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EPISODE 41: THE DICHOTOMY OF CONTROL
Two thousand years ago, a former slave named Epictetus taught what may be the single most important lesson in philosophy: some things are within our control, and some things are not. Wisdom—and peace of mind—come from knowing the difference.What's in your control? Your opinions, your desires, your actions, and your responses. What's outside your control? Everything else—other people's behavior, the economy, the weather, the past, and outcomes. The ancient Stoics understood that most human suffering comes from one place: misclassifying what we can and cannot control, then exhausting ourselves…
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