Term
Stoicism
An ancient school of philosophy that taught people to accept calmly what is beyond their control and to take responsibility for what is within it.
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Explained in
- Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life, Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
A school of philosophy in ancient Greece and Rome. It taught people to calmly accept what is beyond their control and take responsibility for what is within it.
- Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control, Ryan Holiday
A school of philosophy from ancient Greece and Rome. It teaches you to master yourself and to calmly accept what is not up to you.
- Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life, Gary John Bishop
An ancient school of philosophy that taught people to calmly accept what is beyond their control and take responsibility for what is within it. Its echoes can be heard in the tone of the book.
- The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph, Ryan Holiday
A school of philosophy from ancient Greece and Rome. Its central question: how to keep a clear head and your dignity when circumstances turn against you.
- Courage Is Calling, Ryan Holiday
A philosophical school of ancient Greece and Rome. It taught people to distinguish what depends on them from what doesn’t, and to live by virtue. Holiday is its modern popularizer, and the book offers his interpretation.
- The Enchiridion, Epictetus
A philosophy of living calmly and with dignity: mastering your own reactions instead of depending on things outside your control.
- Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
An ancient philosophy about living reasonably and calmly: focusing on your own actions and attitude, and accepting the outside world as it is.
- Letters from a Stoic, Seneca
An ancient philosophy about living wisely and calmly: focus on what’s in your power (your own actions and thoughts) and accept the rest exactly as it is.
- Stillness Is the Key, Ryan Holiday
An ancient school of philosophy that teaches how to distinguish what’s within our power from what isn’t, and to keep an even mind under any circumstances.