The pursuit of a tranquil life...let us conclude now that we have read through the chapters, what this all means for you (if anything) and how you can change your approach to life to better every aspect of it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

THIS IS THE CHAPTER YOU WANT. If there is one chapter you read from this book, this is it. How do you find tranquillity in this life? By having a why. How do you know what your purpose (or Why) is? By clearly identifying your necessities. Here we outline a step by step guide for identifying your purpose in life. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

We're wrapping up and concluding the general thoughts slowly. Today it is about philosophy and why the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom is the only way to freedom, joy and tranquillity. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

Thinking about the suffering of others and working towards their betterment is a sure fire source of joy in life. Last Chapter we spoke about why Loving thy neighbour is the only option and a great source of joy. This chapter we conclude and hammer it home: Seriously...Love Thy Neighbour! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

Here's the third Q&A of the season. We've got a few questions on motivation & perspective and one heavy topic like talking to 10 y/o about suicide. Join me for the third and last Q&A of the season, as we close up on the 100th episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

The chapter is called 'Love Thy Neighbour'. Learning to love others and put their suffering before yourself is a fundamental key to happiness and joy in life. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

Who are you? You look in the mirror and say "I". You look at a picture of you from 10 years ago and say "I". Yet the two entities you are looking at are not the same. They do not look the same. They do not exist in the same moment of space-time. So who is "I"? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

This is the one many of you have been waiting for. What the heck do we do with our emotions? How can I possibly be anxiety free while I have these messed up thoughts and feelings within? Lend me your ear and let me tell you how I deal with it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

Why is life so hard? Why must everything be so difficult? Why do I feel like the universe is sometimes conspiring against me...all the time? These are universal questions that transcend all "differences" between us, and the answer is exactly what you think it is. There is no fair...or unfair. Life just is and the universe is thus. We have no say in the matter no matter how upset we are or how loud we yell. Accepting this, is the key to shaking the yolk of the human condition. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

Here's the second Q&A of the season. We've got an admission of guilt and wrongdoing by yours truly, and tips on staying motivated and focused, as well as dealing with the overwhelming force of life on a day to day. I got you fam...I know it's hard, but I've got tricks up my sleeve I can share with you. Come join me would you for a few minutes, give me your time and I promise you'll get a few chuckles and leave a better human being. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

Pursue goals with NO reservations and at ANY cost. Go GRAB the BULL by the horns. You get to your goal QUICKLY (preferably quicker than your competition) and you WILL find happiness. We've all been taught this garbage over and over again growing up at home, school and on TV. Today...this is a core pillar of your misery. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

If you can answer this problem, then you don't need to listen to this episode: Freewill...does it truly exist? Yes, you are choosing to read this. But science tells us everything is predetermined, hence formulas that can very accurately predict things. How do you reconcile these two? How can we have freewill, if we live in a world bound by universal rules that can be predicted? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

Neil Armstrong may be best known for his quote "One small step for man...", but his greatest contribution to posterity, in my opinion, is the attitude he practiced and preached after he came back from stepping on another celestial object and staring back at everything he ever knew: Life is a short term phenomenon. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

See the world as it is...not as you see it. This is possibly the greatest trick the devil ever pulled (the fact that we don't even realize we're on the hedonic treadmill). We forget we are a small spec... unspecial in every way....and we freely throw false value judgments on everything. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

Here's the first Q&A of the season. We've got three (technically four) questions starting with pets and ending with introspective reflection. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

Strap in for some incest, murder, genocide and extinction. We're talking about how homo sapiens exterminated all other human species despite being one of the least successful species (yeah I said it...prove me wrong). Oh yeah...there's some Stoicism in there somewhere too...perhaps some wisdom, but no promises and no refunds. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

You've already heard it a million times..."it's not the destination, it's the journey". Let's explain that real quick quick. Don't forget, the Q&A airs in two episodes, so get your questions in on your read-along or wtv. Instagram is a good bet or any other link on StoicismForaBetterLife.com - Let's Talk. I'm excited! Are you? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

This is the way...literally. For two millennia, people have been preaching these philosophical precepts and claiming it gave them freedom and peace from within. It may not be the answer for you, but then again, it might. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

Growing up I never read the preface of a book. I always thought "what the hell, I bought the book to read the damn thing...why are you bothering me with a short mis-en-context to put the whole thing into perspective in a convenient package." If only I knew then what I know now, I would have gotten so much more value out of the same effort. A preface puts the entire book into the context the author wants you to view it. Try not to skip them. But you can skip this one if you want. Except don't. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message

As I do every year, I am looking to adapt the podcast and try something new. I was going to wrap it all up and call it a day on these series, but I got inspired to do three more seasons before I potentially hang up the towel. I'm just trying to do what I can and make the world a better place one conversation at a time. This season will have LOTS of opportunities to interact. Keep an eye out for those Q&As! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andersonsilver/message