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How To Be A Stoic Re-read, Chapter 4 – Living According To Nature, Week 5

Chapter four of How To Be A Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci introduces the Stoic principle “live according to nature.”  Nature is defined as the community and world. In Meditations, Marcus... Read More

How To Be A Stoic Re-read, Chapter 3, Some Things Are In Our Power, Others Are Not, Week 4

Chapter 3 of How To Be A Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci begins to get into the nuts and bolts of Stoicism.  Because Epictetus is the author’s guide the opening quote... Read More

How To Be A Stoic Re-read, Chapter 2 – A Roadmap For The Journey, Re-read Saturday. Week 3

In recent months, my wife and I have been beginning to travel in a class B van. We are taking short trips (learning the ropes) with longer trips in the... Read More

How To Be A Stoic Re-read, Chapter 1 – The Unstraightforward Path, Re-read Saturday. Week 2

Let’s begin by dispelling the notion that Stoicism eschews emotion and feeling, rather than a philosophy based on the importance of wisdom, character, and balance. Pigliucci states, “Stoicism is an... Read More

How To Be A Stoic Re-read, Initial Thoughts and Plans, Re-read Saturday. Week 1

Today we begin the re-read of How To Be A Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci. I bought this book while on a trip to Ann Arbor, Michigan. I was there for a... Read More

Concluding Thoughts, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Re-read, Wk 12

Optimal experiences and flow are states that are often left to chance. One of the important ideas from Flow is these states should not be left to chance and that... Read More

Making Of Meaning, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Re-read Chapter 10, Wk 11

Chapter 10, Making Of Meaning, culminates Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow. Meaning provides a yardstick to evaluate the human condition and to consider what it means to be a human being in... Read More

Cheating Chaos, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Re-read Chapter 9, Wk 10

Three main ideas struck me during this read of Chapter 9 of Flow. Chapter 9 is titled: Cheating Chaos. The chaos we are working to cheat is the random energy... Read More

Enjoying Solitude and Other People, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Re-read Chapter 8

Logistics note:  Including this week, we anticipate completing this re-read in 4 weeks. Are there recommendations for the next book in the Re-read series? Chapter 8, of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s book... Read More

Work As Flow, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Re-read Chapter 7, Wk 8

Chapter 7 of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow is titled, “Work As Flow.” Work is one of the largest single blocks of time adults carve out of their 168 hours of breath... Read More