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The only thing you need to get good at by David Kane of Raptitude.com.

A tiny article about stoicism has had a significant influence on my life since I read it. Maybe

for the first time in my adult life, I don't feel like I'm wasting much of my time. I feel

unusually prepared to do difficult things. It was a short personal essay by L.F. Badaman

about how Rene Apec-Tedis helped her through a strange relationship, political turmoil,

inner country of residence and other messy or insoluble worldly concerns. It also prompted

me to start reading what are sometimes called the big three stoic works, the discourses,

and the ankyridean by Apec-Tedis, and the meditations by Marcus Aurelius, who in his spare time

was the Emperor of Rome. I knew the basic idea of stoicism, and it made sense. Don't freak

out about what you can't control. It's perfectly logical, but logical isn't always practical,

at least for a species whose members typically can't even fulfill their own New Year's

resolutions. Humans have never been short on sensible sounding advice. Spend less than

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