Simple Stoic Advice

The need for adversity

The beautiful thing about Stoic philosophy is the advice contained within it is just as applicable today as it was when it was first written all those many years ago. We can learn a great deal from interpreting the advice provided and using it to our advantage as we go throughout our own lives.

The majority of us avoid adversity. We do not like confrontation. We do not like hard things. The majority of us prefer the easy route. And that’s fine, easy is reliable. Easy is a guarantee, to some degree, that things will stay the same. This used to be fine.

But not anymore.

There is a flip side to comfort: when your world changes, will you be ready?

This is an important thought, and one that needs to be contemplated. It is why, in fact, adversity — daily adversity at that — is so important.

Excellence today does not guarantee excellence tomorrow. Excellence is not a solid line that one eventually gets to, it is field goal posts that are constantly being moved.

Think about the advancements the world has seen over the last one hundred years? We went from having no cars and airplanes to having them nearly drive and fly themselves.

The world is in a constant state of change, and it is brought about by adversity and competition.

Adversity pushes us to work harder, smarter, and faster. It helps us to build a thick skin over ourselves through trial and error. And we need this. In the world…

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