60. our emotional life changes. We stop having ethically misguided and intense or
  61. conflicted emotions (sometimes called ‘passions’) and we move towards having
  62. ‘good emotions’… The passions are misguided because the passionate person
  63. supposes that happiness depends on acquiring or retaining ‘preferred
  64. indifferents’, such as wealth or fame (rather than on exercising the virtues).
  65. This mistake generates emotions such as anger, fear, or overwhelming lust; as
  66. well as being mistaken, these emotions are often marked by intensity of
  67. feeling, instability and inner conflict.“&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  68.  
  69. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  70.  
  71. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;In other words, Stoics don’t despise pleasure and
  72. other so-called external goods , but neither do they overestimate their
  73. importance. Instead, Stoics prioritise &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;being a good person&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;which equates with living according to the
  74. virtues. Since Stoics place less relative value on pleasure and other external
  75. goods (also called “preferred indifferents”), Stoics don’t feel the negative
  76. emotions in the first place so there is no need for the stiff upper lip. Furthermore
  77. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Stoics do not advocate unconditional
  78. resignation – the other part of the stiff upper lip myth. Much as recommended
  79. by the Serenity Prayer (a version of which can be found at the beginning of
  80. Epictetus’s Enchiridion, long before its use in AA), the Stoic distinguishes
  81. between what you can control and what you cannot control. The Stoic accepts
  82. with serenity what cannot be controlled, and uses courage – and other relevant
  83. virtues – to change &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;those things that
  84. can and should be changed. In the words of Epictetus:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  85.  
  86. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;“On the occasion of every accident
  87. (event) that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power
  88. you have (virtue) for turning it to use”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  89.  
  90. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-indent: 36pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Epictetus,
  91. Enchiridion X&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  92.  
  93. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;A topical example may help to explain this difference
  94. between the “stiff upper lip” attitude and real Stoicism.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  95.  
  96. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Imagine your foreign holiday has been cancelled
  97. because of Covid-19. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Someone with a
  98. stiff upper lip would no doubt feel very upset and then repress their feelings
  99. and do nothing about the problem. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Not a
  100. very good response, so we can understand why the stiff upper lip has a bad
  101. press! Now let’s contrast this with real Stoicism. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  102.  
  103. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;In the first place, a real Stoic would not feel very
  104. upset. A foreign holiday is something they would like to have, but it’s not the
  105. end of the world if it doesn’t happen. What’s more important for the Stoic is conducting
  106. themselves well, which means exercising the virtues.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  107.  
  108. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;A Stoic would
  109. apply Epictetus’s advice and ask ourselves “What virtues do I need to handle
  110. this situation well?”&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Here’s one
  111. possible answer. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  112.  
  113. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;“I need &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  114.  
  115. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;·&lt;span style=&quot;font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Wisdom
  116. – to know the difference between what I can’t control (government policy and
  117. the pandemic) and what I can control (my response). I need to focus on the my
  118. response.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  119.  
  120. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;·&lt;span style=&quot;font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Creativity
  121. – how can I have a nice time with my family without going abroad?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  122.  
  123. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;·&lt;span style=&quot;font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Perspective
  124. – the pandemic won’t last forever and I can have a foreign holiday next year
  125. &amp;amp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  126.  
  127. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpLast&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;·&lt;span style=&quot;font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Cheerfulness
  128. – to be positive about the new plans with the rest of the family”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  129.  
  130. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;So neither the stiff upper lip &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;or resignation form any part of the Stoic
  131. response to adversity.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  132.  
  133. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;I put this argument to a friend recently and got
  134. this rather sceptical response. “Tim, this is all very well in theory, but do
  135. you have any evidence whatsoever that Stoicism helps in practice?”&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Actually, we do! In 2012 an organisation
  136. called Modern Stoicism was founded by Professor Christopher Gill at the
  137. University of Exeter, partly &lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #1a1a1a;&quot;&gt;to
  138. test out whether ancient Stoic life guidance could help people in their daily
  139. lives.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I had written about practical
  140. philosophy and psychology and was a practising psychotherapist who drew on
  141. philosophy so I was invited to an explotory 2 day workshop in Exeter. When I received
  142. the email invitation in 2012, I hesitated. Why? Because at that time I too had
  143. been influenced by the “stiff upper lip” fake news about Stoicism ! Fortunately,
  144. I kept a sufficiently open mind to travel to Exeter. The first Modern Stoicism
  145. event was very small scale – there was less than a dozen of us. On the first
  146. day, there was &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;a seminar where a small interdisciplinary
  147. group of classicists, psychologists, philosophers and psychotherapists
  148. discussed the feasibility of running something called “Stoic Week”. The idea
  149. was that people would be invited over the internet to “live like a Stoic” for a
  150. week. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;We realised &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;that we could evaluate the impact of Stoicism
  151. by administering well-being questionnaires before and after the Stoic training.
  152. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;On the second day, Chris Gill gave a
  153. talk on Stoicism that led me to realise that my previous understanding of
  154. Stoicism was but a cartoon caricature of the real thing.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I became curious about Stoicism and agreed to
  155. lead the initial research project for Modern Stoicism. Still, I was somewhat &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;cautious in my expectations for Stoic Week
  156. 2012. Imagine my surprise, then , when we found that not only were a large
  157. number of people interested in Stoic Week, but also that they seemed to benefit
  158. a lot. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  159.  
  160. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Participants said
  161. things like &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  162.  
  163. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 36pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;“&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;It has made me much more relaxed, more
  164. focused on what truly matters, and strangely in command of my life. Not of the
  165. externals, but of that which truly matters (the internals)” and &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  166.  
  167. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 36pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;“[it] helped relax and
  168. put things in perspective”.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  169.  
  170. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;They also reported a significant increase in life
  171. satisfaction and positive emotions, and a decrease in negative emotions.
  172. Flourishing increased by 10% after just one week of Stoicism. Encouraged, we
  173. ran more &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Stoic weeks. Interest grew as
  174. many as 8000 people took part in 2017 &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and we developed more sophisticated measures –
  175. the most notable being the Stoic Attitudes and Behaviours Scale (SABS) – which
  176. measures how Stoic someone is. We have measured the relationship between
  177. Stoicism and other important outcomes as well as well-being, such as anger,
  178. character strengths and resilience. We have also developed a longer Stoic
  179. training, SMRT – a month long course focussing on Stoic mindfulness and
  180. resilience.&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_edn2&quot; name=&quot;_ednref2&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn2;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[ii]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  181.  
  182. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Since I became part of the Modern Stoicism team,
  183. I’ve moved from being something of a sceptic about Stoicism to being much more positive
  184. about its &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;impact. This is largely
  185. because of the very positive findings. Here are some of the headlines:-&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  186.  
  187. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraph&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;-&lt;span style=&quot;font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;When people in Stoic Week practice Stoicism for a
  188. week there is (on average) &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;a significant
  189. increase in their well-being.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  190.  
  191. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;-&lt;span style=&quot;font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  192. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;People who learn Stoicism generally &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;experience less &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;negative emotions and at the same time more positive
  193. emotions, such as contentment and joy.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  194.  
  195. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;-&lt;span style=&quot;font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  196. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;There is large association between the
  197. degree of Stoicism and well-being. Given the size of sample sizes (several thousand),
  198. the chances of this association being accidental is less than one in a million.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  199.  
  200. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;-&lt;span style=&quot;font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  201. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;Stoicism had been found to reduce the
  202. amount of anger, and the pathway towards this reduction is not by repressing
  203. anger &lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_edn3&quot; name=&quot;_ednref3&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn3;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;[iii]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  204.  
  205. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;-&lt;span style=&quot;font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;All character strengths are positively associated
  206. with Stoicism, including gratitude, kindness, hope and love&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  207.  
  208. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;-&lt;span style=&quot;font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Zest turns out to be the character strength
  209. most associated with&amp;nbsp;Stoicism&amp;nbsp;and also the strength that increased
  210. the most during&amp;nbsp;Stoic&amp;nbsp;Week&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_edn4&quot; name=&quot;_ednref4&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn4;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;[iv]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  211.  
  212. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;-&lt;span style=&quot;font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;Stoicism is strongly associated with all the
  213. virtues&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  214.  
  215. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;-&lt;span style=&quot;font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;Empathy turns out to be the virtue most strongly
  216. associated with Stoicism&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  217.  
  218. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  219.  
  220. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;Are these findings
  221. enough to completely dispel the negative view of Stoicism as “fake news?” Alas
  222. not. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The stiff upper lip view &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;is very pervasive and has even gotten its way
  223. into the dictionary! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;&quot;&gt;A typical dictionary definition of
  224. stoicism reads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  225.  
