PNTV: The Practicing Stoic by Ward Farnsworth (#408)

<p><span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!)\nOptimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!)\n\nHere are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from The Practicing Stoic by Ward Farnsworth. Hope you enjoy!\n\nWard Farnsworth is the Dean of the University of Texas School of Law. As you can imagine, he brings a logical precision to his discussion of Stoicism that is distinct and powerful. (Seriously. It’s actually ASTONISHINGLY powerful.) I really enjoyed the book and I highly recommend it for the aspiring Practicing Stoic. Big Ideas we explore include Principle #1 of practical Stoicism (Judgment!), the good life vs. the good mood (virtue for the win!), what others think (<- pro tip: ignore it), preferred indifference (committed but not attached), and using adversity as fuel for our Optimizing (use Hermes' magic wand!).\n\nGet The Practicing Stoic on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Practicing-Stoic-Philosophical-Users-Manual/dp/1567926118/\n\nLearn more about Ward Farnsworth: https://www.optimize.me/authors/ward-farnsworth/\n\n► RELATED RESOURCES:\nBig Idea 1: PRINCIPLE #1\n- Stoicism 101 → https://Optimize.me/stocisim\n- +1: The Space | Between Stimulus and Response (#452) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/the-space/\n\nBig Idea 2: THE GOOD LIFE VS. THE GOOD MOOD\n- +1: The Good Life | vs. The Good Mood (#1126) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/the-good-life/\n- +1: Don’t Aim at Success | Dedicate Yourself to a Cause Bigger Than Yourself (#1040) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/dont-aim-at-success/ \n\nBig Idea 3: WHAT OTHERS THINK\n- - +1: Euthymia | How to Live with Energized Tranquility (#100) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/euthymia/\n- PN: Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/self-reliance-ralph-waldo-emerson/\n- +1: Trust Thyself | Every Heart Vibrates to that Iron String (#614) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/trust-thyself/\n\nBig Idea 4: PREF’D INDIFFERENCE\