我从斯多葛主义中学到的 7 条人生经验 7 Life Lessons I Learned from Stoicism

未能成功加载,请稍后再试
0/0

This video was made possible by Brilliant, a math and science problem-solving website that makes learning fun and rewarding. Here are seven life lessons I learned from Stoic philosophy, in the form of a letter to myself.

Lesson 1: Wisdom is realizing what you can and can't control. In the past, when you've tried to get into better shape, you found that focusing on the things you couldn't controlsuch as your cravings for food, your body fat percentage, or your weightled to zero progress.

Instead, it often led to feelings of shame and guilt. But when you focused on the things you could controlsuch as finding fun workouts, moving each day, and looking for new, healthy, and satisfying foods to eatyou made better progress on your health.

Everything in life falls into one of two categories: things you can control and things you can't. When you focus on the things you can control, you actively shape your future, but when you focus on the things you can't control, you are imprisoned by your past.

Lesson 2: Your emotions depend on your expectations. Let's say you're expecting to get a D on a test.

If you get a C, you're gonna be happy because your reality is greater than your expectation. If you get an F, you're gonna be sad because your reality falls short of your expectation.

But if you're expecting to get a B on that same test, now a C will make you sad, and only an A will make you really happy. Your emotions equal your reality minus your expectations.

Lesson 3: Right perception leads to right action. If I told you a million dollars were buried in your backyard, you'd go out there and start digging right now, and you wouldn't stop until you found it.

Your actions arise from your perception of the world. So right perception leads to right action.

Lesson 4: Your relationships will make or break your life. In the light of recent worldwide events, this lesson is easier to understand than ever before.

下载全新《每日英语听力》客户端,查看完整内容