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STOICISM 101

Become invincible:

  1. Bad Stoicism
  2. Stoicism 2.0
  3. Becoming Stoic
  4. LEMONADE.
  5. Why Arguments and Confrontations Are Good
  6. “I’m Over It”
  7. How to Deal With Miserable People
  8. How to Become a Stoic
  9. How to Ignore
  10. Pretend like you didn’t hear them
  11. Bad Stoic Strategies
  12. The Stoic Way of Dealing With Unpleasant or Miserable People
  13. HOW TO BECOME A STOIC
  14. Stoicism Stunts Our Power?
  15. Stoicism is Mental Resistance Training
  16. STOIC STRATEGIES.
  17. How to Become Fearless
  18. Extreme Stoicism
  19. Ethics are Aesthetic
  20. Indifference to Pain or Suffering
  21. When is Stoicism Good? When is Stoicism Bad?
  22. Why Others Criticize or Insult You
  23. True Difficulty
  24. What if Covid Never Goes Away?
  25. SUPER STOIC
  26. Anti-Hedonism
  27. HOW TO CONQUER FEAR
  28. ANTI FEAR
  29. It is the Duty of the Strong to Help the Weak
  30. The Goal is to Become Stronger
  31. HYPER STOICISM
  32. HYPER HERO
  33. TRANSFORM EVERY DOWNSIDE INTO AN UPSIDE
  34. STOICISM x Child’s Mind
  35. The Art of Manly Virtue
  36. Resistance Makes Us Stronger!
  37. DON’T LIVE IN FEAR
  38. Emotions are Good
  39. Conquer Your Anger
  40. BLACK EAGLE
  41. DIFFICULTY AWAKENS YOUR INNER-GENIUS.
  42. STOICISM IS ARMOR FOR THE MIND
  43. The Spartan-Stoic Lifestyle
  44. How I Conquered Fear
  45. HOW TO CURE FEAR.
  46. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
  47. The Upside of Poverty
  48. How I Became Me
  49. THE WILL TO POWER, OR THE WILL TO FEAR?
  50. ATTACK REALITY
  51. Living *THROUGH* History
  52. How to Fear Less
  53. Fear is the Ultimate Contagious Disease
  54. STOICISM FOR DUMMIES
  55. Don’t Be Scared!
  56. WHAT CAN YOU CONTROL, WHAT CAN YOU NOT CONTROL?
  57. HOW YOU CAN CONQUER FEAR
  58. YOU’RE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE.
  59. EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
  60. WHY AREN’T THINGS WORSE?
  61. My Philosophy on Masculinity
  62. A Riskier Life is a Better Life #philosophy #stoicism
  63. How to Creatively Flourish in Life
  64. Introduction to Stoicism
  65. How to Become Stronger
  66. How to Conquer Depression With Photography
  67. What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
  68. How to Respect Yourself
  69. How to Believe in Yourself
  70. How to Steer Fear
  71. How to Conquer Pessimism
  72. How to Conquer Anxiety
  73. How to Overcome Your Fear of People
  74. How to Be Optimistic
  75. Why I Don’t Take My Anger Seriously
  76. HOW TO BECOME MORE POWERFUL
  77. POSITIVITY.
  78. HOW TO BECOME SUPERHUMAN
  79. How to Give a Fuck Less
  80. ALL IN.
  81. Why I Cut My Dad Out of My Life.
  82. Your iPhone Only Has 5% Battery Left.
  83. How not to give a FUCK about your REPUTATION
  84. WHAT IS A HUMAN?
  85. HAPPINESS.
  86. The Regret Minimization Framework in Photography and Life
  87. How to Be a HERO
  88. Conquer Your Fears by Making Fear Your Slave
  89. Rule Circumstances; Don’t Let Your Circumstances Rule You
  90. How to Love Yourself
  91. How to Turn Shit into Gold
  92. Your Parents Fuck You Up
  93. Immortality
  94. What Kills You Makes You Stronger
  95. How to Be Patient
  96. How to Conquer Anger
  97. How to Bounce Back in Life
  98. How to Overcome Resistance
  99. Nothing Unlimited is Good; Nothing Good is Unlimited
  100. You Have No Limits
  101. Can 1’s and 0’s Hurt You?
  102. The Envious Moment is Flying Now
  103. Tomorrow We’ll Sail the Wide Seas Again
  104. How to Forgive Others
  105. Focus on Your Actions, Not the Results
  106. Everything Will Be Alright
  107. How to Be a Stoic Street Photographer
  108. How to Be a Spartan Photographer
  109. How to Overcome Your Fears in Life
  110. How to Stop Worrying in Life
  111. How to Use Photography as Self-Therapy
  112. How to Free Your Soul From Disturbance
  113. 3 Stoic Techniques that Can Help You Gain Tranquility
  114. Can People Weaker than You Hurt You?
  115. Does a Doctor Get Angry at a Crazy Patient?
  116. Own Nothing

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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.

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.

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