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The Dichotomy of Control 2.0 – Epictetus for Anxious Achievers
Let me guess. You have read Marcus Aurelius. You know some things are up to you and some are not. And you still lie awake replaying conversations, spiralling over outcomes, feeling like a failure when things do not go your way.
Yeah. Me too.
Here is the problem: the dichotomy of control is brilliant philosophy and terrible instructions for real life. People hear focus on what you control and either go passive, I guess I will just accept everything, or get confused, wait, do my actions not influence outcomes?
In this episode I walk through a six-step way of actually using it: why even smart…
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