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“Let the mind rule, not the body” pg. 153

I don’t agree. The mind/ego plays thoughts that are not true or realistic most of the time. The mind judges, critiques, etc. Your body/gut is just as important as your mind. Both are tools. Most of the time, your gut intuition is right while your mind is wrong. Moderately listen to your mind.

“We’re all going to mess up. We’ll show up to a life-changing opportunity unprepared. We’ll fall off our diet or our sobriety. We’ll lose our temper and embarrass ourselves. We’ll make mistakes. We’ll be beaten. That’s the thing about discipline: it never fails us, but sometimes we fail it” pg. 140

“The Stoics remind us: we can’t abandon a pursuit because we despair of perfecting it. Not trying because we’re not sure you can win, you’re not sure whether everyone will love it, there’s a word for that too: cowardice.” pg. 133

“In a world of distraction, focusing is a superpower. People say they’re focused but then… their phone pings, they get distracted, they get tired, they try to multitask, they don’t actually have the discipline to truly lock into something”

“We know that between every stimulus and it’s response, every piece of information and our decision, there is space. It is a brief space, to be sure, but one with room enough to insert our philosophy. Will we use it? Use it to think, use it to examine, use it to wait for more information? Or will we give into first impressions, to harmful instincts, and old patterns?” Pg. 113

“True self-control means moderation not just in what we do, but also how we think, how we feel, how we comport ourselves in a world of chaos and confusion. If anything, these traits matter more” pg. 95

“A weak mind must be constantly entertained and stimulated. A strong mind can occupy itself and, more importantly, be still and vigilant in moments that demand it” pg. 104