  226. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;“&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;the quality of
  227. experiencing pain or trouble without complaining or showing your emotions:” &lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_edn5&quot; name=&quot;_ednref5&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn5;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[v]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  228.  
  229. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;The
  230. negative view of Stoicism also pervades health literature.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  231.  
  232. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;“In health literature it [stoicism] is used to
  233. describe illness behaviour characterized by silent endurance and lack of
  234. emotion – often described as a ‘stiff upper lip’” write Moore and colleagues
  235. (2012).&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_edn6&quot; name=&quot;_ednref6&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn6;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[vi]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  236. Moreover, research suggests that the stiff upper lip is associated with &lt;i&gt;negative
  237. &lt;/i&gt;outcomes. “Not acknowledging pain in non-self-limiting conditions, such as
  238. cancer, can lead to negative outcomes and poor pain management and treatment
  239. (Hillier, 1990)&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_edn7&quot; name=&quot;_ednref7&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn7;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[vii]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.
  240. Contemporary stoicism is often therefore seen to be ‘maladaptive’ in this context
  241. (Spiers, 2006). &lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_edn8&quot; name=&quot;_ednref8&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn8;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[viii]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  242. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  243.  
  244. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;There is even at least one &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;validated psychometric scale, the Liverpool
  245. Stoicism scale, that purports to measure Stoicism but in fact measures the
  246. stiff upper lip. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;It
  247. includes items like &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  248.  
  249. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;“&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;One should keep a stiff upper lip”,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  250.  
  251. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;“I don&#39;t really like people to
  252. know what I am feeling. “ and &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  253.  
  254. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;“It makes me uncomfortable when
  255. people express their emotions in front of me” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  256.  
  257. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  258.  
  259. &lt;h1 style=&quot;background: rgb(254, 249, 245); margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;My colleagues and I &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;within Modern Stoicism recognised that we had
  260. a problem. On the one hand, we knew that Stoicism, the life philosophy, is
  261. nothing to do with the stiff upper lip and has a whole host of potential
  262. benefits including resilience and well-being. On the other hand, the term “stoicism”
  263. has become synonymous with the stiff upper lip and resignation which is almost
  264. certainly &lt;i&gt;not &lt;/i&gt;conducive to well-being. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
  265.  
  266. &lt;h1 style=&quot;background: rgb(254, 249, 245); margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;What could be done? Several of my
  267. colleagues wrote rather good articles to try to dispel the myth. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-color-alt: windowtext;&quot;&gt;Patrick Ussher, a University of
  268. Exeter post-graduate who was instrumental in developing the first Stoic Week,
  269. had an article published in the Guardian entitled” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #121212; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;Be stoic for a week (stiff upper lip not required)” back in
  270. 2012&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_edn9&quot; name=&quot;_ednref9&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn9;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #121212; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;&quot;&gt;[ix]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  271. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-color-alt: windowtext;&quot;&gt;Donald Robertson, a
  272. leading figure in the Modern Stoicism movement, &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;wrote an article in 2018 emphasising the
  273. difference between what he called upper case Stoicism (the life philosophy) and
  274. lower case Stoicism (the stiff upper lip). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_edn10&quot; name=&quot;_ednref10&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn10;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;&quot;&gt;[x]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
  275.  
  276. &lt;h1 style=&quot;background: rgb(254, 249, 245); margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #121212; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
  277.  
  278. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Yet still the myth persists. Just a few days ago, a
  279. correspondent wrote to me telling me of research that showed that Stoicism was
  280. associated with reduced well-being. Guess what – this research was all about
  281. lower-case, stiff upper lip stoicism, but the research does &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;not make this distinction at all clear&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_edn11&quot; name=&quot;_ednref11&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn11;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[xi]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt; :&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;
  282. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  283.  
  284. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  285.  
  286. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;Earlier in 2020, we decided to
  287. tackle the problem head on. We resolved to conduct our own research to see
  288. whether lower-case stoicism was related to true Stoicism – or not. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;Modern Stoicism has developed a
  289. scale, the Stoic Attitudes and Behaviour Scale (SABS) to provide what we believe
  290. is a good assessment of the extent to which someone is truly Stoic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;What if we gave enough people the SABS scale
  291. (measuring true Stoicism) and the Liverpool Stoicism Scale (measuring stiff
  292. upper lip Stoicism). Then we could statistically determine once and for all
  293. whether Stoicism was or was not all about the stiff upper lip. Better still, if
  294. we gave participants a month of Stoic training, we could then &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;administer the scales at the end of the
  295. training and see whether a month of Stoicism had any impact on the stiff upper
  296. lip. If the stiff upper lip really was the same as true Stoicism, we would
  297. expect a very high correlation between the SABS and the Liverpool Scale, and we
  298. would expect participants’ Liverpool Scale score to increase significantly after
  299. a month’s Stoic training &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  300.  
  301. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;The SMRT training
  302. conducted in May and June 2020 allowed us to carry out this research.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Over 5000 people enrolled, so we had a very large,
  303. statistically significant sample. There were two the key findings&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_edn12&quot; name=&quot;_ednref12&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn12;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;[xii]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  304.  
  305. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;1.&lt;span style=&quot;font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;The correlation between the Liverpool Stoicism Scale (stiff upper lip
  306. stoicism) and SABS (true Stoicism) was actually negative - &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;-.1. (minus point one). &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;So being Stoic if anything means people &lt;i&gt;are
  307. less inclined&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;to have a stiff upper
  308. lip.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  309.  
  310. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpLast&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;2.&lt;span style=&quot;font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;Whilst &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;true Stoicism (as measured
  311. by SABS)&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;increased significantly after a
  312. month of Stoic training, &lt;i&gt;the tendency towards the stiff upper lip actually
  313. decreased&lt;/i&gt; (slightly) So training in Stoicism increases true Stoicism but
  314. not the tendency towards the stiff upper lip. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  315.  
  316. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  317.  
  318. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Will this be sufficient for the fallacious , “fake
  319. news” equation of&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  320.  
  321. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-indent: 36pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;“Stoicism=stiff upper
  322. lip and resignation”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  323.  
  324. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;to be
  325. replaced by more accurate &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  326.  
  327. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-indent: 36pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;“Stoicism = prioritising
  328. the virtues , controlling only what you can control and taking constructive
  329. action where feasible leading to equanimity and happiness”.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  330.  
  331. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Probably not.
  332. For one thing the fallacious message is much simpler!&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;My hope is &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;that at the very least the recent empirical
  333. research outlined in this article will make writers and researchers pause
  334. before they equate Stoicism with the stiff upper lip.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  335.  
  336. &lt;div style=&quot;mso-element: endnote-list;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEndnotes]--&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;
  337.  
  338. &lt;hr align=&quot;left&quot; size=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;33%&quot; /&gt;
  339.  
  340. &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;
  341.  
  342. &lt;div id=&quot;edn1&quot; style=&quot;mso-element: endnote;&quot;&gt;
  343.  
  344. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_ednref1&quot; name=&quot;_edn1&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn1;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[i]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://aeon.co/essays/what-can-aristotle-teach-us-about-the-routes-to-happiness&quot;&gt;https://aeon.co/essays/what-can-aristotle-teach-us-about-the-routes-to-happiness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  345.  
  346. &lt;/div&gt;
  347.  
  348. &lt;div id=&quot;edn2&quot; style=&quot;mso-element: endnote;&quot;&gt;
  349.  
  350. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoEndnoteText&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_ednref2&quot; name=&quot;_edn2&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn2;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[ii]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt; To see all the reports related to this research,
  351. visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://modernstoicism.com/research/&quot;&gt;https://modernstoicism.com/research/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  352.  
  353. &lt;/div&gt;
  354.  
  355. &lt;div id=&quot;edn3&quot; style=&quot;mso-element: endnote;&quot;&gt;
  356.  
  357. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoEndnoteText&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_ednref3&quot; name=&quot;_edn3&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn3;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[iii]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://modernstoicism.com/are-stoics-less-angry-than-other-people-stoic-week-2019-report-part-2-of-4-by-tim-lebon/&quot;&gt;https://modernstoicism.com/are-stoics-less-angry-than-other-people-stoic-week-2019-report-part-2-of-4-by-tim-lebon/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  358.  
  359. &lt;/div&gt;
  360.  
  361. &lt;div id=&quot;edn4&quot; style=&quot;mso-element: endnote;&quot;&gt;
  362.  
  363. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoEndnoteText&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_ednref4&quot; name=&quot;_edn4&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn4;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[iv]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://modernstoicism.com/stoic-week-2017-report-part-2-by-tim-lebon/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;https://modernstoicism.com/stoic-week-2017-report-part-2-by-tim-lebon/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  364.  
  365. &lt;/div&gt;
  366.  
