The Daily Stoic Review

📕The book has been impeccably penned down by the author. The book is majorly divided in 3 parts which is then sub divided into months covering the entire 366 days ... (Daily stoic teachings).

📕The author introduces us to stoicism as a school of philosophy that was founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC.

📕The theory of stoicism asserts that virtue is happiness and it is our perception of things that causes most of our troubles. Stoicism teaches us that we cannot control anything outside our "reasoned choice."

🔸Do not control the uncontrollable' is the quote that fits the bill here.

🔸The Stoics tell us, we can attain mental clarity and defog our minds by controlling our perceptions and assumptions. The book is a real eye opener and is appropriate in today's tangled life where stress, broken hearts, expectations, boredom, addiction tops the chart. This book has answers for all our problems.

This masterpiece is a compilation of translation from major figures of Stoicism Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius followed by other Stoics.

🔹This is the book I would love to read over and over again would never get bored of it. The author has written excerpts, quotes and verses from Stoic figures given a crisp,lucid and brief description. I loved this book to the core and have started implementing it in my life.

Some of the learnings that inspired me

are :

◆ We need to accept things as it is. No amount of controlling can make it better. We can't control the uncontrollable.

Snapping the strings that pull our mind.

Being aware of the things is actual freedom. ◆ Seizing our day,doing our best in everything.

◆ Work is therapeutic.

✦ Change is inevitable.

(love this).

◆ And attachments are enemy. This is why I'm connected with everyone but attached to no one.

This book is your best bet when it comes to the daily dose of wisdom.

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