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  • Stoicism: An Ex-Spy’s Guide to the Stoic Way of Life - Mindsets & Thinking Tools for Modern Day Success

  • Spy Self-Help Series, Book 11
  • By: James Daugherty
  • Narrated by: Michael Tovar
  • Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (33 ratings)

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Stoicism: An Ex-Spy’s Guide to the Stoic Way of Life - Mindsets & Thinking Tools for Modern Day Success

By: James Daugherty
Narrated by: Michael Tovar
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Imagine how different your life would be if you knew how to combine the classic Stoic principles with modern day success-seeking behavior.

Stoicisms ancient teachings are the very best playbook for adversity. Unlike many religious and new age thinking methods, Stoic principles provide a clear road map on exactly “How” to think, not simply “What” to think. Thus giving its practitioners a way to better deal with the misfortunes and hardships they face.

However, this is only half of the battle. If you truly want to make the most of these principles, then you need to give yourself a leg up to begin with, which requires adopting a more progressive approach towards success, which makes dealing with issues so much easier when they do arise.

Daugherty is a huge proponent of the Stoic philosophies, as a result of being exposed to highly stressful and testing situations over the years. A Stoic mindset is not a luxury for a field agent, but a necessity.

In this insightful 3rd edition to the Stoicism series, Daugherty gives readers a firsthand look into:

  • The importance of finding your purpose over passion
  • The wonders of persistent and massive action
  • Why you should never use excuses again
  • The magic of re-contextualization - re-framing obstacles & set-backs
  • How to goal set and properly assess progress for rapid growth
  • The power of delaying gratification & fostering an “attitude of gratitude”
  • Learning the art of “dying before you die”
  • And much more
©2018 James Daugherty (P)2018 James Daugherty
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Full of great ideas

This is an astounding audiobook. It gives a reasonable clarification of the Stoic way of thinking and the handy activities are a decent instrument to develop strength and a normal way to deal with face life afflictions and ideas for getting success!

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Excellent content

This is a very good introduction to Stoicism, with a good mix of direct quotes and explanations. There are a few typos and editing miscues, but the overall content is still solid.

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Helpful tips!

Great audiobook. Helpful tips, suggestions, and advice to beginners. The essayist produces this audiobook extremely richly and I recommend this audiobook immensely to each of you.

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Valuable listen

Amazing, educational, and valuable listen into "how to carry on with a decent life". I've for some time been keen on Stoic way of thinking, and this book goes top to bottom into the thoughts, how and for what reason they're valuable, and how to apply them. The practices are incredible - this is one of those books worth re-perusing each couple a long time to remind ourselves how to think and carry on with a decent life.

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Very effective

The beginner's guide for people who aspire to achieve greatness! A great and exhaustive summary of the stoic values, supported by clear and practical explanations. It very effective reference to get a more detached perspective in all endeavors and therefore be more effective. I strongly suggest this Stoicism for beginners guide to everyone.

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Appreciable audible

It is a guide for the individuals who searching for an approach to turning on some thinking for success. This audiobook secured the down to earth parts of the point. I have figured out how to manage different circumstances. Thusly, my life shows signs of improvement with results.

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Lots of helpful tips contained

This is a very interesting listen on stoicism. Personally i thought the mindset tips section was brilliant and very well explained through each chapter. Get this if you want a clearly insight to a stoic life.

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Incredible audible

An incredible blend of the historical backdrop of Stoicism and pertinent methods that can help we all in self-awareness. This audiobook merits the cash and time. It gives as superb history, examination, and utilization of unemotionalness for our cutting edge world. Very much done.

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Got amazing results

Amazing audiobook and its provide lots of new and helpful information about the power stoicism. The author done excellent job in this audiobook. I listen this audiobook and i get this audiobook so helpful for me.

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Impressive information!

A well balanced audiobook. A lot of important information gathered in this audiobook. I was actually impressed by how much useful information squeezed in such a short audiobook

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