The Stoic Mind: A Visual Exploration Of Stoic Philosophy

by Addy Osmani, Go Limitlesss

Discover the timeless wisdom of Stoicism in a modern context with "The Stoic Mind," an enlightening visual guide by GoLimitless and Addy Osmani. This rich exploration connects ancient philosophical tenets to modern-day scenarios, offering you a compass to navigate life's challenging waves with resilience and inner peace. Whether it's about stepping out of your comfort zone, taking control of your calendar, measuring success by your own standards, or understanding the multifaceted nature of success and failure, this book offers a treasure trove of insights, each steeped in the enduring wisdom of Stoicism. Remember, the journey is about progress, not perfection. As you turn the pages of "The Stoic Mind," you equip yourself with the tools to sail through life's vast ocean with fortitude, irrespective of the storms you face. These teachings aren't relics of the past but beacons of wisdom for the present and future.

87 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 8, 2023

About the author

Addy Osmani is a Senior Staff Engineering Manager working on Google Chrome. He leads up teams focused on making the web fast and low-friction to build on for developers. Addy has authored a number of books and has spoken at conferences around the world.

Reviews

[skaiste · Rating 1 out of 5]

first dnf of the year

[Ahmad Yasser · Rating 3 out of 5]

2 stars for the text, 4 stars for illustrations

[Laura Uzcategui · Rating 4 out of 5]

It took me a blink of an eye to read Addy’s book.

Great lessons for life and work that you can apply to your everyday life, like embracing we are not perfect but we can still make great progress.

Recommended as a good way to finish and start your year.

[Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The epub unfortunately was not well edited. I did not have a table of contents at my disposal. Which made it hard to go back and forth.

I like the content, a lot of captain obvious in there, but also a reminder of things I needed to hear again with minimal visuals. So overall I would recommend it as it's a quick read anyway.

[Barry Hall · Rating 2 out of 5]

A reasonable book

It’s an ok book. Short with some good parts to it. There is very little here to do with Stoicism though beyond very sparse high level stoic quotes such as “focus on what you can control and not what you can’t”. Being an avid stoic reader I was actually becoming frustrated towards the end at the lack of stoic practices and philosophies being even mentioned never mind applied.

Being from Addy, this book is naturally aimed at a knowledge worker and like I say has some ok parts but it’s mostly truisms and basic with very little actually actionable points besides “do the work and focus on what you can”. You shouldn’t need a book to tell you this. If you do, there are far better ones to remind you (Cal Newport, etc)

For me, my biggest bug bear is it just had a very misleading title and if you know even the basics of how to look after yourself, prioritise your work and well being then there is little to nothing here for you and you can move on.

[Pablo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful visualizations of key concept

The books is a summary of valuable concepts and areas to keep in mind as we embark on a journey of self improvement and self awareness.

It includes great visualizations of the ideas and practical summaries and recollections from known concepts of the stoic world with phrases and personal experience from the author.

[Alinnarossa · Rating 3 out of 5]

i don't understand what's so stoic about this book??????
well, well, well, i guess it's still acceptable. not so unique or contains revolutionary statements, i mean you must have read or heard them everywhere else but it's good nontheless. plus it was all illustrated. very easy to read.

[Patrick Raedler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it =]

[Vijay Kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is basically a book which encompasses almost all of the self improvement books out there.

[Liam · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice companion to Aurelius or other stoic works, however not revolutionary or different from said books

[Lucas Puskaric · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just okay. Thought there would be more visualizations. It’s a great primer and collection from lots of different self help books, but it’s poorly edited and mostly regurgitated and extrapolated from quotes that are from already popular books you may have already read. The middle gets repetitive too.