I want to dedicate this video to a question from one of my Patreon supporters named Juansaman, about pride and arrogance in Stoicism. It was quite a detailed question, and enough food for thought to dedicate one video on. Here’s the question: I’m very fond of this philosophy, but I also consider humility a great […]
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Letting Go of Resentment 📽️
There’s something special I’d like to share with you today because very recently, life taught me another lesson about resentment. And that letting go of resentment is actually a lot easier than the mind makes us believe. I’d like to share with you what I’ve learned, accompanied by a Stoic as well as a Buddhist […]
Read More10 Things That Disturb Inner Peace 📽️
Let’s do some backward thinking today. In order to achieve inner peace, we might want to explore what actually stands in the way of achieving it, so we can eliminate these things and reach a state of tranquility. In this video, I will present to you 10 things that disturb inner peace. 1) The need […]
Read More4 Ways to Deal With ‘Toxic People’ 📽️
Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 2-1 We all know someone in our lives that’s so exhausting to be around. There’s always some form of drama going on, and if […]
Read MoreStop Caring What People Think 📽️
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 12-4 People spend so much energy worrying about what other people think about them. The thing is: it’s a huge waste of time; especially in the age of the […]
Read MoreHow To Increase Conscientiousness 📽️
Creating order out of chaos is a part of living in a conscientious manner. And conscientiousness is a personality trait that can be subdivided into orderliness and industriousness and is a predictor of long term success. In this video, I’ll share some insights on how to increase it, in order to be more productive, organized […]
Read MoreThe Art of Tranquility (Seneca’s Wisdom) 📽️
Seneca The Younger was a philosopher who held an important position in the Roman Empire and is one of the major contributors to the ancient philosophy of Stoicism. Seneca once exchanged letters with his friend Serenus, on how to free the mind from anxiety and worry in a Stoic way. This dialogue is now called […]
Read MoreFrom Doomer To Bloomer | My Story 📽️
How can we turn from doomers into bloomers? As a 30-something-year old guy who has had his fair share of doomer phases in life, I’d like to tell you how I discovered the causes of these dark periods within myself and changed for the better. I believe that most guys that call themselves doomers are […]
Read MoreWhen I Stopped Pursuing Peaks 📰
My former thesis supervisor is one of the few people I have met in my life that truly enjoys solitude. The last time I spoke to her was back in 2015. Recently I dropped her an email to see how she is doing and if she is up for a chat. The next day I […]
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