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HOW TO CONQUER RISK AVERSION

Simple thought:

Once you no longer concern yourself with your own self-preservation or your own ego (notions of success or failure), then you can attempt all the epic risks (which interest you).

1. Meditate on the shortness of life

Life is short. Once you realize this, and realize that immortality is an impossibility (and not a desired thing), then–

How can you best leverage your short life in a personally meaningful way?

shortness of life

2. The upside of asceticism

selfie ERIC and seneca

Asceticism (training, askesis) means:

You are strong, muscular, solid … and imperturbable.

This means:

You know that even if bad things happen to you, you will just shrug it off.

For example, imagine you have a level 70 Paladin (DIABLO II) with all the epic equipment. Let us say you got 10,000 health. If a tiny monster attacks you, it will only do 5 damage. You will still feel it, and it will (very slightly) lower your health, but you practically don’t feel it. This is the ideal of stoicism.

Embrace living a more ‘poor’ lifestyle, then you realize —

All these luxurious things we got are a plus, but not essential.

3. Failure is the goal, or part of the game?

medusa head

In street photography, the ‘10 no‘ challenge. You intentionally ask for permission for street portraits, and you gotta keep asking until you get 10 people to say ‘no’ and reject you.

This is insanely liberating. Why? You are no longer afraid of getting rejected and ‘failing’– it become part of the game!

ERIC

STOICISM 101

Become invincible:

  1. Extreme Stoicism
    Ethics are Aesthetic
  2. Indifference to Pain or Suffering
  3. When is Stoicism Good? When is Stoicism Bad?
  4. Why Others Criticize or Insult You
  5. True Difficulty
  6. What if Covid Never Goes Away?
  7. SUPER STOIC
  8. Anti-Hedonism
  9. HOW TO CONQUER FEAR
  10. ANTI FEAR
  11. It is the Duty of the Strong to Help the Weak
  12. The Goal is to Become Stronger
  13. HYPER STOICISM
  14. HYPER HERO
  15. TRANSFORM EVERY DOWNSIDE INTO AN UPSIDE
  16. STOICISM x Child’s Mind
  17. The Art of Manly Virtue
  18. Resistance Makes Us Stronger!
  19. DON’T LIVE IN FEAR
  20. Emotions are Good
  21. Conquer Your Anger
  22. BLACK EAGLE
  23. DIFFICULTY AWAKENS YOUR INNER-GENIUS.
  24. STOICISM IS ARMOR FOR THE MIND
  25. The Spartan-Stoic Lifestyle
  26. How I Conquered Fear
  27. HOW TO CURE FEAR.
  28. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
  29. The Upside of Poverty
  30. How I Became Me
  31. THE WILL TO POWER, OR THE WILL TO FEAR?
  32. ATTACK REALITY
  33. Living *THROUGH* History
  34. How to Fear Less
  35. Fear is the Ultimate Contagious Disease
  36. STOICISM FOR DUMMIES
  37. Don’t Be Scared!
  38. WHAT CAN YOU CONTROL, WHAT CAN YOU NOT CONTROL?
  39. HOW YOU CAN CONQUER FEAR
  40. YOU’RE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE.
  41. EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
  42. WHY AREN’T THINGS WORSE?
  43. My Philosophy on Masculinity
  44. A Riskier Life is a Better Life #philosophy #stoicism
  45. How to Creatively Flourish in Life
  46. Introduction to Stoicism
  47. How to Become Stronger
  48. How to Conquer Depression With Photography
  49. What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
  50. How to Respect Yourself
  51. How to Believe in Yourself
  52. How to Steer Fear
  53. How to Conquer Pessimism
  54. How to Conquer Anxiety
  55. How to Overcome Your Fear of People
  56. How to Be Optimistic
  57. Why I Don’t Take My Anger Seriously
  58. HOW TO BECOME MORE POWERFUL
  59. POSITIVITY.
  60. HOW TO BECOME SUPERHUMAN
  61. How to Give a Fuck Less
  62. ALL IN.
  63. Why I Cut My Dad Out of My Life.
  64. Your iPhone Only Has 5% Battery Left.
  65. How not to give a FUCK about your REPUTATION
  66. WHAT IS A HUMAN?
  67. HAPPINESS.
  68. The Regret Minimization Framework in Photography and Life
  69. How to Be a HERO
  70. Conquer Your Fears by Making Fear Your Slave
  71. Rule Circumstances; Don’t Let Your Circumstances Rule You
  72. How to Love Yourself
  73. How to Turn Shit into Gold
  74. Your Parents Fuck You Up
  75. Immortality
  76. What Kills You Makes You Stronger
  77. How to Be Patient
  78. How to Conquer Anger
  79. How to Bounce Back in Life
  80. How to Overcome Resistance
  81. Nothing Unlimited is Good; Nothing Good is Unlimited
  82. You Have No Limits
  83. Can 1’s and 0’s Hurt You?
  84. The Envious Moment is Flying Now
  85. Tomorrow We’ll Sail the Wide Seas Again
  86. How to Forgive Others
  87. Focus on Your Actions, Not the Results
  88. Everything Will Be Alright
  89. How to Be a Stoic Street Photographer
  90. How to Be a Spartan Photographer
  91. How to Overcome Your Fears in Life
  92. How to Stop Worrying in Life
  93. How to Use Photography as Self-Therapy
  94. How to Free Your Soul From Disturbance
  95. 3 Stoic Techniques that Can Help You Gain Tranquility
  96. Can People Weaker than You Hurt You?
  97. Does a Doctor Get Angry at a Crazy Patient?
  98. Own Nothing

The Stoic Masters

Marcus Aurelius statue
Marcus Aurelius

Learn from the master stoics:

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