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Discourses and Selected Writings is a series of lectures written by
Arrian who was a pupil of Epictetus. The book covers the ancient
Greek school of thought of Stoicism that, in summary, is a guide
on how to live a good and fulfilling life despite whatever
circumstances you have been put in. It establishes the concept of
the dichotomy of control which, summed up, is the simple fact
that some things, such as who we were born as or what other
people do to us, are usually out of our control, but our reactions
and attitude towards these events are still within. This book is a
superior introduction to Stoicism than Meditations by Marcus
Aurelius due to the nature of how it was written. Where
Meditations was written as a personal journal, Discourses and
Selected Writings were written as notes of teachings that
Epictetus gave. It is overall an amazing book to change the way
you approach problems in life, how you act towards others as
well as how you face inevitable suffering.
DISCOURSE AND SELECTED WRITINGS -
EPICTETUS
Atomic Habits is the gold standard of self help books that I have
always recommended to people. The book, written by James
Clear, discusses taking advantage of your brain by forming habits
that make you generally more productive throughout your day
to day life. It concisely sums up the best methods to forming
good habits as well as briefly explaining the most effective ways
to get rid of bad ones. Forming good habits and getting rid of
bad ones can be applied to any area of your life ranging from
school, personal development or sports, and it can help you use
low effort work to improve exponentially in regards to anything
you choose.
ATOMIC HABITS - JAMES CLEAR
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