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Anger is a destructive emotion that only brings ruin and nothing good.
Below are many excerpts of the book "On Anger" written by Seneca two thousand years ago, to remind us of the need to work towards taming this emotion that can take over us if we don't pay attention to it.
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I have been wanting to write this blog post for a while in order to help as many people as possible to discover a new approach to be happier during your day to day life.
I really hope this helps. I will try to present several ideas for you to consider, as well as few reasons why we can make ourselves unhappy without meaning to.
Some people put happiness as a goal; they think that it is something they can arrive at or get. But happiness is not something that you get to, it is actually the way in which you view and interact with everything happening in the world around you, as well as the type of internal thoughts in your head that you generate while having your internal dialogues...
Most people I know live their lives in a constant "not under control" state. They do not know what will happen next, they have lots of commitments, desires and projects that keep getting delayed and they are unstatisfied with that. Yet, since they have lived their entire lives this way, they think unconciously that this is how it has to be.
Warning: This is a long post; but one that must be read and was definitely worth writing. Enjoy, and no need to thank me, you deserve this.
Everyday I see people: relatives, friends and acquaintances suffer from problems and not knowing how to deal with them. They tell me that I am good at dealing with problems, and it is indeed one major role I play in my job.
I manage people and KILL PROBLEMS, make them disappear, just like that.
I am TIRED of seeing people suffer because of this and I would like to solve this problem for everyone: ONCE AND FOR ALL, the way all problems should always be solved.
I am not your psychiatrist or anything but facing issues like that is unpleasant, specially when you can deal with them...
Another one bites the dust. I'm over a quarter century old now and it was fun so far. First of all I want to thank all my friends and family who sent me birthday wishes, I'm truly grateful to have you.
In this great day, I would like to list 15 things i've learned so far...
24 hours. That's how much time you have each day. On average, 8 hours of that goes to sleep, leaving only 16 real hours for you to live everyday. 4 hours out of that are lost on daily repetitive tasks such as eating, commuting, showering etc... so only 12 hours are really left for you to make a living and have fun.
If you are good at what you do, whether you are a craftsman, technician, engineer, entrepreneur...
For the last couple of weeks I've been diving into the Stoic philosophy and learning how it can be applied to help me get to my goals. It is a great philosophy and I wish I had encountered it before. But first let me clear up misconceptions about what philosophy is...
Managing Director/COO at Coddict, Frederic likes exploring the best life has to offer. He lives between Lebanon and Montreal (Canada), is 35 years old and is always in pursuit of interesting people to meet.