  367. &lt;div id=&quot;edn5&quot; style=&quot;mso-element: endnote;&quot;&gt;
  368.  
  369. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoEndnoteText&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_ednref5&quot; name=&quot;_edn5&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn5;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[v]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stoicism&quot;&gt;https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stoicism&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  370.  
  371. &lt;/div&gt;
  372.  
  373. &lt;div id=&quot;edn6&quot; style=&quot;mso-element: endnote;&quot;&gt;
  374.  
  375. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoEndnoteText&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_ednref6&quot; name=&quot;_edn6&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn6;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[vi]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1363459312451179&quot;&gt;https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1363459312451179&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  376.  
  377. &lt;/div&gt;
  378.  
  379. &lt;div id=&quot;edn7&quot; style=&quot;mso-element: endnote;&quot;&gt;
  380.  
  381. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoEndnoteText&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_ednref7&quot; name=&quot;_edn7&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn7;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[vii]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://academic.oup.com/bmb/article-abstract/46/1/279/265425&quot;&gt;https://academic.oup.com/bmb/article-abstract/46/1/279/265425&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  382.  
  383. &lt;/div&gt;
  384.  
  385. &lt;div id=&quot;edn8&quot; style=&quot;mso-element: endnote;&quot;&gt;
  386.  
  387. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoEndnoteText&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_ednref8&quot; name=&quot;_edn8&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn8;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[viii]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00407.x&quot;&gt;https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00407.x&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  388.  
  389. &lt;/div&gt;
  390.  
  391. &lt;div id=&quot;edn9&quot; style=&quot;mso-element: endnote;&quot;&gt;
  392.  
  393. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_ednref9&quot; name=&quot;_edn9&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn9;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[ix]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/nov/28/stoic-week-stiff-upper-lip&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/nov/28/stoic-week-stiff-upper-lip&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;
  394. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  395.  
  396. &lt;/div&gt;
  397.  
  398. &lt;div id=&quot;edn10&quot; style=&quot;mso-element: endnote;&quot;&gt;
  399.  
  400. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoEndnoteText&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_ednref10&quot; name=&quot;_edn10&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn10;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[x]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://donaldrobertson.name/2018/01/03/whats-the-difference-between-stoicism-and-stoicism/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;https://donaldrobertson.name/2018/01/03/whats-the-difference-between-stoicism-and-stoicism/&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  401.  
  402. &lt;/div&gt;
  403.  
  404. &lt;div id=&quot;edn11&quot; style=&quot;mso-element: endnote;&quot;&gt;
  405.  
  406. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoEndnoteText&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_ednref11&quot; name=&quot;_edn11&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn11;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[xi]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://psyarxiv.com/6rtny/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1155cc; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;https://psyarxiv.com/6rtny/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  407.  
  408. &lt;/div&gt;
  409.  
  410. &lt;div id=&quot;edn12&quot; style=&quot;mso-element: endnote;&quot;&gt;
  411.  
  412. &lt;p class=&quot;MsoEndnoteText&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;file:///C:/Users/tim/Dropbox/Stoic%20Week%202020/Forget%20the%20stiff%20upper%20lip%20Final.docx#_ednref12&quot; name=&quot;_edn12&quot; style=&quot;mso-endnote-id: edn12;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-special-character: footnote;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;MsoEndnoteReference&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;[xii]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt; See &lt;a href=&quot;https://modernstoicism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SMRT-2020-Results-1.0.pdf&quot;&gt;https://modernstoicism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SMRT-2020-Results-1.0.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
  413. for the full report.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  414.  
  415. &lt;/div&gt;
  416.  
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It was sold out, but I believe more tickets have been made available.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1 style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #39364f; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; letter-spacing: 0.75px; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Program&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;All times are Eastern Standard Time (EST). Ticket payment is a donation amount of your choosing. Pay what you think it&#39;s worth. (Last year, standard price tickets sold for $105 USD each.)&amp;nbsp; UK Time is 5 hours ahead of EST, so it starts 1500 UK time on Saturday&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;10am – Introduction: Stoicism Today&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;Donald Robertson, author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Stoicism and the Art of Happiness&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;10.30am – What is Stoicism?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;John Sellars, Reader in Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London, and author most recently of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Lessons in Stoicism&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;(US:&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Pocket Stoic&lt;/em&gt;) and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Marcus Aurelius&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;11am – Does Stoicism Work?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;TIm LeBon, accredited CBT therapist and philosophical life coach, and author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Wise Therapy&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;How to Achieve Your Potential with Positive Psychology&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;11.30 – The Stoic Heart: Stoicism and Relationships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;Andi Sciacca, Founder and Executive Director, The MKE Food School&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;12pm – “That’s Nothing to Me”, a Reappraisal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;Greg Lopez, founder of New York City Stoics, co-founder &amp;amp; board member of The Stoic Fellowship, and co-author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;A Handbook for New Stoics&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;12.30pm – Reformed Stoicism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;Piotr Stankiewicz, University of Warsaw, author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Manual of Reformed Stoicism&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Does Happiness Write Blank Pages? On Stoicism and Artistic Creativity.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;1pm – Stoicism and Chronic Pain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;Karen &quot;Duff&quot; Duffy, NYT bestselling author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Backbone: Living with Chronic Pain without Turning into One&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;1.30pm - 2pm Break&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;2pm – Lighting Talks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;Hosted by Peter Limberg of the Toronto Stoics.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;3pm – Stoic Optimism, Stoic Joy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;Chuck Chakrapani, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ryerson University, Ted Rogers School of Management, author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Unshakeable Freedom&lt;/em&gt;, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;How To Be A Stoic When You Don&#39;t Know How&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;3.30pm – Marcus Aurelius, Self-Help Exemplar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;Tom Butler-Bowdon, author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;50 Philosophy Classics&lt;/em&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;50 Self-Help Classics&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;50 Psychology Classics&lt;/em&gt;. Series Editor for Wiley’s Capstone Classics including Marcus Aurelius’&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Meditations&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;(2020) and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Seneca’s Letters&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;(2021).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;4pm – Women Don’t Need Stoicism; Stoicism Needs Women&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;Sharon Lebell, author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;4.30pm – Stoicism in Action After Lockdown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;Christopher Gill, Emeritus Professor of Ancient Thought, University of Exeter, UK; editor of the Oxford World Classics translations of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;5pm – How do we Update Stoicism for the 21st Century?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;Massimo Pigliucci is the K.D. Irani professor of philosophy at the City College of New York. His new book is&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;A Field Guide to a Happy Life: 53 Brief Lessons for Living&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;5.30pm – Keynote: The Stoic Challenge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;William B. Irvine, Professor of Philosophy, Wright State University, author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;A Guide to the Good Life&lt;/em&gt;, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Stoic Challenge.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 700; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;6.15pm – Closing: What Next?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;Donald Robertson&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;(Also thanks to Greg Sadler, editor of Stoicism Today, president of ReasonIO, adjunct professor at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, for being our backup in case any of our speakers can&#39;t make it on the day.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #6f7287; font-family: &amp;quot;Neue Plak&amp;quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;&quot;&gt;This year Stoicon is sponsored and hosted by The Aurelius Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to increasing awareness of Stoic virtues. 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style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; Between now and the annual  Stoicon which takes place on 17th October , &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;I will be giving updates on the event and posting videos etc from past Stoicons and regarding this year&#39;s speakers.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;bi6gxh9e&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;blqs8&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;e98kn-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;e98kn-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;e98kn-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;First, here are the details  of this year&#39;s event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;e98kn-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Stoicon 2020 Online will take place on 17th October 2020.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;b9h87-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;bi6gxh9e aov4n071 lfifhrf7 _3kpz _3kq0 _3kq1 _3kq6&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;blqs8&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;b9h87-0-0&quot; style=&quot;counter-reset: ol0 0; 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data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;blqs8&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;dqab3-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;dqab3-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;dqab3-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;You can book now, and there is no charge (donations are appreciated but entirely voluntary)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;bi6gxh9e&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;blqs8&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;3k9tl-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;3k9tl-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;3k9tl-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Many people have asked about the connection between Stoicism and Buddhism. Here is a really interesting talk on the subject from Stoicon 2018 by Antonia Macaro, author of &lt;a href=&quot;tps://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076PMG5JB/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;btkr=1.  &quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;More than Happiness &lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/GAuIDe5d-Cs&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;GAuIDe5d-Cs&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;bi6gxh9e&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;blqs8&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;bhrj-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;bhrj-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;bhrj-0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;You might also like to look at Antonia&#39;s most recent book, written with her partner the well-known philosopher &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;diy96o5h&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;bhrj-1-0&quot; end=&quot;125&quot; spellcheck=&quot;false&quot; start=&quot;111&quot; style=&quot;background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Julian Baggini -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;bhrj-2-0&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;bhrj-2-1&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Users-Manual-Philosophy-Eventuality-ebook/dp/B07TPT1LYG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1599893769&amp;amp;sr=1-1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Life: A User&#39;s Manual&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;bhrj-2-2&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;bhrj-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;bhrj-2-2&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;bhrj-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;bhrj-2-2&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;A second book on Stoicism and Buddhism I would recommend is Patrick Ussher&#39;s  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1 class=&quot;a-spacing-none a-text-normal&quot; id=&quot;title&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: &amp;quot;Amazon Ember&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 400 !important; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; white-space: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;a-size-extra-large&quot; id=&quot;productTitle&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 19px !important; line-height: 1.2 !important; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stoicism-Western-Buddhism-Reflection-Philosophical-ebook/dp/B079ZC7X8G/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;amp;keywords=patrick+ussher&amp;amp;qid=1599894419&amp;amp;s=digital-text&amp;amp;sr=1-1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Stoicism &amp;amp; Western Buddhism: A Reflection on Two Philosophical Ways of Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;bhrj-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;bi6gxh9e&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;blqs8&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;4gslq-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI Historic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. 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Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/7320679706035309442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2020/09/stoicism-and-buddhism.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/7320679706035309442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/7320679706035309442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2020/09/stoicism-and-buddhism.html' title='Stoicism and Buddhism'/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/GAuIDe5d-Cs/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-478190504794033971</id><published>2020-09-05T07:03:00.002+00:00</published><updated>2020-09-05T07:03:47.476+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="modern stoicism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoicism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Stoicon"/><title type='text'>Virtual Stoicon 2020 announced for Oct 17th 2020 - enrolment is now open</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: var(--primary-text); 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style=&quot;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;&quot;&gt;I will be speaking, answering the question &lt;b&gt;Does&amp;nbsp;Stoicism work?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;bi6gxh9e&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;&quot;&gt;Between now and then I will be introducing you some of the others through their writings and videos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;bi6gxh9e&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;&quot;&gt;Today, let&#39;s meet the keynote speak&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 600;&quot;&gt;William Irvine ,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Professor of Philosophy, Wright State University, author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;A Guide to the Good Life&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, and most recently&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Stoic Challenge..&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;bi6gxh9e&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;&quot;&gt;His first Stoic book, A&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Guide to the Good Life&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;is one of the best books to recommend to people totally new to Stoicism.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;bi6gxh9e&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;&quot;&gt;Here is a nice short article written by Bill&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8&quot; 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tabindex=&quot;0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://modernstoicism.com/the-stoic-formula-for-a-happy-meaningful-life-by-william-irivin/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;bi6gxh9e&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;&quot;&gt;and here is a good video from&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h4 class=&quot;gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs n1l5q3vz&quot; dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 12px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql o3w64lxj b2s5l15y knj5qynh oo9gr5id&quot; 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At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
  423. Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/478190504794033971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2020/09/virtual-stoicon-2020-announced-for-oct.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/478190504794033971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/478190504794033971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2020/09/virtual-stoicon-2020-announced-for-oct.html' title='Virtual Stoicon 2020 announced for Oct 17th 2020 - enrolment is now open'/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-4572040655632191250</id><published>2020-07-17T10:07:00.004+00:00</published><updated>2020-07-17T10:13:09.199+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoicism"/><title type='text'>Guided Medation: The View from Above - free audio and vido versions</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My last past described the Stoic View from Above&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is a free guided meditation you can download and listen to&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I hope it&#39;s helpful&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot; https://tinyurl.com/ViewFromAboveTimLeBon&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;https://tinyurl.com/ViewFromAboveTimLeBon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;(free download: 13.5 minutes guided meditation)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href=&quot; https://tinyurl.com/ViewFromAboveTimLeBon&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As an alternative, here is the video of the presentation to New York on Independence Day - it includes a slightly different version of the meditation and some pre-amble and reflections.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;iframe allow=&quot;accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture&quot; allowfulls=&quot;&quot; br=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/qhDbTZXFCBM&quot; width=&quot;560&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is a script for the &lt;b&gt;Stoic View from above during a Pandemic by Tim LeBon&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
  424.  
  425. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“Let’s try the View from Above now as a
  426. meditation. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;It can be a powerful
  427. exercise, so if you are feeling emotionally fragile, if you are suffering from
  428. a recent loss, or depression or anxiety then I recommend you sit this out and
  429. come back to hear others experiences. Otherwise, lets spend about 6 minutes on
  430. this meditation together and see what we can learn from it.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  431.  
  432. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;“Close
  433. your eyes. Imagine that although you are still sitting where you are, you are
  434. also leaving your body, stepping out of everyday consciousness. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  435.  
  436. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Imagine
  437. yourself flying&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;like a bird in the sky,
  438. looking back down at yourself &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;As you fly
  439. higher, &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;what do you notice? Perhaps all
  440. the people in your town, scurrying around in their everyday activities.. Everyone
  441. is striving for happiness, but everyone is getting up in their own melodramas
  442. of the moment. Some may have the same very concerns as you, some may have the very
  443. same interests.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;There are other people &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;out there just like you. Seeing beyond the
  444. superficial differences in race, class and wealth, &lt;b&gt;everyone is all the same&lt;/b&gt;
  445. Can you begin to &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;see yourself as part of
  446. a brotherhood and sisterhood of human beings?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  447.  
  448. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;In this
  449. time of pandemic, some people are really struggling, losing their jobs, getting
  450. ill, losing loved ones. As you see these people like you who are really
  451. struggling, what &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;emotions come up for
  452. you? Some people might start notice a sense of compassion for the whole of
  453. humanity and a desire to alleviate suffering.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  454.  
  455. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;You soar
  456. higher above the earth. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;You can just
  457. about make out everyone below as minute figures, like ants.. Just as ants work
  458. together to make vast nests, &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;you realise
  459. that people are working together to produce more than any individual could. Workers
  460. in a factory in one part of town are producing goods that will be on the table
  461. tomorrow in another part of town. It as if you are all parts of the same body. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;By serving others you are also serving
  462. yourself. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;By harming others you are
  463. harming yourself. A kind word to a neighbour or colleague could empower them
  464. and help the community. On the other hand breaking social distancing rules&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;could well make things worse for everyone. From
  465. this viewpoint from above&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;, you &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;see the great web of causation in its totality.
  466. You understand that what you do makes a real difference You have choices, they
  467. have consequences.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  468.  
  469. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  470.  
  471. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Now you soar
  472. even higher, seeing the earth from the vantage point of outer space, as you
  473. would if you were an astronaut. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The
  474. earth appears to you like a small globe. As you get further away, the earth gets
  475. smaller and smaller until you can see of it is a pale blue dot. Seeing the
  476. earth as a pale blue dot from outer space, how significant do earthly matters
  477. become? You are just one of billions of people on the planet &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;earth. The earth itself &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;is just one of trillions o planets. From the
  478. point of view of the cosmos, how important are any of our everyday concerns? No
  479. wonder the Stoics label the common concerns for fame, for power, for wealth and
  480. even for health as indifferents. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  481.  
  482. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;At the
  483. same time, &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;as you look back at earth and
  484. see you whole cosmos, you begin to feel sense of awe. A sense of wonder&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;at the size of the cosmos. At how life exists
  485. at all, at how human beings, alone apparently out of all creatures, have the
  486. potential to use reason to live better lives. You understand that you &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;are a part of the cosmos. You have a part to
  487. play. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;You become an excellent being by
  488. developing the virtues. By becoming a virtuouso at living you play your role as
  489. part of the cosmos as well as you can. You can feel humility and awe at the
  490. cosmos at the same time as ambition and determination to cultivate virtue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  491.  
  492. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  493.  
  494. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Let’s now
  495. look at things from the perspective of time as well as &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;space, the view from eternity if you like. Imagine
  496. your life from the perspective of your grandchildren. What would you like to be
  497. able to tell your children about the part you played in the great pandemic of
  498. 2020? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  499.  
  500. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  501.  
  502. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Perhaps
  503. you have been finding the recent months of lockdown quite frustrating. Looking
  504. at the last 3 months from the perspective of eternity, can you see the pandemic
  505. as like winter. which will pass and be replaced by autumn and then spring and
  506. summer. Better times. lie ahead.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  507.  
  508. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  509.  
  510. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;You are
  511. able to see a day into the future. What can you do that will benefit yourself. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  512.  
  513. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;What
  514. about a months time? You visit one month from today&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  515.  
  516. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;What
  517. about&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;a year?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  518.  
  519. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;What
  520. about 10 years time?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  521.  
