7/12/2023 0 Comments Lone wolf mentalitySo I did last week and I think it’s an eye-opening book about how to live your life on your own terms. I’ve had this on my shelf for a long time, but never took the time to read it. I’ve got this book recommended by a subscriber named Warren Wantoobe. But if you want this masterpiece on your shelf or under the Christmas tree, you will find a link in the description. The Enchiridion is widely available on the internet for free and you can find free LibriVox audiobooks on YouTube. So, instead of getting carried away emotionally by everything around you, you will rationally decide what matters for you and how you will contribute to the world. Stoicism can be an invaluable philosophy to keep a cool head and cultivate an indifference towards the things that don’t matter to you. A lone wolf chooses to walk his own path, no matter what his goals are, and will follow his own values and morals. This book really helps me to get in a more peaceful mindstate or, perhaps the best way to describe it: a state of contentment. I think I have read the Enchridion about twenty times or maybe even more (which includes listening to it as an audiobook that you can get for free on YouTube as a public domain recording). Why I recommend this book to the lone wolf? What a Stoic has to do is focus on the things that are in his control and have a contempt for the things that are not in his control. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Some things are in our control and others not. ![]() The main tenet of this work is the separation between the things that you can and cannot control. They were just external things for him and their behavior wasn’t up to him anyway. Nasty, annoying peopleĮpictetus had his way of dealing with arrogant, nasty people. Other parts of the work are timeless and give us the impression than human nature will never change. Remember that this work almost 2000 years old and many of these examples are a bit dated, although they can easily be converted to the present age. His Stoic teachings are meant to build mental resistance against hardship and the book contains many examples of this. And concerning his own position being in bondage if he can do it, everyone can do it. He teaches us how to make your life livable no matter in what position you are. Interesting to know is that Epictetus was a slave, who was later freed to teach. Hence the name – Enchiridion – which means handbook. The Enchiridion can be considered as a small handbook to give guidance to your life. And the name says it all: this work is epic. One of the greatest Stoic works in the Enchiridion, which was written by a man called Epictetus. ![]() If you happen to buy a book by one of those links, I get a small commission which will help me survive and grow this project.Īnyway: here are 5 self-development books for the lone wolf! Enchiridion Just for your information: I have put some Amazon links to the books I endorse in the description. ![]() So if you like the idea of me doing book reviews, let me know in the comment section. I must admit that there are still many great self-development books out there that I didn´t read, but I have planned to read more of them. These books will teach you coping mechanisms to deal with stuff like shaming, difficult people, a difficult past, basically all kind of hardship, and to live more independently in the material sense as well as the spiritual sense. And I have read some life changing books that I would consider as essential reading material for lone wolves. Personally, I like to read books in a certain niches, and of that is philosophy. What are some good self-development books for the lone wolf? In this article I have listed 5 good books for the lone wolf.
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