These simple strategies fueled my confidence remarkably.
And that trying to do the right thing will always be enough. Stoicism teaches to focus on what you control, and accepting the rest as it happens. However, I took their core teachings to heart immediately. Despite Epictetus’ warnings, I became The Lion in the Classroom. I must admit, when I learned so many new things from the Stoics, I didn’t put everything into practice right away. That’s a bit of a blessing and a curse Nils and I share too, if we’re interested in something, we must learn all about it. I wanted to know what Stoicism was all about. It was love at first sight and I devoured books, podcasts, and videos at full speed. Pretty early on Ryan Holiday’s The Obstacle Is the Way sparked my interest in Stoic philosophy. We’d become avid readers and started sharing what we learned on our blog NJlifehacks. How to get better basically at everything that matters – also health and fitness, but primarily as a person. My brother Nils and I (Nils & Jonas à NJ) have for a long time shared our interest in personal growth. How and why did you decide to start it? You have said that “Nothing changed my life as favorably as Stoic philosophy” so we’d be curious to learn more about that journey. You created NJlifehacks where you write a lot about Stoicism. Please enjoy this interview with Jonas Salzgeber! Just in the sense of Epictetus’ question, “If you didn’t learn these things in order to demonstrate them in practice, what did you learn them for?” In our interview below, Jonas shares some of the most popular exercises or ideas from his latest book, the great “life hack” found by looking at Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, what Stoicism is missing, and much more.
His simple, practical, and concise approach to Stoic philosophy helps people with the most important step: to put the wisdom from book page into action.
Jonas Salzgeber is the author of The Little Book of Stoicism and writes for a small army of remarkable people at NJlifehacks, a popular personal development website with over 50,000 monthly visitors, which Jonas founded with his brother Nils.
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