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Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control by Ryan Holiday (The Stoic Virtues Series; eBook) on sale for
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About this book:
- Page length: 344
- In Discipline is Destiny, Holiday draws on the stories of historical figures we can emulate as pillars of self-discipline, including Lou Gehrig, Queen Elizabeth II, boxer Floyd Patterson, Marcus Aurelius and writer Toni Morrison, as well as the cautionary tales of Napoleon, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Babe Ruth. Through these engaging examples, Holiday teaches readers the power of self-discipline and balance, and cautions against the perils of extravagance and hedonism.
- At the heart of Stoicism are four simple virtues: courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom. Everything else, the Stoics believed, flows from them. Discipline is Destiny will guide readers down the path to self-mastery, upon which all the other virtues depend. Discipline is predictive. You cannot succeed without it. And if you lose it, you cannot help but bring yourself failure and unhappiness.
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He can't control himself the past year and goes off on rants now about the political climate of the country. (Ironically not very stoic of him.)
If you buy any book just get Meditations: Marcus Aurelius.
If you're a christian, then you're already aiming for the same values as what stoicism is trying to teach. the New Testament teaches almost parallel outputs of character, one view simply equates it to Logos or Reason, and the other equates it to an external God.
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