Seneca's 8 Tips For Mastering Yourself
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🗓️ 27 February 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Seneca was a power broker, a playwright, and a Stoic philosopher. These 8 lessons will teach you to become a better master of yourself, just like Seneca was striving to do.
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| 0:52.8 | Each weekday we bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoics, something to help you |
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| 1:21.6 | Here on the weekend when you have a little bit more space when things have slowed down, |
| 1:27.0 | be sure to take some time to think, to go for a walk, to sit with your journal and most |
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