  522. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Others
  523. who you see in your birds eye view. You can see tomorrow. What can you do that
  524. will help&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  525.  
  526. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;As you
  527. saw back to earth – what can you do that will help those in foreign
  528. countries&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  529.  
  530. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;In your
  531. neighbourhood?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  532.  
  533. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;It is
  534. now &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;time to return to earth. What have
  535. you learnt? What message do you have for yourself?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  536.  
  537. &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;Now open
  538. your eyes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  539.  
  540. &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
  541. Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/4572040655632191250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2020/07/guided-medation-view-from-above.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/4572040655632191250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/4572040655632191250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2020/07/guided-medation-view-from-above.html' title='Guided Medation: The View from Above - free audio and vido versions'/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/qhDbTZXFCBM/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-1667248004602436837</id><published>2020-07-05T13:39:00.004+00:00</published><updated>2020-07-05T20:03:13.033+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meditation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoicism"/><title type='text'>The View from Above</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;I was privileged to talk to a group of New York Stoics on Independence Day yesterday via the wonders of Zoom.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I presented my version of The View from Above, with the focus on how it might help during a pandemic.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I also surprised a few Stoics by informing them there were 6 key virtues, not 4!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The View from Above is a Stoic meditation to help&amp;nbsp; see the big picture - the really big picture!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You see the earth from the perspective of the cosmos, as you soar like a bird in the sky towards the outer edges of the galaxy. It could also be called the View from Eternity, as you can also see things from the perspective of different time-frames.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It was a great group, and most people reported finding the presentation and meditation as interesting and helpful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I will post more&amp;nbsp; in due course, but wanted to share a little straight away.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipS-LBuPhDHELRB5qfa1bc4c1XWgfhMKQHaR_DL3oG79aFTM_99W-jljdXMPHlLr0DyVybt12_4i9oa95BdYNl-x8gyMRi1nzZG0uVfyOGalsncArjCuMXSWWdutPTXpA03OIX/s800/Above1.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;450&quot; data-original-width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;351&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipS-LBuPhDHELRB5qfa1bc4c1XWgfhMKQHaR_DL3oG79aFTM_99W-jljdXMPHlLr0DyVybt12_4i9oa95BdYNl-x8gyMRi1nzZG0uVfyOGalsncArjCuMXSWWdutPTXpA03OIX/w625-h351/Above1.jpg&quot; width=&quot;625&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;View from Above on the Pandemic July 4th 2020&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LL5mgWGoHgZRStvJIk6and4L6335-5Y1yp3VrTRGJRo7W-QzE61UL2QpzLsqN0FW1QFeosKHeuMx1qKthnen6OP0L-jjVe6Cqe16wYXQxmo3wqDvj9AZj2YpylW0fK5lzPS3/s800/AboveNY.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;450&quot; data-original-width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;351&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LL5mgWGoHgZRStvJIk6and4L6335-5Y1yp3VrTRGJRo7W-QzE61UL2QpzLsqN0FW1QFeosKHeuMx1qKthnen6OP0L-jjVe6Cqe16wYXQxmo3wqDvj9AZj2YpylW0fK5lzPS3/w625-h351/AboveNY.jpg&quot; width=&quot;625&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The View from Above New York&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Key take-homes included:-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000120&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1c1d08oQvD_x7d_-dA7CMpfUDGVnRSD_iRcCjDVP7hOTCVaFPNWx0rbAnrPIAa5sc4_6lRtNDvgUm7s8LnCwfdOT-8rTt7natU1ZUZfBcGOvstjeAP7UPmq68H2-rYDaA_5z/s1066/AboveMaxims.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;641&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1066&quot; height=&quot;375&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1c1d08oQvD_x7d_-dA7CMpfUDGVnRSD_iRcCjDVP7hOTCVaFPNWx0rbAnrPIAa5sc4_6lRtNDvgUm7s8LnCwfdOT-8rTt7natU1ZUZfBcGOvstjeAP7UPmq68H2-rYDaA_5z/w625-h375/AboveMaxims.jpg&quot; width=&quot;625&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000120&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
  542. Visit http://www.timlebon.com/consultations.htm&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/feeds/1667248004602436837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2020/07/the-view-from-above.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/1667248004602436837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/24395050/posts/default/1667248004602436837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://blog.timlebon.com/2020/07/the-view-from-above.html' title='The View from Above'/><author><name>Tim LeBon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04060569828784996629</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRQ0qX4WwCGF0G7glhFgDJpJ6FZND4AbX0b9SiEAgZjCD5Z9kS6JVa-tpYUTUr7licUkZIYlPel0CD_JVy7Y_z65A7caZQmdkwYBCq2NmQTBKCSw99t90a9CH6hTXE8g/s220/timlebon1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipS-LBuPhDHELRB5qfa1bc4c1XWgfhMKQHaR_DL3oG79aFTM_99W-jljdXMPHlLr0DyVybt12_4i9oa95BdYNl-x8gyMRi1nzZG0uVfyOGalsncArjCuMXSWWdutPTXpA03OIX/s72-w625-h351-c/Above1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24395050.post-1718377015650715775</id><published>2020-04-19T14:24:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2020-04-20T16:36:22.291+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="covid-19"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stoicism"/><title type='text'>Stoicism - Your questions answered - How Stoicism can help at a time of crisis part iv)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Do you agree that Stoicism could be worth thinking about right now?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  543. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  544. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  545. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  546. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Stoicism might help you &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.timlebon.com/2020/03/how-stoicism-can-help-at-time-of-crisis.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;cope with worry and anxiety.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  547. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Stoicism might help you t&lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.timlebon.com/2020/03/how-stoicism-can-help-at-time-of-crisis_28.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;hink more logically and so be less subject to negative emotions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  548. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Stoicism might even help you &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.timlebon.com/2020/04/how-stoicism-can-help-at-time-of-crisis_8.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;be happier &lt;i&gt;and &lt;/i&gt;be a better human being.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  549. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  550. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;But you probably have some questions about all of this.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  551. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;After all,&amp;nbsp; Stoicism asks us to think about things rather differently from how we are accustomed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  553. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I&#39;ve been receiving some great questions by email and on social media. Here are some of the best critical responses I&#39;ve&amp;nbsp; received .&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  557. &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Objection 1)&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;You make a convincing case the&amp;nbsp;S&lt;span class=&quot;il&quot;&gt;toic&lt;/span&gt;/ Buddhist is happier now while circumstances are tough, but&amp;nbsp; what about over the long run? Most of the time in the modern western world circumstances are reasonably safe. If Jezza and Matt&amp;nbsp; had met every year, would&amp;nbsp; Jezza make a much stronger case for being the happier&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;for the majority of the years?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  559. &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  561. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://modernstoicism.com/does-stoicism-make-you-happier-by-tim-lebon/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The research undertaken by the Modern Stoicism team&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; suggests that a Stoic version of Matt would be pretty happy.&amp;nbsp; Most people are significantly happier after doing a month or even a week of Stoicism. Those with Stoic attitudes and beliefs are significantly happier and less angry and upset than those who do not.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  571. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Of course, it&#39;s possible that a hedonist skilled up with mind hacks - like those you &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.timlebon.com/2017/03/cognitive-behaviour-therapy-series-1.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;learn in CBT&lt;/a&gt; -&amp;nbsp; might be quite happy too. But there&#39;s good reason to think that the hedonist&#39;s happiness is fragile, even in the best of times. Here is Seneca writing about this very point.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  578. &lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot;&gt;
  579. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I arrived at my house in Alba completely exhausted by the journey, which was thoroughly uncomfortable for an old man like me, thrashed about in that heaving carriage. And what do you know? Nothing was ready for my arrival, apart from myself. So I’m writing to you from my old man’s bed (which is of course unmade), resting, unbathed (for there’s no water) and so tired that I’m not all that sorry that the baker and the cook (now that we’ve located them!) are slower than snails.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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  582. &lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot;&gt;
  583. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;All these difficulties have made me aware again of how calm life is if you don’t take its inconveniences to heart, and how we wear ourselves out by magnifying them. It is indeed true that my baker has no bread — but perhaps the farm manager will have some, or a tenant, or the steward. “Not very nice bread, though,” you’ll say. But wait a minute: it will soon transform itself by hunger into food fit for a king. So I’ll wait to eat until I have my own bread, or hunger makes me less picky.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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  587. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;We must teach ourselves to bear things. You could be enormously rich, with a flotilla of servants, and still be mown down by obstacles thrown your way arbitrarily. None of us can have everything we want, but we can refrain from wanting what we haven’t got and cheerfully make the best of what’s to hand. Tonight’s culinary improvisation just might be more tasty, and will certainly be less monotonous, than the dinner I had anticipated.&amp;nbsp;Perhaps freedom consists of a stomach that knows when to be quiet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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  590. &lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Seneca,&amp;nbsp; Letters from a Stoic CXXIII&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  597. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Seneca Letters from a Stoic&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  603. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;ould this sage advice have helped the real &lt;a href=&quot;http://legraph.co.uk/tv/0/steakgate-blow-by-blow-account-fracas-got-jeremy-clarkson-fired/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jezza avoid Steakgate?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  605. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  609. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Objection 2&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;) C&lt;span style=&quot;color: #050505;&quot;&gt;ould the Stoic articles extend to explain how you can help other people whilst following these principles? Because (and I do apologise if I misunderstood) it all seems to point to how to protect&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #050505;&quot;&gt;yourself as opposed to helping for a greater Self/Good?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  610. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  611. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #050505;&quot;&gt;Stoicism is about &lt;b&gt;both&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;protecting yourself and promoting for a greater&amp;nbsp; Self and Good. Th best possible version of yourself, if you like. It&#39;s only when you can&#39;t control aspects of things that you accept them - that&#39;s one side of&amp;nbsp; the &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.timlebon.com/2020/03/how-stoicism-can-help-at-time-of-crisis.