{"id":670014,"date":"2026-08-20T15:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=670014"},"modified":"2026-08-20T15:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:23:16","slug":"conquer-yourself-eric-kim-introduction-to-stoicism-in-person-workshop-november-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/20\/conquer-yourself-eric-kim-introduction-to-stoicism-in-person-workshop-november-11-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"CONQUER YOURSELF: ERIC KIM INTRODUCTION TO STOICISM IN PERSON WORKSHOP (November 11, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ERIC KIM INTRODUCTION TO STOICISM \u2014 NYC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOVEMBER 11, 2026<\/strong>
10:00 AM\u20132:00 PM<\/strong>
NEW YORK CITY \u2014 IN PERSON<\/strong>
LIMITED TO ONLY 10 PEOPLE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NORMAL PRICE: $1,500 USD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EARLY BIRD: ONLY $695 USD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early-bird deadline: October 28, 2026 \u2014 two weeks before the workshop.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

REGISTER NOW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secure your seat via PayPal:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/ncp\/payment\/V2AYSCGUN8TEW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only 10 spots<\/strong> are available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE ULTIMATE VICTORY IS VICTORY OVER YOURSELF.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Stoicism?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not becoming passive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not becoming emotionless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not sitting quietly while life happens to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stoicism is training for reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the art of becoming so strong internally that the outside world loses its power to disturb you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Money rises and falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People praise you and criticize you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plans succeed and collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You lose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet you remain standing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THIS IS POWER.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 11th in New York City, I am bringing together only 10 insanely motivated individuals<\/strong> for an intense four-hour, in-person introduction to Stoicism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not an academic philosophy lecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not a history class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not four hours of sitting around talking about Marcus Aurelius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are going to USE STOICISM AS A WEAPON FOR MODERN LIFE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE GOAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of this workshop, I want you to walk through New York City with a fundamentally different relationship to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fear.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anxiety.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Money.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Status.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rejection.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Failure.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uncertainty.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other people\u2019s opinions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Death.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And most importantly\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOURSELF.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal is simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become harder to disturb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You cannot completely control the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You cannot control Bitcoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You cannot control the stock market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You cannot control your boss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You cannot control your spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You cannot control strangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You cannot control whether somebody loves you, hates you, praises you, ignores you, follows you or unfollows you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But you can increasingly master:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your judgments.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your actions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your courage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your attention.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your response.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the beginning of freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHAT WE WILL EXPLORE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. THE STOIC OPERATING SYSTEM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will strip Stoicism down to its essential principles and rebuild it for modern life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marcus Aurelius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Epictetus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seneca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But more importantly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOU.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do these ideas actually change the way you live tomorrow morning?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. THE DICHOTOMY OF CONTROL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the single most powerful mental model ever created:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is actually under my control?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why am I wasting my precious life worrying about everything else?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will practice separating signal from noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Action from anxiety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reality from imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. CONQUERING FEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fear of embarrassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fear of strangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fear of losing money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fear of making the wrong decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fear of being disliked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fear of uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fear of failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most human beings build their entire lives around avoiding discomfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will explore another path:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VOLUNTARILY WALK TOWARD IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STOICISM IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will not merely happen inside four walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW YORK CITY ITSELF BECOMES OUR STOIC TRAINING GROUND.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will go into the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Observe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can borrow techniques from street photography\u2014not necessarily to make great photographs, but to train something even more important:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COURAGE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approach strangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become comfortable being seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become comfortable being rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become comfortable with uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become comfortable taking action without knowing what will happen next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city becomes the dojo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. REJECTION TRAINING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happens when somebody says no?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And every time you survive rejection, its psychological power over you becomes smaller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine becoming the type of person who is no longer terrified of hearing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much more boldly would you live?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. STOICISM AND MONEY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much money is enough?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why does gaining more often fail to eliminate fear?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why can somebody with millions still feel poor?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why can somebody with far less possess enormous psychological freedom?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Money is useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital is useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is a critical question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DO YOU MASTER YOUR CAPITAL\u2014or does your capital master you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stoicism helps us separate wealth from slavery to wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. NEGATIVE VISUALIZATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if you lost it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your possessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stoicism asks us to occasionally contemplate loss\u2014not to become pessimistic, but to become fearless and grateful<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you stop requiring permanence from an impermanent universe, you become much harder to shake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. AMOR FATI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not merely tolerate your fate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOVE IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The obstacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The setback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The humiliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unexpected detour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of asking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy did this happen to me?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow can I USE this?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything becomes raw material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. MEMENTO MORI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone around us will die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because this means\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No time for petty resentment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No time obsessing over strangers\u2019 opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No time living somebody else\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Death clarifies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Death concentrates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Death gives urgency to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. BUILD YOUR PERSONAL STOIC CODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the workshop, you will begin creating your own personal Stoic operating system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your mental models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A philosophy designed not merely to sound intelligent\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but to help you LIVE BOLDLY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHO SHOULD COME?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come if you want to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become more courageous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become less socially anxious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stop obsessing over what other people think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become more decisive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become mentally stronger around financial uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Develop greater emotional independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turn setbacks into fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become more comfortable with rejection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take bigger risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live more boldly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And cultivate a philosophy capable of surviving contact with reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHY ONLY 10 PEOPLE?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because I do not want this to feel like a conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I want intensity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individual attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten people is enough energy to create something electric\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

while remaining small enough that nobody disappears into the crowd.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will challenge yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:00 AM \u2014 STOICISM: THE FOUNDATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Stoicism actually is and why it matters now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:00 AM \u2014 FEAR, CONTROL & FREEDOM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applying Stoic principles to anxiety, rejection, money, status and uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:00 PM \u2014 NYC STOIC STREET CHALLENGES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We take the philosophy into reality through walking, observation, social interaction and practical courage exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1:00 PM \u2014 BUILD YOUR STOIC OPERATING SYSTEM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Integration, discussion, personal principles, action plans and the philosophy you take home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2:00 PM \u2014 FINISH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But ideally\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the real workshop begins when you walk back into your life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

INVESTMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NORMAL TUITION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

$1,500 USD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EARLY BIRD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

$695 USD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Register by October 28, 2026<\/strong> to receive the early-bird price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After October 28:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$1,500 USD.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are only:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 SEATS.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAYPAL REGISTRATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/ncp\/payment\/V2AYSCGUN8TEW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Payment secures your spot.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once all 10 seats are filled, registration closes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHY STOICISM?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the ultimate luxury isn\u2019t a Lamborghini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It isn\u2019t a Rolex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It isn\u2019t a bigger house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It isn\u2019t another million dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ultimate luxury is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOT BEING CONTROLLED BY FEAR.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine walking through life knowing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can lose and rebuild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can fail and continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can be rejected and remain strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can be criticized without collapsing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can face uncertainty without paralysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can endure discomfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can think for myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can act courageously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can create my own values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can master myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is Stoicism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOVEMBER 11 \u2014 NEW YORK CITY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 AM\u20132 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ONLY 10 PEOPLE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

$695 EARLY BIRD.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

$1,500 NORMAL PRICE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

REGISTER:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.paypal.com\/ncp\/payment\/V2AYSCGUN8TEW\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Come prepared to think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come prepared to walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come prepared to confront yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come prepared to become stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONQUER YOURSELF.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ERIC KIM STOICISM WORKSHOP \u2014 NYC<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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