280 - Interview With Author Ryan Bush

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280 - Interview With Author Ryan Bush

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Nov 25, 2023

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Ryan Bush is the author of Designing the Mind and Become Who You Are. We sat down and had an interesting conversation about a understanding self esteem and the positive case for depression.

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Nov 25, 2023

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"Act on your principles, not your moods." A weekly meditation on how Stoic principles can help you be a better human.

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8 - Unquestioned Beliefs: 8 - Unquestioned Beliefs by Stoic Coffee Break
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16 - Amor Fati: Love your fate: Why we should learn to love our fate. by Stoic Coffee Break
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9 - Uncomfortable Truths: What are the uncomfortable truths about yourself that you are afraid to face in your life? by Stoic Coffee Break
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2 - Finding your Purpose: What are you meant to do in the world? by Stoic Coffee Break
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1 - What do you Control?: First episode. What is under your control? by Stoic Coffee Break
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12 - Accepting Others: “Let philosophy scrape off your own faults, rather than be a way to rail against the faults of others,” wrote Seneca. Rather wasting time trying to change others, we should learn how be more accepting of who they are. by Stoic Coffee Break
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10 - Consistency: A key factor in living a principled life is consistency. What areas of your life could be improved with a little consistency? by Stoic Coffee Break
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39 - Setbacks: “A setback has often cleared the way for greater prosperity. Many things have fallen only to rise to more exalted heights.” - Seneca by Stoic Coffee Break
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3 - Goal Shaming: Latest episode of Stoic Meditations by Stoic Coffee Break
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4 - What Are You Thinking?: 4 - What Are You Thinking? by Stoic Coffee Break
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5 - Learning is the new Procrastination: Learning is the new Procrastination by Stoic Coffee Break
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11 - Reacting to Circumstances: You can’t control what happens to you in your life, but you can control your reaction. by Stoic Coffee Break
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7 - Self Doubt: Latest episode of Stoic Meditations by Stoic Coffee Break
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15 - Emotional Responsibility: What if you could be 100% in charge of your own emotions? by Stoic Coffee Break
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6 - The Opinions of Others: Latest episode of Stoic Meditations by Stoic Coffee Break
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19 - Being Stoic: What does it mean to be a stoic? by Stoic Coffee Break
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14 - Receiving Criticism: How should a stoic receive criticism? by Stoic Coffee Break
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21 - Your Judgements: How you think about things determines how you feel about them. by Stoic Coffee Break
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31 - Difficulties: Are life’s difficulties troubles to be avoided or opportunities for you to grow? It’s your choice. by Stoic Coffee Break
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17 - Create Your Life: Are you creating a life that is better than death? by Stoic Coffee Break
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40 - Miserable by Choice: “It is essential to make oneself used to putting up with a little. Even the wealthy and the well provided are continually met and frustrated by difficult times and situations. It is in no man’s power to have whatever he wants; but he has it in his power not to wish for what he hasn’t got, and cheerfully make the most of the things that do come his way.” - Seneca by Stoic Coffee Break
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54 - Nature of Humans: "To care for all men is according to man’s nature; and man should value the opinion only of those who openly live according to nature. " - Marcus Aurelius by Stoic Coffee Break
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29 - Haters: How do you handle haters? by Stoic Coffee Break
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13 - Boundaries: Since we cannot control other people and have to accept them for who they are, does that mean we have to accept their bad behavior? by Stoic Coffee Break
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22 - Gratitude: Can you be grateful for the challenges in your life? by Stoic Coffee Break
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38 - Practical Stoicism: “My advice is really this: what we hear the philosophers saying and what we find in their writings should be applied in our pursuit of the happy life. We should hunt out the helpful pieces of teaching, and the spirited and noble-minded sayings which are capable of immediate practical application - not far-fetched or archaic expressions or extravagant metaphors and figures of speech - and learn them so well that words become works.” - Seneca by Stoic Coffee Break
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37 - Tragedy? You Decide!: “What else are tragedies but the ordeals of people who have come to value externals, tricked out in tragic verse?” - Epictetus by Stoic Coffee Break
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44 - A Brief Existence: “A brief existence is common to all things, and yet you avoid and pursue all things as if they would be eternal.” - Marcus Aurelius by Stoic Coffee Break
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34 - Blame Game: When something bad happens in your life who’s to blame? by Stoic Coffee Break
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35 - Drama Llama: Is a life with little drama boring or fulfilling? by Stoic Coffee Break
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