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Stoic Worry Tree&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8&quot; href=&quot;https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.timlebon.com%2F2020%2F03%2Fhow-stoicism-can-help-at-time-of-crisis.htmlIf%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0jKXamMrdPOzSz5E7LQPFu7i8NdhPp1ngZQTCE7ksFpZuPn6iZxGeGYng&amp;amp;h=AT0IvC2mSPUGMjB1TJFfDghV8nnCMAyVlaPHS8bO2E0HQASBfm9Xzftmyeqb5OawTXBxFXDfgxsjHKaPm6bMSZ5d8xk9411SOAuCEw97Ta5ZWZzccImiDTXDpaw3gMFI8g&amp;amp;__tn__=R]-R&amp;amp;c[0]=AT0wjVyuaOb6ssW_XkSvTSSOpx1ZjZJX0R6wdriHasITUbF6FCOcrGBa9sv_Fh-6SvyTW08AJ0DGtbcngWYZkP4noFwFS-NqjdIeSTREQPZp0whwIFLPFCNh5dtzvk75tus8LreXcWN7TrGgSsjqpbgcAeJqWB8UnA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noopener&quot; role=&quot;link&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;&quot; tabindex=&quot;0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;If&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #050505;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;you can do something helpful,&amp;nbsp; then the Stoic chooses the appropriate virtue - wisdom,courage, justice or compassion. Historically, Stoics&amp;nbsp; were very active politically - &lt;a href=&quot;https://classicalwisdom.com/people/leaders/cato-vs-caesar/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cato stood up to Julius Caesar&lt;/a&gt;, Marcus&amp;nbsp; Aurelius was a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-think-like-a-roman-emperor-review-meditations-for-the-masses-11554419995&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;philosopher-general.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  612. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #050505;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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  614. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #050505;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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  617. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3KcrWKTGMRibQpwFo8wS3SyhIeMwEs_mLPhJn4HvYwa3LoHy9z4Z48YQ1WZPhmw-6yGI28LO7dI3VdC89ZOB5zgo5pyMkb17olkh5mqs0xp7HqMdxA1lToiFZAorLMnqp8dv/s1600/DSC00631.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1200&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3KcrWKTGMRibQpwFo8wS3SyhIeMwEs_mLPhJn4HvYwa3LoHy9z4Z48YQ1WZPhmw-6yGI28LO7dI3VdC89ZOB5zgo5pyMkb17olkh5mqs0xp7HqMdxA1lToiFZAorLMnqp8dv/s320/DSC00631.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  618. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Marcus Aurelius, the last great Roman Emperor and a philosopher-general&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  620. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #050505;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  621. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #050505;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  622. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #050505;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-think-like-a-roman-emperor-review-meditations-for-the-masses-11554419995&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A modern Stoic would not be&amp;nbsp; at all like the rock as in the famous&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://genius.com/Simon-and-garfunkel-i-am-a-rock-lyrics&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Simon and Garfunkel song&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  623. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #050505;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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  625. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #050505;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  626. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  627. &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Stoics are not statues or rocks!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  628. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  629. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Not all the feedback I have received as been as polite&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  630. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  631. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  632. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Objection 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  636. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Not the most reasoned feedback I have had from my posts, but certainly the most amusing!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  638. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  639. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  640. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;You may well have your own objections to Stoicism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  641. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  642. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;If so, please drop me an email.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  645. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
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  648. &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;nbsp;III)&amp;nbsp;Your value system is the key to True Invulnerability&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  655. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Who is happier? Jeremy Clarkson or&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 18.6667px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 18.6667px;&quot;&gt;Matthieu Ricard ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  662. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;Stoicism is an excellent philosophy of life for all seasons, in my opinion. But Stoicism really comes into its own in times of crisis.&amp;nbsp; You already know two good reasons why we should turn to Stoicism in challenging times from the first two parts of this “&lt;i&gt;How Stoicism can help at a time of crisis”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;series.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  666. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;In part 1, we saw how the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.timlebon.com/2020/03/how-stoicism-can-help-at-time-of-crisis.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;Stoic Worry Tree&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; helps you to focus on those things under your control.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;In part 2,&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;we&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;learnt about&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.timlebon.com/2020/03/how-stoicism-can-help-at-time-of-crisis_28.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;Epictetus&#39;s Epiphany.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;It’s not events that disturb us but how we interpret them. So nothing,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;not even a pandemic, will disturb us too much if we watch our &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;emotionally-charged&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;and &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;negative&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;thinking.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  667. &lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0cm;&quot;&gt;
  668. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  669. &lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0cm;&quot;&gt;
  670. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;Today we are going to hear how Stoicism’s&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;value system&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;makes Stoicism particularly helpful right now.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  671. &lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0cm;&quot;&gt;
  672. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  673. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  674. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;&quot;&gt;Imagine two old school friends, let’s call them Jezza and Matt.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;In their teens they shared a taste for fast cars and cheap booze.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Thirty years later, in late middle age, Jezza hasn’t changed that much, except now he relishes fine wines and&amp;nbsp; exotic travel as well as&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;fast cars.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; In contrast, i&lt;/span&gt;n his twenties Matt &amp;nbsp;chose to forsake his&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;hedonistic lifestyle. He has spent the last 30 years developing his character through reflection and meditation as a Buddhist monk.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  675. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  676. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  677. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  678. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;&quot;&gt;Both Jezza and Matt would say they’ve had a pretty happy life.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Then&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;along comes 2020 and some pretty unexpected challenges. Who would you expect to fare better in 2020, Jezza or Matt?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  679. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  680. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  682. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;&quot;&gt;Jezza might still be able to drink his fine wine&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;- whilst stocks last - but his travel and driving are going to be severely curtailed. You would imagine he might feel bored, frustrated and somewhat sorry for himself.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  683. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  684. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  686. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;&quot;&gt;Matt ’s happiness, on the other hand, is much less dependent on external circumstances. He doesn’t need much to be happy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  688. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;&quot;&gt;COVID-19&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;might even turn out&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;be an opportunity for him to put his character development to&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;a real&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;test and also to&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;help people when they most need it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  689. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  690. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  691. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  692. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;Jezza and Matt&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;represent two extreme philosophies of life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;Jezza is a hedonist who believes that the good life is all about having pleasant experiences. Matt&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;is a virtue ethicist, of which Stoicism is one form, Buddhism another, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;equates happiness with being an excellent human being.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;It’s clear that the hedonist is a lot more vulnerable to changes in external events than the Stoic.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;Stoics and other virtue ethicists don’t care so much about “adverse” circumstances, because&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;for them&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;these events aren’t actually so terrible&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;. What matters most in life to them is being a good person. Bad fortune cannot take away their ability to be a good person.&amp;nbsp; The&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;Stoic sage would&amp;nbsp; be happy, even on the rack.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  693. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  694. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  696. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Jezza and Matt &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;are fictional, but they bear more than a &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;passing resemblance&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;to former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson
  697. and the Buddhist monk Matthieu &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Ricard. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  698. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  699. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  700. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  701. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Clarkson is pretty hedonistic and, to be
  702. fair, is probably a pretty happy guy, most of the time anyway. But Ricard is
  703. almost certainly happier. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;In fact Ricard
  704. has been dubbed &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-be-happier-according-to-matthieu-ricard-the-worlds-happiest-man-2016-1?r=US&amp;amp;IR=T&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;the
  705. world’s happiest man&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt; based on the level of gamma waves in
  706. his brain.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  708. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  710. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;One of my favourites stories is about how Ricard reacted when his
  711. laptop, full of his (not backed-up) work, was stolen on a crowded Indian train.&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Ricard&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;did not get angry or upset.&amp;nbsp; In the grand scheme of things the
  712. laptop didn’t matter that much, and the thief probably needed the money more
  713. than him. Ricard has been quoted as saying that his only regret was that he couldn’t send the thief the
  714. power cable!&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  716. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  717. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  718. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;So how are the real Clarkson and Ricard &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;coping right now in 2020?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  719. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  720. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  721. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  722. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Clarkson complained about his predicament in a
  723. recent Sunday Times column.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  724. &lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 24.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  725. &lt;br /&gt;
  726. &lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;“I’m about to turn 60. I was building a house.
