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Mental fortitude and strength.

As I enter mid life I’m finding a lot of things (mentally) challenging. I’m hoping to find peace and mental strength to stay the course and enjoy the life I have built. Worry less, appreciate more, and generally just be happy.

How to skill up in this area? I’m honestly not sure, but starting with reading.




Nice! This is the most important life skill to develop and maintain as you get older; Needs daily practice and struggle.

Subjects to study are General Philosophy(Hinduism/Buddhism/Stoics/Cynics etc.) and Martial Arts Philosophy (all works translated by William Scott Wilson).


Agreed.

Also, I found The Courage to be Disliked an interesting paradigm shifter.


The book looks pretty interesting and not what i thought it was based on its title; need to check it out.

In case you didn't know of it; you might also like Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie%27s_World


Thanks, yes, never got around to reading it.




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