How To Live Your Life - Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism) PDF

How to live our life. By Marcus Aurelius  01 BE GRATEFUL Talking about be grateful We should be honest and humble about how we learn to develop our values and ethics and display much gratitude to those who helps us to become ourselves. You’ll be able to focus your time and energy according...

How to live our life. By Marcus Aurelius  01 BE GRATEFUL Talking about be grateful We should be honest and humble about how we learn to develop our values and ethics and display much gratitude to those who helps us to become ourselves. You’ll be able to focus your time and energy according to the things that truly make you the happiest version of yourself. Once you are grateful You gain a Greater Lower Whole fresh sense of stress new level perspective levels of clarity calm 02 Show Empathy We should forgive others for their flaws and faults – because we, too, are flawed The degree to which you are able to empathize with another person is directly related to your ability to empathize with yourself 03 BE MINDFUL Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life Be mindful of that small details do everything with happiness and sincerity  The goal is to pay close attention to what’s happening around you and not make any judgments 04 Practice Virtuousness Remember there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life We can always find solitude in our own minds. If our minds are serene, we will find peace and happiness. Virtue is still virtue Act virtuous, use even if it isn’t your time well and acknowledged be cheerful  Virtues are moral standards, and they are the best standards we have Respectful Honesty Brave Forgiving Kind FOCUS ON DOING WHAT IS RIGHT Think about what your role model would have done or said. This will help direct your actions 05 Willingly Contribute Good work is contributing to society in some way. When you perform good deeds for people, then you should not be asking for payment even in the form of gratitude We should focus on creating the best society we can. When we wake up, out thoughts and focus should be on how we would be able to help the people around us.  06 Revenge is not necessary The best revenge is not to be like your enemy Turn away from revenge. Revenge is about ange, power, and hurt. These actions typically only create more revenge INCREASES IMPAIRS HEALTH STRESS AND IMMUNITY  07 Have Patience There will be people in the world that will try to use your tolerance and patience, but in those instances, you will have to remain in control and positive Exercise tolerance and patience Reduced Boost in Healthy Calmness stress overall Life levels happiness 08 Maintain social relationships Being detached from society is akin to severing a body part, and that remaining joined to other people and nature is vital in life. Being detached from society is akin to severing a body part, and that remaining joined to other people and nature is vital in life. We each have a drive to seek, form, maintain, and protect strong social relationships These relationships help us feel we are not alone, because we belong to a social community and being deprived of social relationship can be phisically and psychologically devastating.  09 Be Genuine, Modest and Truthful We should be genuine, modest, serene, and truthful Every action you carry out or word you say should carry the same meaning as what it is that you are doing or saying  It is important to practice always being truthful with people, even if you think they may not want to hear it. Lies will actually cause damage to your emotions 10 ACCEPT AND APPRECIATE YOURSELF To appreciate yourself you need to recognize your own value We appreciate ourselves It is very importat the most, but also that we accept and usually place others’ appreciate ourselves thoughts about us at a higher status than our Increase your own. self-confidence  Thanks Do you have any questions? Mr. Richard CREDITS: This presentation template was created by Slidesgo, and includes icons by Flaticon, and infographics & images by Freepik