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EPISODE · Sep 24, 2020 · 9 MIN

Seneca On The Value of Past Hardship

from The Stoic Handbook with Jon Brooks · host Jon Brooks

Seneca used the image of a fighter to make his point about hardship. The boxer who has never been hit cannot enter the ring with real confidence. The one who can is the one who has seen his own blood, been knocked down, and got back up more defiant than before.In this short one I read that passage and sit with why it has stayed with me. There is a way of looking back at your own past hardship that changes what it meant, and I think it can quietly reshape how you carry the next one.Free 7-Day Stoic Challenge: stoicchallenge.coThe Stoic Vault: stoicvault.com

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