#7: Ultimate Stoic Routine, Social Invincibility, and the ABC of Transformation

And the double standard technique

Author

Jon Brooks
February 23, 2023

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🥶 How to Craft the Ultimate Stoic Routine: Discover how to craft the perfect Stoic day to maximize your learning, wisdom cultivation, and tranquility. Read it here.

🔥 Anxiety Q&A: Hear my succinct thoughts on how to frame anxiety to lessen its power to disturb your mind. Listen here.

🔤 ABC of Stoic Transformation: I was asked if Stoicism is simply a “mind-based” practice. I recorded a podcast answering this question. Listen here.

🧡 Social Invincibility Guide: I recently updated the Stoic Handbook website to include more resource guides. Here is my resource on Stoic social skills.

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🎥 Featured Video: Would vs. Could

🧰 Stoic Toolbox: “Double Standard Technique”

Many of us are far worse friends to ourselves than we are to our actual friends. When we fail an exam, we might label ourselves as "stupid and hopeless." But when a friend fails an exam, we console them and encourage them to try again.

It is well worth your time to develop the skill of responding to yourself when you are distressed in a similar way to how you would respond to a good friend using warmth, kindness, reason, and objectivity.

Start with small things, like a mug breaking. When this happens, imagine seeing the situation happening to your best friend. What would you say to them? Try as best as you can, to respond to your situation in a similar way.

Read the full article on the Double Standard technique here.

If you enjoy the free Stoic Handbook content, particularly the podcasts, but want to go deeper, I’ve created Stoic Handbook Premium, where you can enjoy my subscriber-only courses, Q&As, and lessons.

Here are the latest audio episodes published, only available to subscribers (includes free trial):

  • Do Not Add Anything to First Impressions

  • View Your Difficulties From Above

  • How to Design The Ultimate Stoic Daily Routine

  • All Things Have a Price of Admission

  • Hardship is the Key That Unlocks Virtue

  • The 9 Destructive Ways Your Mind Attacks Itself

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