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Imagine the consequences of your actions beforehand…August 7, 2025
This post was originally published on my Substack newsletter. In each separate thing that you do, consider the matters which come first and those which follow after, and only then approach the thing itself. Otherwise, at the start you will come to it enthusiastically, because you have never reflected upon any of the subsequent steps,… Read more: Imagine the consequences of your actions beforehand…
Unclenching the Fist of AngerAugust 2, 2025
This post was originally published on my Substack newsletter. The clenched fist is a universal symbol of determination as well as of aggressive tension. — Calvert Stein, ‘Clenched fist as a hypno behavioural procedure’, 1963 Many years ago, I used to teach an old conditioning technique introduced by the behaviour therapist Calvert Stein, in the… Read more: Unclenching the Fist of Anger
The “Great Speech” of ProtagorasJuly 29, 2025
This post was originally published on my Substack newsletter. Towards that for the sake of which each being has been constituted and for which it was made, towards that it strives; now in what it strives towards, there resides its end; and where its end lies, there also lies its specific advantage and good. It… Read more: The “Great Speech” of Protagoras
My Self-Improvement FrameworkJuly 29, 2025
This post was originally published on my Substack newsletter. Photo by Jonathan Kemper on Unsplash This article describes a general framework for self-improvement that I employ in coaching. It’s based on Stoicism and third-wave cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT). It’s evolved quite a lot over the years, since we first described a similar method in the original… Read more: My Self-Improvement Framework
Stoic Empathy – Compassion Without BurnoutJuly 24, 2025
This post was originally published on my Substack newsletter. In this episode, I chat with Shermin Kruse. Shermin is a globally recognized negotiation consultant, law professor at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, and TEDx producer. She is the author of the recently published book Stoic Empathy: The Road Map to a Life of Influence,… Read more: Stoic Empathy – Compassion Without Burnout

Where a man’s interest lies there also is his piety...
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Donald's Commentary on The Handbook of Epictetus #31
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