Stoicism and the Art of Happiness – Ancient Tips For Modern Challenges: Teach Yourself

Socrates showed us that we all have the power to heal ourselves and change our characters, at any stage of our lives; we might not become perfect sages like him, but I believe we can all become a little wiser and happier.’

Focus on what you can control, and accept what you can’t.
2 Choose your role models wisely, a lesson he takes from Plutarch’s Parallel Lives.
3 Keep track of your thoughts and behaviour

Externals are not under my control; volition is under my control. Where am I to look for the good and the evil? Within me, in that which is my own.’