  727. And I was looking forward to sitting in a rocking chair on the porch, with a
  728. glass of wine ... Instead, I’m facing the possibility of my house never being
  729. finished and not seeing the countries I haven’t yet visited and losing friends
  730. to this effing virus ….right now, among the death and the despair and the
  731. absolute destruction of our way of life, I see absolutely nothing to smile
  732. about. I think the world as we know it is ending. And I wasn’t ready for that.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  733. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 24.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  734. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  735. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  736. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;That reaction is&amp;nbsp; understandable enough, but now let&#39;s see how Buddhist virtue ethicist&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Matthieu &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Ricard responded on his website :&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  737. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  738. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  739. &lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot; style=&quot;background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  740. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-tab-count: 1;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;“In the face of the global epidemic of
  741. COVID-19, we continue more than ever to promote altruism, to cultivate it and
  742. to put it into action.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  743. &lt;br /&gt;
  744. &lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot; style=&quot;background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  745. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;&quot;&gt;All of us together, in a spirit of brotherhood, let
  746. us direct our altruistic thoughts towards those who are in a very precarious
  747. situation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  748. &lt;br /&gt;
  749. &lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot; style=&quot;background: white; margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  750. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;&quot;&gt;This unprecedented situation for all humanity is an
  751. opportunity to think about the interdependence among all beings. Let us concentrate
  752. on the happiness of others, let us offer our help when possible and let us take
  753. time to cultivate our mind.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;&quot;&gt;Benevolence, social bonding and cooperation - the
  754. founding values that unite us - are a formidable solution to this great
  755. challenge.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  756. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  757. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jeremy Clarkson is upset because he believes &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;that &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;pleasurable future he had envisaged for himself has
  758. been unfairly taken away from him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  760. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  761. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  762. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Matthieu Ricard isn&#39;t exactly happy either but he is&amp;nbsp; calm because he doesn’t see his well-being
  763. as being dependent on external goods. He finds satisfaction in &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;being benevolent and cooperating with others. Furthermore, he&amp;nbsp; sees these qualities as providing a solution to the challenge of
  764. COVID-19. Of course, Ricard is a Buddhist, not a Stoic, but the same would be
  765. true for a committed modern Stoic.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  766. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  767. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  768. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  769. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;The key take-home message from today is this :-&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  770. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  771. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  772. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18.6667px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;As Epictetus&#39; epiphany revealed, and it&#39;s logically watertight if you think about it, it has to be how we see things that impact us, not how things actually are - that was the message of the previous post.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  773. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  774. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18.6667px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;How we evaluate things depends in large part on our value system.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  775. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  776. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18.6667px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  777. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  778. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18.6667px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;If we&amp;nbsp; choose to prioritise the importance of&amp;nbsp; external goods, like wine, sex, food , health and what people think about us, we make ourselves extremely vulnerable. We may well be happy when things go well. But when they don&#39;t, we will get upset.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  779. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  780. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18.6667px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  781. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  782. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;If instead we decide that work makes for a good human life, what really matters, is being an excellent human being&amp;nbsp; - being wise, courageous, self-controlled, just and compassionate - then we become&amp;nbsp; invulnerable. Nothing can take away our capacity to be a good person.&amp;nbsp; Challenging times, such as a pandemic, actually offers us perhaps the unique opportunity of a lifetime to use these qualities to make the most difference in the world.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  783. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  784. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  785. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  786. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  787. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Y_LCc1YLLUxldAHYnGE3LcMnaU8MP0Kq6woq_lLngE-CjL_L76CTOlITWoxOydqXPLWvcBa-k01o6IJ1uxCw71v5lLd8GWYQSeKIB2pODlYHn6I7mz7RCwHNtSzoLrqh5a-1/s1600/ParisCafe.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;768&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1024&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Y_LCc1YLLUxldAHYnGE3LcMnaU8MP0Kq6woq_lLngE-CjL_L76CTOlITWoxOydqXPLWvcBa-k01o6IJ1uxCw71v5lLd8GWYQSeKIB2pODlYHn6I7mz7RCwHNtSzoLrqh5a-1/s400/ParisCafe.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  788. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  789. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Perhaps the very cafe where Matt and Jezza&amp;nbsp; talked philosophy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  790. &amp;nbsp;(image attribution: C&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;reative Commons — &lt;a class=&quot;markup--anchor markup--p-anchor&quot; data-href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; style=&quot;text-align: start;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  791. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  792. &lt;br /&gt;
  793. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  794. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  795. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Let’s finish by &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;returning to our fictional heroes, &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Jezza and Matt. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Let’s fast forward&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 18.6667px;&quot;&gt;a few years&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;from their teenage years&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;to their twenties when they
  796. meet by chance in a Parisian bar. By this time Jezza has embarked on a
  797. journalistic career, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;whilst Matt &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;has given up his hedonistic lifestyle to
  798. become a monk.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;We join them as the
  799. conversation is about to take a philosophical turn....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  800. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  801. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  802. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  803. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jezza: “What shall we order - a bottle of Pinot Noir?
  804. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Then let’s eat. I could murder a steak!”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  805. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  806. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  807. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  808. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Matt:&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;“I see
  809. you are still quite the &lt;i&gt;bon viveur, &lt;/i&gt;Jezza. But I need to tell you that
  810. I’ve quit my scientific studies and am now training to be a Buddhist monk in
  811. Tibet”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  812. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  813. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  814. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  815. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jezza: &lt;i&gt;Expletive deleted&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  816. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  817. &lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  818. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  819. &lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Matt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;: “So I will have to &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;pass on your offer
  820. of wine. I would also be &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;very grateful
  821. if we can find a café that serves vegan food&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;
  822. &lt;/span&gt;as well as steaks” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  823. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  824. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  825. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  826. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jezza: “Good luck finding vegan food in Paris!”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  827. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  828. &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  829. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  830. &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;A chic young Parisian waitress moves in
  831. their direction as if to take their order but then moves on to another
  832. customer. Jezza eyes the waitress and then turns to Matt&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  833. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  834. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  835. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  836. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jezza: “I suppose she would be totally out of the
  837. question too ...”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  838. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  839. &lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  840. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  841. &lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Matt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;:
  842. “I am afraid so”. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  843. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  844. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  845. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  846. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jezza: “My God, Matt, you are literally going to die
  847. of boredom. Look, mate, I’ve got my motor parked right outside. I can drive you
  848. back to the UK and you’ll never have to go back to Tibet again”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  849. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  850. &lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  851. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  852. &lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Matt: “You don’t
  853. understand. I’m happier now than I’ve ever been. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Let’s compare
  854. our two &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;policies, you pursuing the good
  855. life of pleasure and &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;me pursuing the
  856. good life of virtue”&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #111111;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  857. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  858. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  859. Jezza : (looking a bit distracted and trying to get the waitresses’ attention) “OK
  860. …” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  861. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  862. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  863. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  864. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Matt: “You &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;do pursue pleasure, right? ”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  865. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  866. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  867. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  868. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jezza: “I try to.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;
  869. &lt;/span&gt;Where’s that waitress? We’ve been waiting to order for at least ten&amp;nbsp; minutes. I’m parched!””&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  870. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  871. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  872. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  873. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Matt: “When you pursue pleasure, do you also try to
  874. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;build your character, do you help
  875. people, do you try to become more self-controlled, wiser and more courageous?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  876. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  877. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  878. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  879. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jezza:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;(frowning)
  880. “Not so much, but I do enjoy life. At least I&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;
  881. &lt;/span&gt;do when people do what they are meant to! Where is that waitress?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  882. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  883. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  884. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  885. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Matt : &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“You
  886. see, &lt;i&gt;mon ami&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;your pursuit of pleasure
  887. leads to inevitable frustration because you won’t always get what you want. It’s
  888. happening right now!”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  889. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  890. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  891. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  892. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jezza: “I suppose I have been known to get a tad
  893. upset &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;on occasions.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  894. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  895. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  896. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  897. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Matt: “And of course if you focus on your own
  898. enjoyment, you won’t be helping other people so much”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  899. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  900. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  901. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  902. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jezza: “Is that a problem?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  903. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  904. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  905. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  906. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Matt : &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“What
  907. if I was to tell you &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;will be just as
  908. content, perhaps even more so, if you change your philosophy of life. That what
