“We must give up many things to which we are addicted, considering them to be good. Otherwise, courage will vanish, which should continually test itself. Greatness of soul will be lost, which can’t stand out unless it disdains as petty what the mob regards as most desirable.” ~ Seneca, Moral Letters Inspired by The...
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Daily Stoic: Seven Clear Functions of the Mind
“The proper work of the mind is the exercise of choice, refusal, yearning, repulsion, preparation, purpose, and assent. What then can pollute and clog the mind’s proper functioning? Nothing but its own corrupt decisions.” ~ Epictetus, Discourses Inspired by The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living Man, the...
Daily Stoic: Where, Who, What, and Why
“A person who doesn’t know what the universe is, doesn’t know where they are. A person who doesn’t know their purpose in life doesn’t know who they are or what the universe is. A person who doesn’t know any one of these things doesn’t know why they are here. So what to make of...
Daily Stoic: Clarify Your Intentions
“Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It’s not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad.” Seneca, On Tranquility of Mind Today’s passage is especially relevant this early in January, but is also important all year. If you have a...
Daily Stoic: The Big Three
“All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way.” – Marcus Aurelius Inspired by The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living...
Daily Stoic: Be Ruthless to the Things That Don’t Matter
“How many have laid waste to your life when you weren’t aware of what you were losing, how much was wasted in pointless grief, foolish joy, greedy desire, and social amusements—how little of your own was left to you. You will realize you are dying before your time!” — Seneca, On the Brevity of...
Control and Choice
“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within...
The Daily Stoic
Ever since I started this Rhode Runner journey, I started following a lot of running and positive and inspirational podcasts and social media sites. I just started following one fairly recently called, Detail Therapy with Amy Landino. She has both a podcast and a YouTube channel that are both incredible. She’s all about going...
At Home Workouts
Hey Everybody, I hope you’re all staying healthy over this holiday season. Apparently, quite a few Rhode Islanders aren’t. We are “on pause” for another week. But, let’s face it…we’re going to be on pause, if not a full out lockdown, through the end of the year at least. This means the gyms are...
Blog Post: Training, School, and Upcoming Stan Bush Interview
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and will have a safe holiday season. It looks like things are going to be a little more difficult in Rhode Island for the next couple of weeks, as we are being put on pause. This includes shutting the gyms down. It’s upsetting to me that the...