Why the Stoics Never Needed Willpower
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This episode explores how the Stoics approached goals without relying on willpower, focusing on a key question from Epictetus.
You have quit every hard goal for the same reason, and it is not lack of willpower. The Stoics worked this out 2,000 years ago. Instead of fighting discomfort with more discipline, they asked one question that bypasses the willpower battle entirely. In this episode I walk through the Stoic framework of virtue, vice and the indifferents, and the single question from Epictetus that replaced willpower in my own life, including the 12-pound cut I am on right now. We get into why discipline is a f...
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Host: Jon Brooks
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