  909. I’ve found”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  910. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  911. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  912. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  913. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jezza: “Are you sure? Sounds like I’d die of boredom!”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  914. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  915. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  916. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  917. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Matt:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“No, my
  918. old friend, &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;when you are compassionate
  919. and kind you get on better with people. When you are self-controlled &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;you don’t damage your health and you don’t get
  920. those ghastly hangovers we used to get the morning after. The more you develop
  921. courage and the capacity to persist in the face of difficulties, the more you achieve.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The wiser you
  922. get, the more you are able to understand what truly matters in life. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Since I adopted this&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;new philosophy of life&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; I am less agitated, take pleasure in the small things like the morning sunrise and a simple cup of tea&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and get&amp;nbsp; true joy from knowing that what I do helps
  923. people.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  924. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  925. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  926. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  927. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jezza: “But where is the thrill? Where is the
  928. excitement?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  929. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  930. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  931. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  932. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Matt: &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“ Do
  933. you think that excitement&amp;nbsp; is&amp;nbsp; the only thing that matters in
  934. life?&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Do you&amp;nbsp; really believe&amp;nbsp; that thrills are what makes a human life good?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Will you allow me tell you how I see the human situation and the existential dilemma we all face?” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  935. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  936. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  937. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  938. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jezza: (with a tone of resignation) &quot;If you have to.&amp;nbsp; If we have to have an existential discussion, a Parisian bar has got to be the place to have it&amp;nbsp;…”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  939. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  940. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  941. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  942. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Matt : &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“On
  943. the one hand – you can choose a life of virtue in which case you will reliably
  944. have calm pleasures, few agitations and will also lead a morally good life.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  945. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  946. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  947. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  948. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-tab-count: 1;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;On the other hand - &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;you can aim for a life of &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;excitement and pleasure. Sure, sometimes
  949. you&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;will feel good, &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;but built into this quest is the inevitability
  950. of &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;severe frustration when you don’t get
  951. what you want. And when you look back on your life in, say, 30 years time, what
  952. will you be able to say about its overall meaning and purpose?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  953. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  954. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Is this a dilemma or is it&amp;nbsp; a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;ctually a no-brainer?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  955. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  956. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  957. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  958. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Jezza, it’s
  959. you who should be following me back to Tibet!”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  960. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  961. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  962. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  963. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jezza: “No chance of that, mate”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  964. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  965. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  966. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  967. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Matt: &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“Well, I
  968. genuinely wish you good luck, my old friend. But before we part, &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I would like to throw down a challenge. Let’s
  969. return here in 30 years&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;to compare notes on how living our very
  970. different life philosophies &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;has turned
  971. out for us.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  972. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  973. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  974. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  975. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;palatino linotype&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;Jezza: “You’re on! See you in this very bar in April
  976. 2020 and we will find out who has been happier!&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;
  977. &lt;/span&gt;You never know, by then that rather cute waitress might have
  978. brought us our drinks!” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  982. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnDQafM0nzdb2rfm-3xb2HOhZ2ytaECcZTCsrNVqfjymumxiAPpoimuIwP17HKXvXCujE45el5zgbYJtIBTgBaxk71DpECuBUxR69tioT3B9v6pprIIWyRKaiTa9q8LVZi_jb/s1600/EpictetusInterpretations.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;240&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1009&quot; height=&quot;152&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnDQafM0nzdb2rfm-3xb2HOhZ2ytaECcZTCsrNVqfjymumxiAPpoimuIwP17HKXvXCujE45el5zgbYJtIBTgBaxk71DpECuBUxR69tioT3B9v6pprIIWyRKaiTa9q8LVZi_jb/s640/EpictetusInterpretations.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  983. &lt;br /&gt;
  984. &lt;br /&gt;
  985. &lt;br /&gt;
  986. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Epictetus&#39;s epiphany is invaluable at all times.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  987. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I want to suggest it&#39;s even more helpful in these challenging times.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  988. &lt;br /&gt;
  989. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The basic idea may be familiar,&amp;nbsp; A friend ignores you when you pass them by in the street.&amp;nbsp; Mary thinks &quot;How rude!&quot; and feels annoyed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  990. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Rose thinks &quot;She must be a bit distracted, I hope she is OK&quot; and feels concerned.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  991. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Same event, different judgement,.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  992. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Same event, Mary is upset, Rose is not upset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  993. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  994. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Makes sense? So we should be more mindful of our judgements, right?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  995. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  996. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;But what, I hear you ask, w&lt;i&gt;hat if the judgement is true?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  997. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What if Mary really is being rude?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  998. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Isn&#39;t Epictetus&#39;s epiphany just a recipe for being unrealistically positive?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  999. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1000. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Epictetus and other Stoics have a really good answer for this, involving the virtues, which we will talk about another day soon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1001. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1002. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Today though I want to share one really helpful insight, namely&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1003. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1004. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Even when a situation really is difficult, that doesn&#39;t mean that all are judgements&amp;nbsp; we make about it are a either ccurate or helpful.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1005. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1006. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Take the current situation with Covid-19.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1007. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1008. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Suppose&amp;nbsp; John is&amp;nbsp; thinking &lt;b&gt;&quot;All my plans are ruined!&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1009. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;How will he feel?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1010. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Pretty upset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1011. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Now, you might say, isn&#39;t it true, all his plans are ruined! Aren&#39;t everybody&#39;s?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1012. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Well, no actually,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1013. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Some &lt;/i&gt;of John&#39;s plans are ruined.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1014. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The Stoics taught us to be very mindful of the language we use, even to ourselves, and to avoid being over-emotional&amp;nbsp; or exaggerating.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1015. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;John would feel a lot better if he kept to the facts!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1016. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What if&amp;nbsp; instead he told himself&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1017. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&quot;My plans to on holiday to France need to be put on hold&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1018. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Do you notice how John&#39;s more helpful response helps?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1019. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Not only is he being more &lt;i&gt;specific &lt;/i&gt;he is also avoiding emotional language like &quot;ruined&quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1020. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1021. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;So that&#39;s lesson one.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1022. &lt;blockquote class=&quot;tr_bq&quot;&gt;
  1023. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Even when there is&amp;nbsp; a negative situation, you will upset yourself a lot less if you avoid emotional language and stick to the facts.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  1024. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1025. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What though I hear you ask, if the situation really is very bad?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1026. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Suppose Simone is self-isolating with her husband, who she doesn&#39;t really get on with and her teenage children,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1027. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;She thinks they have only got by in the last year because they have done their own thing and not spent much time together.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1028. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1029. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&quot;We are going to kill each other by the end of this self-isolation!&quot; &lt;/b&gt;Simone says to her best friend, Louise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1030. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1031. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What if it was Epictetus Simone was talking to, rather than Louise?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1032. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1033. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Well, like John,&amp;nbsp; clearly Simone could put this predicting in a less emotional and more specific way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1034. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Epictetus might recommend Simone responds like this:-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1035. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1036. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&quot;Covid-19 and self-isolation is going to put a lot of strain on our household. It is true it could well cause cause everyone getting frustrated with each other. If we don&#39;t think about how to deal with the situation constructively, there could be a lot of arguments&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1037. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1038. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Do you notice something interesting about this new way of putting things? The original way of thinking leads not just to feeling despondent. It&amp;nbsp; also doesn&#39;t lead anywhere in terms of coming up with a constructive solution. Whereas Simone&#39;s second way of thinking about it could lead to useful problem-solving and discussion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1039. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1040. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What do you think Simone could do?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1041. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Maybe she could raise the issue with her family and start a discussion about how they live together for the next month&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1042. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Maybe she could suggest they negotiate how much time they spend in the same room.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1043. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Maybe they might even start to enjoy spending some of the time together!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1044. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1045. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;To sum up,&amp;nbsp; Epictetus&#39;s epiphany has 3 important take-homes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1046. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1047. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;1) Notice what judgements you are making.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1048. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;2) Avoid emotional and exaggerated language - even when talking to yourself!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1049. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;3) When you do put things in a more calm and specific way, you will find that&amp;nbsp; you are much more likely to identify issues you can start to problem-solve in a constructive way&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1050. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1051. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;How could you benefit from Epictetus&#39;s epiphany today?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;I am not currently not taking on new clients. At a later date consultations will be available for help with  anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, perfectionism,  low self-esteem, decisions,  relationship issues - CBT and Philosophical Life Coaching and Stoic life coaching
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