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STOICISM 101
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Become invincible:
- Bad Stoicism
- Stoicism 2.0
- Becoming Stoic
- LEMONADE.
- Why Arguments and Confrontations Are Good
- “I’m Over It”
- How to Deal With Miserable People
- How to Become a Stoic
- How to Ignore
- Pretend like you didn’t hear them
- Bad Stoic Strategies
- The Stoic Way of Dealing With Unpleasant or Miserable People
- HOW TO BECOME A STOIC
- Stoicism Stunts Our Power?
- Stoicism is Mental Resistance Training
- STOIC STRATEGIES.
- How to Become Fearless
- Extreme Stoicism
- Ethics are Aesthetic
- Indifference to Pain or Suffering
- When is Stoicism Good? When is Stoicism Bad?
- Why Others Criticize or Insult You
- True Difficulty
- What if Covid Never Goes Away?
- SUPER STOIC
- Anti-Hedonism
- HOW TO CONQUER FEAR
- ANTI FEAR
- It is the Duty of the Strong to Help the Weak
- The Goal is to Become Stronger
- HYPER STOICISM
- HYPER HERO
- TRANSFORM EVERY DOWNSIDE INTO AN UPSIDE
- STOICISM x Child’s Mind
- The Art of Manly Virtue
- Resistance Makes Us Stronger!
- DON’T LIVE IN FEAR
- Emotions are Good
- Conquer Your Anger
- BLACK EAGLE
- DIFFICULTY AWAKENS YOUR INNER-GENIUS.
- STOICISM IS ARMOR FOR THE MIND
- The Spartan-Stoic Lifestyle
- How I Conquered Fear
- HOW TO CURE FEAR.
- LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
- The Upside of Poverty
- How I Became Me
- THE WILL TO POWER, OR THE WILL TO FEAR?
- ATTACK REALITY
- Living *THROUGH* History
- How to Fear Less
- Fear is the Ultimate Contagious Disease
- STOICISM FOR DUMMIES
- Don’t Be Scared!
- WHAT CAN YOU CONTROL, WHAT CAN YOU NOT CONTROL?
- HOW YOU CAN CONQUER FEAR
- YOU’RE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE.
- EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
- WHY AREN’T THINGS WORSE?
- My Philosophy on Masculinity
- A Riskier Life is a Better Life #philosophy #stoicism
- How to Creatively Flourish in Life
- Introduction to Stoicism
- How to Become Stronger
- How to Conquer Depression With Photography
- What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
- How to Respect Yourself
- How to Believe in Yourself
- How to Steer Fear
- How to Conquer Pessimism
- How to Conquer Anxiety
- How to Overcome Your Fear of People
- How to Be Optimistic
- Why I Don’t Take My Anger Seriously
- HOW TO BECOME MORE POWERFUL
- POSITIVITY.
- HOW TO BECOME SUPERHUMAN
- How to Give a Fuck Less
- ALL IN.
- Why I Cut My Dad Out of My Life.
- Your iPhone Only Has 5% Battery Left.
- How not to give a FUCK about your REPUTATION
- WHAT IS A HUMAN?
- HAPPINESS.
- The Regret Minimization Framework in Photography and Life
- How to Be a HERO
- Conquer Your Fears by Making Fear Your Slave
- Rule Circumstances; Don’t Let Your Circumstances Rule You
- How to Love Yourself
- How to Turn Shit into Gold
- Your Parents Fuck You Up
- Immortality
- What Kills You Makes You Stronger
- How to Be Patient
- How to Conquer Anger
- How to Bounce Back in Life
- How to Overcome Resistance
- Nothing Unlimited is Good; Nothing Good is Unlimited
- You Have No Limits
- Can 1’s and 0’s Hurt You?
