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Dec 2024
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10 Powerful Stoic Questions: Review Your...

Growth Mindset Psychology
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What does it mean to live a good life?


The Stoics were the masters of asking the right questions to focus the mind on what's important.


At the year's end, it's a perfect time to reflect on who you've been this year and who you want to be going forward.


We juggle multiple priorities and hectic demands, so it's easy to get lost in the day-to-day. Today's episode will combine Psychology with Stoicism as we ask the most important questions we can of ourselves to help direct our lives in the direction we want them to take.


Topics include:

  • Turning obstacles into opportunity
  • Overcoming the fears that hold us back
  • Simplifying our life
  • Walking the walk
  • Taking control of our responsibilities.


Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul: Inner peace comes from self-awareness and reflection"



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Chapters:

00:00 Connecting Stoic wisdom and growth mindsets

02:36 Am I Practicing What I Preach?

03:59 How can I simplify my life to focus on what's important?

06:02 Will this matter in one year or five years time?

08:20 What is within my control?

10:18 How can I turn obstacles into opportunities?

14:17 What fears are holding me back?

15:32 How am I contributing to my own dissatisfaction?

17:01 To be or to do?

18:34 Are you doing your job?

19:41 What would it mean to live a good life today?

21:13 Send off

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