3245: [Part 1] What is Stoicism and How Can it Turn your Life to Solid Gold? by Mr. Money Mustache

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🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3245: Mr. Money Mustache explores the profound philosophy of Stoicism, debunking common misconceptions and revealing how its principles can lead to a joyful and meaningful life. By practicing techniques like Negative Visualization and focusing only on what we can control, we can eliminate negative emotions and anxieties, cultivating a deep sense of appreciation for what we already have. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/10/02/what-is-stoicism-and-how-can-it-turn-your-life-to-solid-gold/ Quotes to ponder: "Stoicism, in short, is a series of mental techniques and ways of life that allow you to decrease, and then virtually eliminate, all negative emotions such as anger, fear, anxiety, and dissatisfaction." "The solution, the Stoics realized, is to learn to want the things you already have, rather than wanting other things." "It turns out that if you practice negative visualization on a regular basis, you learn to both appreciate your current life much more, and to be mentally prepared in the event of any changes in your life as well." Episode references: A Guide to the Good Life: https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Good-Life-Ancient-Stoic/dp/0195374614 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is optimal living daily episode 3245.
0:04.0	What is Stoicism and how can it turn your life to solid gold part one
0:09.5	by mr moustache of mr moust.com, and I'm Justin Malik.
0:15.0	Happy middle of the week Wednesday.
0:16.5	Welcome to one of the only podcasts in the world where articles are narrated to you for free.
0:22.1	Little bit of positivity every day which adds up after time.
0:26.1	Sometimes I read longer posts that I split up into two and that's the case today.
0:30.5	I'll read the first half today and then finish the rest tomorrow.
0:34.0	So with that, let's get right to part one and start optimizing your life.
0:38.0	What is Stoicism and how can it turn your life to solid gold part one by
0:47.6	mr moustache of mr moustache.com? A few weeks ago I got a really interesting email from a guy in Norway that said something
0:56.9	like, hey mr m m m m m m what you're preaching is pure stoicism with a great twist and perception on today's world. I love it.
1:07.1	Stoicism I asked you mean like the Stoics and Shakespearean plays that show no emotion of any sort? That doesn't sound quite right to me.
1:16.0	But it turns out, I had fallen into a common misconception. The clever Norwegian pointed me to a book on the topic which I immediately checked out of the library and read completely.
1:27.0	It's called A Guide to the Good Life, the Ancient Art of Stoic joy.
1:33.2	From reading the book I learned that Stoicism
1:36.0	was actually a shockingly advanced old philosophy
1:39.4	that found many followers in ancient Rome.
1:42.3	Although it has fallen widely out of favor in modern life, people
1:45.8	in today's society would probably identify the central ideas as hardcore
1:50.7	moustacheonism. Stoicism in short is a series of mental techniques and ways of life
1:57.9	that allow you to decrease and then virtually eliminate all negative emotions,
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