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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy - by William Irvine | Derek Sivers

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Almost too personal for me to give an objective review, because I found when reading it that the quirky philosophy I've been living my life by since 17 matches up exactly with a 2000-year-old philosophy called Stoicism. Mine was self-developed haphazardly, so it was fascinating to read the refined developed original. Really resonated. If you lack a grand goal in living, you lack a coherent philosophy of life. When you are on your deathbed, you will look back and realize that you wasted your one chance at living. Instead of spending your life pursuing something genuinely valuable, you squandered it because you allowed yourself to be distracted. Whatever philosophy of life you adopt, you will probably have a better life than if you tried to live without a coherent philosophy of life. Of the things in life you might pursue, which is the thing you believe to be most valuable? Find delight in your own resources, and desire no joys greater than your inner joys. You are unlikely to have a

If you lack a grand goal in living, you lack a coherent philosophy of life. When you are on your deathbed, you will look back and realize that you wasted your one chance at living. Instead of spending your life pursuing something genuinely valuable, you squandered it because you allowed yourself to be distracted. Whatever philosophy of life you adopt, you will probably have a better life than if you tried to live without a coherent philosophy of life. Of the things in life you might pursue, which is the thing you believe to be most valuable? Find delight in your own resources, and desire no jo

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