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diff --git a/notes/the-stoic-challenge.html b/notes/the-stoic-challenge.html index 19f7465a..2e673cfe 100644 --- a/notes/the-stoic-challenge.html +++ b/notes/the-stoic-challenge.html @@ -8,9 +8,36 @@ <link rel="stylesheet" href="style-override.css" /> </head> <body> -<h1 style='display: inline'>"The Stoic Challenge" book notes</h1><br /> +<p class="header"> +<a href="https://foo.zone">Home</a> | <a href="https://codeberg.org/snonux/foo.zone/src/branch/content-md/notes/the-stoic-challenge.md">Markdown</a> | <a href="gemini://foo.zone/notes/the-stoic-challenge.gmi">Gemini</a> +</p> +<h1 style='display: inline' id='the-stoic-challenge-book-notes'>"The Stoic Challenge" book notes</h1><br /> +<br /> +<span class='quote'>Published at 2024-07-07T12:46:55+03:00</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>These are my personal takeaways after reading "The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient" by William B. Irvine. </span><br /> <br /> -<span class='quote'>Last updated 29.5.2022</span><br /> +<pre> + ,.......... .........., + ,..,' '.' ',.., + ,' ,' : ', ', + ,' ,' : ', ', + ,' ,' : ', ', + ,' ,'............., : ,.............', ', +,' '............ '.' ............' ', + '''''''''''''''''';''';'''''''''''''''''' + ''' +</pre> +<br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='table-of-contents'>Table of Contents</h2><br /> +<br /> +<ul> +<li><a href='#the-stoic-challenge-book-notes'>"The Stoic Challenge" book notes</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#god-sets-you-up-for-a-challenge'>God sets you up for a challenge</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#negative-visualization'>Negative visualization</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#oh-nice-trick-you-stoic-god--'>Oh, nice trick, you stoic "god"! ;-)</a></li> +</ul><br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='god-sets-you-up-for-a-challenge'>God sets you up for a challenge</h2><br /> <br /> <span>Gods set you up for a challenge to see how resilient you are. Is getting angry worth the price? If you stay calm then you can find the optimal workaround for the obstacle. Stay calm even with big setbacks. Practice minimalism of negative emotions.</span><br /> <br /> @@ -22,7 +49,7 @@ <br /> <span>Stoics are thankful that they are mortal. As then you can get reminded of how great it is to be alive at all. In dying we are more alive we have ever been as every thing you do could be the last time you do it. Rather than fighting your death you should embrace it if there are no workarounds. Embrace a good death.</span><br /> <br /> -<h2 style='display: inline'>Negative visualization</h2><br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='negative-visualization'>Negative visualization</h2><br /> <br /> <span>It is easy what we have to take for granted.</span><br /> <br /> @@ -32,7 +59,7 @@ <li>Now close your eyes for a minute and imagine you would be blind, so that you will never be able to experience the world again and let it sink in. When you open your eyes again you will feel a lot of gratefulness.</li> <li>Last time meditation. Lets you appreciate the life as it is now. Life gets vitalised again.</li> </ul><br /> -<h2 style='display: inline'>Oh, nice trick, you stoic "god"! ;-)</h2><br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='oh-nice-trick-you-stoic-god--'>Oh, nice trick, you stoic "god"! ;-)</h2><br /> <br /> <span>Take setbacks as a challenge. Also take it with some humor.</span><br /> <br /> @@ -44,11 +71,22 @@ <br /> <span>E-Mail your comments to <span class='inlinecode'>paul@nospam.buetow.org</span> :-)</span><br /> <br /> +<span>Other book notes of mine are:</span><br /> +<br /> +<a class='textlink' href='./staff-engineer.html'>2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes</a><br /> +<a class='textlink' href='./the-stoic-challenge.html'>2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes (You are currently reading this)</a><br /> +<a class='textlink' href='./slow-productivity.html'>2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes</a><br /> +<a class='textlink' href='./mind-management.html'>2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes</a><br /> +<a class='textlink' href='./career-guide-and-soft-skills.html'>2023-07-17 "Software Developmers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes</a><br /> +<a class='textlink' href='./the-obstacle-is-the-way.html'>2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes</a><br /> +<a class='textlink' href='./never-split-the-difference.html'>2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes</a><br /> +<a class='textlink' href='./the-pragmatic-programmer.html'>2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes</a><br /> +<br /> <a class='textlink' href='../'>Back to the main site</a><br /> <p class="footer"> -Generated by <a href="https://codeberg.org/snonux/gemtexter">Gemtexter 2.1.0-release</a> | -served by <a href="https://www.OpenBSD.org">OpenBSD</a>/<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/httpd.8">httpd(8)</a> | -<a href="https://www.foo.zone/site-mirrors.html">Site Mirrors</a> +Generated with <a href="https://codeberg.org/snonux/gemtexter">Gemtexter 3.0.1-develop</a> | +served by <a href="https://www.OpenBSD.org">OpenBSD</a>/<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.8">relayd(8)</a>+<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/httpd.8">httpd(8)</a> | +<a href="https://foo.zone/site-mirrors.html">Site Mirrors</a> </p> </body> </html> |