STOICISM

Fear setting

Example: Jerzy Gregorek

Definition

First Page

Define

Prevent

Repair

Second Page

The benefit

Third Page

The cost of inaction

The hard choices are making life easier (what we most fear doing)

Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.

To avoid self paralysis

operating system for thriving in high stress environments, for making better decisions

Stoic: Bill Belichick, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington

Background

Defining fears rather than setting goals

Analyze what will happen after we do something

Avoid anxiety and the desire to commit suicide