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  • Stoicism: The Timeless Wisdom to Living a Good Life - Develop Grit, Build Confidence, and Find Inner Peace

  • Practical Emotional Intelligence, Book 4
  • By: James W. Williams
  • Narrated by: Sam Slydell
  • Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (65 ratings)

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Stoicism: The Timeless Wisdom to Living a Good Life - Develop Grit, Build Confidence, and Find Inner Peace

By: James W. Williams
Narrated by: Sam Slydell
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Why am I here? Why do I even exist? Why is my life filled with fear, anxiety, and hopelessness? Why can’t I ever get the things I desire? Is my life really worth living? If you have ever asked yourself any of these questions - and have made the ultimate search going from place to place, talking to gurus, specialists, or spiritual leaders to get the answers you so desperately need - it is time to start looking inwards.

Stoicism: The Timeless Wisdom to Living a Good Life - Develop Grit, Build Confidence, and Find Inner Peace takes you on a journey into yourself and delivers you into the future you desire. It liberates you from the flawed thinking that your happiness and peace is dependent on the people or things in your life. It aims to unlock the greatness within and put the power to change your life squarely in your hands.

In this book you will discover:

  • The myth, the legend, and the truths about Stoicism.
  • How you can use the principles of Stoicism to achieve total inner peace.
  • The power to enforce change.
  • How you can correct your worst behavior using aspects of Stoicism in CBT.
  • The keys to managing and outgrowing your physical and emotional pain.
  • And much more....

There are so many books on the holy grail to finding inner peace, but none of them provides a lasting, wholesome approach that sets the tone for sustainable living. The key to living a life that is simultaneously empowering, liberating, and exceptional is all within you. The manifestation of your physical and emotional desires is a process that begins with your mind.

The way you think controls the way you act, and it is the things you act on that will bring results. Often, the result we get is different from what we had hoped for. This book Stoicism: The Timeless Wisdom to Living a Good Life - Develop Grit, Build Confidence, and Find Inner Peace explores the journey from your thoughts to manifestation. It guides you on how to think in the face of adversity, how to grow your confidence as you enter the eye of the storm, and how to embrace your situation in order to come out on top.

This book also dispels any general misconceptions people may have about Stoicism. To appreciate the value and to truly enjoy the benefits of Stoicism, it is important to understand the subject broadly. If you are ready to take your life to the next level, to enter into a conscious and deliberate way of living, you are one step closer with this book in your hands.

While this is not a miracle, one finger-snap manual that can change things overnight, it does provide in-depth insights to hidden truths that will inspire a lasting change. So, I dare you to take on this new adventure. Even if your life is perfect, I dare you to be better.

Scroll up, click “Buy Now” and let the best days of the rest of your life begin.

©2019 James W. Williams (P)2019 James W. Williams
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Good daily Stoicism work.

Good daily Stoicism work. Takes your mind off of worrying about situations or getting overly stressed. Daily practices help you take positive action and plan.

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Good content.

The book provides a good balance of what, why, and how. I was primarily interested in the techniques and why for which this book provided, there were parts about the history and the philosophical coming about that I didn’t find relevant personally, but overall highly recommended.

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Very Much Needed

This audio book will help you learn and understand more about Stoicism. The book was perfectly written and narrated in a very simple way for better and easier understanding

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Insightful

It is very helpful maintaining a daily stoic perspective in life. I would highly recommend to anyone wanting daily inspiration in stoic philosophy.

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One of the best

Stoicism: A Detailed Breakdown of Stoicism Philosophy and wisdom from the Greats: A Complete Guide to Stoicism, by author is an excellent and educational listen for anyone interested in philosophy. It gives a useful breakdown of the concepts and ideas. Beginning with the history of stoicism and going on into its relation to theology, cosmology, psychology and more.

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Great book tons to learn

This book is both interesting from an academic point of view and actionable from a personal perspective, I am very happy somebody went through all the classics and did the hard work to organize it in a way that makes sense, I find myself frequently using it as a manual to try to appreciate my life as it is, to find this "tranquility", so I can focus in the important things; there is so much noise!

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Wonderful book.

In this general introduction to Stoicism, the author uses the philosophical framework to address the problems in his life that are common to us all.

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Very helpful and reasonable.

Very helpful to have a daily practices on the wisdom of stoicism, something to reflect on throughout the day.

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I enjoyed

Stoics principles in a day to day format, easy to assimilate for those new to that philosophy.

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This was a great book.

I love the way stoicism is explained and the different techniques that may be applied in everyday situations across life. Would love to see stoicism for kids in the future if the author would want to write that.

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