- The Envious Moment is Flying Now
- Tomorrow We’ll Sail the Wide Seas Again
- How to Forgive Others
- Focus on Your Actions, Not the Results
- Everything Will Be Alright
- How to Be a Stoic Street Photographer
- How to Be a Spartan Photographer
- How to Overcome Your Fears in Life
- How to Stop Worrying in Life
- How to Use Photography as Self-Therapy
- How to Free Your Soul From Disturbance
- 3 Stoic Techniques that Can Help You Gain Tranquility
- Can People Weaker than You Hurt You?
- Does a Doctor Get Angry at a Crazy Patient?
- Own Nothing
The Stoic Masters
Learn from the master stoics:
Photography Productivity
Dear friends, as I voice dictate these words into my iPad Pro, something that I am currently doing is using this opportunity to review my photos. The general gist is this; use an iPad Pro, 11 inch sure, no case no stylus no keyboard, and stand up. Be outside outdoors, and pinch in your photos to see your photos in which three photos fills your left to right columns. Imagine looking at like an old school contact sheet. See street photography contact sheets II and PDF DOWNLOAD. Also see volume 1, PDF DOWNLOAD.
Why does this matter, why is this so critical?
One big issue that I have is that there’s not enough time or hours in a day, or enough physiological energy for me to keep pace with reviewing my photos. One solution is going to the gym early in the morning, and then using the mid day to review my photos while Seneca sleeping. Had a great 850 pound rack pull, and after coming home and after napping Seneca, drinking some Eric Kim OMAKASE coffee, THE THINKER, the white bag, 100% fine robusta with white cherry notes.
I do think that freaking some insanely great coffee as a stimulus to motivate you to review your photos is a good one.
Also, even though the iPad is not perfect, I really truly do believe that the 11 inch iPad Pro, without any accessories, is the ultimate and perfect photo reviewing device.
Why? The upside is that you could look at your photos, as if you were holding them like a print. Not only that, you could be mobile while reviewing your photos, instead of being hunched over a computer or a desktop or laptop, even a standing desk is too static.
Another fun idea I have is review your photos at the gym. Just bring your iPad Pro with you to the gym, ask for the Wi-Fi, and review your photos while you’re there.
Why? I believe that going to the gym is more virtuous than going to a coffee shop. Just drink your ERIC KIM OMAKASE coffee at home, hit the gym, and just review your photos on your iPad, whether you be in the hot sauna, if you’re just stretching out on the gym floor, or in between sets. I have a theory that with a physiological pump, it also gives you a creative pump.
Why review your photos?
A thought experiment; if you could never review your photos, the photos that you shot, would you shoot them? Probably not.
And I still really really love shooting photos for the sake of shooting photos, but still at the end of the day, there’s a desire a strong desire for me to see the photos that I made, to share them and publish them, put them out there.
I KNOW I HVE THE POWER AND ABILITY CAPABILITY
A one rep max as a mentality, body self knowledge ability thing?
Does it matter what you look like?
Yes.
For example, if there is somebody who is philosophizing or writing or commenting about virtue, courage, strength and masculinity, I want to see what he looks like. I want to see him topless, what his legs look like, his muscularity, his body fat percentage, his stomach, his face, his height, the way he walks and carries himself.
FREE GYM // OPEN SOURCE GYM?
I have a gym concept, it is a free open source Jin. Friesen zero price, also, free as in freedom.
What are the prerequisites? Some sort of community service, or giving back to society. Kind of like a new, muscular, virtuous boy scouts, certainly boys and girls both included. All ages genders and sexes allowed.
The Art of Hyping Yourself Up
I have a thought that before attempting insanely epic things, for example, attempting to atlas lift 975 pounds, which is ten plates and and a 10, to hype yourself up is critical.
BOSU BALL PRODUCTIVITY?
Currently at the gym, I randomly saw a bosu ball. I have my iPad Pro with me, connected to the free Wi-Fi, and doing some creative work while here.
Notions of “Form” is Misguided?
There are some people who I consider “form Nazis“; that is, they preach and superimpose a certain form, aka, their form, upon you.
There is no such thing as proper form. In fact, there’s no such thing as foreign. Instead, I think it all comes down to leverage, focus, hope in yourself, and maximum power output.