787: Flappability by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle & The Let's Know Things Podcast

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🗓️ 5 February 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle shares the pros and cons of the Stoic response. Episode 787: Flappability by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle (Stoic Philosophy & Emotional Stoicism). Colin Wright is a professional author and international speaker who co-founded a publishing company and travels full-time, moving to a new country every four months or so--that country determined by the votes of his readers! He also blogs. Colin's a minimalist in that he owns very few things and is careful in how he consumes. He tends to buy less, but invest in quality when he does, and trends toward the same in relationships, business endeavors, and just about everything else. He's left-handed, blue-eyed, scary good at Tetris, and can’t cook. The original post is located here: http://exilelifestyle.com/flappability Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily Episode 787.
0:05.1	Flappability by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle.com, and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:10.4	Welcome back, welcome for the first time if you're new here.
0:13.0	This is where I simply narrate blogs for you sometimes books,
0:16.4	but in any case always with permission from the authors.
0:19.2	Today's post comes from Colin Wright, a well-known minimalist.
0:22.8	Colin travels to a new country every few months and lets his readers decide where.
0:27.2	This post isn't about minimalism per se, but still a good one, so let's get right to it
0:31.2	as we optimize your life.
0:37.2	Flappability by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle.com
0:42.2	There's something to be said for a stoic response to difficult or uncomfortable situations.
0:48.1	To be more specific, it's nice to be able to step back and assess things from a mental distance
0:52.9	to recognize an acknowledge what's happening, but to address it from a place of calm
0:57.3	rather than a state of emotional fragility.
0:59.6	To recognize that you cannot control what's happening to you, but you can control how you respond to it.
1:06.4	There are some obvious use cases for such a capability.
1:09.5	When you're strapping in for an eight hour flight with a crying baby seated in front of you,
1:13.6	and a chatty man who neglects to cover his mouth every time he noisily sneezes seated next to you,
1:18.4	the stoic perspective is valuable.
1:21.2	Does a situation in which you find yourself suck?
1:23.9	By all indications, yes, it sucks.
1:26.4	But does that mean you have to suffer?
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