What’s the first thing in the Stoic bag of philosophical tricks to improve how you feel - and help you make better choices in the future? Ask, “What would I recommend if this happened to someone else?” So let’s say life decides to suplex you and you’re feeling 32 flavors of bad. Okay, kiddo, time to rummage through the Stoic toolbox and dig out some simple rituals you can use to be much happier. Epictetus, Discourses, 2.9.13-14Īnd what’s fascinating is that modern scientific research agrees with a surprising amount of what these guys were talking about 2000 years ago.įollow Ladders’ magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and more!
For as time passes we forget what we learned and end up doing the opposite, and hold opinions the opposite of what we should. That’s why the philosophers warn us not to be satisfied with mere learning, but to add practice and then training. They created rituals - exercises - to be performed to train your mind to respond properly to life so you could live it well.įrom The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: While material items, or money, can’t buy happiness, the findings of a new study conducted at The University of Texas at Austin do say this: they’ve concluded that purchasing experiences over material goods almost always leads to more feelings of happiness.īut material items and careers may not be the long-term answer for achieving happiness.
Happiness can come from many areas: life choices, overcoming hurdles, a new career path, and even some purchases. Reading ain’t the same as doing. You wouldn’t expect to read some martial arts books and then go kick ass like Bruce Lee, would you? All behavior, all changes, must be trained. This article was updated by the Ladders Staff on May 26, 2020.Īlright, you’ve probably read a zillion articles about happiness online and you’re not a zillion times happier.
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