How to Think Like a Roman Emperor

Five techniques, one philosophy

Over the past five lessons, we’ve learned to step back from anxious thoughts, mentally rehearse coping with adversity, contemplate the example of a wise person, act according to our core values, and put our problems into perspective.

But how do these techniques fit together? And, perhaps more importantly, how ca...

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It is a mark of an ungifted man to spend a great deal of time in what concerns his body, as in much exercise, much eating, much drinking, much evacuating of the bowels, much copulating. But these things are to be done in passing; and let your whole attention be devoted to the mind.

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Some people confuse Stoicism (capital S) with stoicism (lowercase), and eq...

Most of the coaching clients that I meet, at some point, feel that they need help to bridge the gap between intellectual insight and emotional insight. Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and Stoic philosophy can both appear, at first, to be more about our thinking than our feelings — but that would be a mistake. Each recognizes, that it takes practice to trans...

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