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  Suffering = Pain x Resistance

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  An Important Lesson on How to Reduce Suffering

  In her great book Self-Compassion, Kristin Neff shares a little equation that can help us reduce our suffering. It goes like this: Suffering = Pain x Resistance. Here’s what we need to know: Pain, as the Dalai Lama tells us, is inevitable. Suffering, on the other hand, is optional. The trick is to keep...

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  The Obstacle Is the Way

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  Plus: The Paradox of Fire

  Marcus Aurelius once wrote to himself in the journal he never intended to publish that we now know as Meditations that “The impediment to action advances the action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” Ryan Holiday wrote a book inspired by that wisdom called The Obstacle Is the Way. It’s brill...

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  Perfectionist vs. Optimalist

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  Which Are You?

  Speaking of perfectionism, let’s look at the essence of Tal Ben-Shahar’s great book The Pursuit of Perfect. Tal is one of the world’s leading positive psychologists. He taught the largest class in Harvard’s history: Positive Psychology 101. He tells us that there are two distinct forms of perfect...

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  The Science of Self-Compassion

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  Three Keys: Self-Kindness + Common Humanity + Mindfulness

  As we go ALL IN on Optimizing our lives, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. That’s when the science of Self-Compassion comes in. The science is unequivocal btw: Shame is super-toxic. It does nothing but erode our ability to function at a high level and enjoy the process. We need to learn how to cultivate ...

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  Deo Volente + Thy Will Be Done

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  Wisdom from Apollo, the Patron God of Philosophy

  Deo volente. It’s Latin for “God willing.” The ancient Stoics told us that it’s important to have clear goals but we need to qualify those goals with something along the lines of “if fate will have it.” “I will travel by ship to Athens. If fate will have it.” “I will do x, y, or z. If f...

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