Chadwick Ciocci

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PHILOSOPHIES THAT PERMANENTLY CHANGED HOW HUMANS THINK:

Ancient Greece
1. Stoicism — Control what you can. Release what you cannot.
2. Epicureanism — Simple pleasures outlast extravagant ones.
3. Platonism — Reality beyond what eyes can see exists.

Asia
4. Confucianism — Society built on respect, duty and relationships.
5. Taoism — Flow with life rather than forcing it.
6. Buddhism — Suffering begins and ends within the mind.

Europe
7. Existentialism — Meaning is not given. It is chosen.
8. Marxism — Economic systems shape every human relationship.
9. Humanism — Human dignity requires no divine permission.

Middle East
10. Sufism — Love is the highest form of knowing God.

Modern Era
11. Nihilism — Nothing is inherently meaningful. That itself is freedom.
12. Pragmatism — Truth is measured by what actually works in practice.

India
13. Vedanta — Consciousness is not what you have. It is what you are.

China
14. Legalism — Order without structure is just chaos given a polite name.

Africa
15. Ubuntu — A person becomes fully human only through other people.

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Don’t just read books, re-read books. What's your favorite book to re-read?

[Taylin John Simmonds @TaylinSimmonds]

Anxiety is the emotional cost you pay for a lack of action.

It’s your body telling you to release excess energy in the direction of your goals.

It cannot be solved by thinking.
It must be solved by doing.

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@TaylinSimmonds This is probably the most important thing people can possibly understand about anxiety.

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Stop wanting things to be easy and prepare for them to be hard.

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When you're lacking motivation, remind yourself: discipline now, freedom later. The labor will pass, and the rewards will last.

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I’m not saying going for a walk will solve all your problems, I’m just saying there’s almost no problem that’s going to be made worse by going for a walk.

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“When a man can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” — Viktor Frankl

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You don’t have it all figured out. Stay focused. Do better. Ego Is The Enemy.

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Be quiet, work hard, and stay healthy. It’s not ambition or skill that is going to set you apart but sanity.

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No one gets wealthy from attaching their time to dollars.

Dealmaking is the most lucrative skill you could learn.

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Money doesn’t bring happiness.

Freedom does.

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The more you know the more you realize there is much more to know.

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“No one saves us but ourselves / No one can and no one may.” — Buddha

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4 lessons from antiquity on self-discipline
1. Find wise people to emulate
2. Review your day
3. Your distractions are your own doing
4. Every day is a new life

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“You don't have to turn this into something. It doesn't have to upset you. Things can’t shape our decisions by themselves.” — Marcus Aurelius

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Everything you say yes to means you're saying no to something else.

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A Stoic focuses on what’s in their control and accepts what isn’t.

What’s in your control:
- what you do
- what you say
- what you think

What isn’t:
- what other people do
- what other people say
- what other people think

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“Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty." Tim Ferriss

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"The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth." Garry Kasparov