The Stoic Handbook with Jon Brooks How to Use Stoicism to Increase Joy and Peak Experiences w/ Donald Robertson
Jul 18, 2022
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Joy as Love of Wisdom and Self Improvement
- Stoicism frames joy as connected to love of wisdom and self-improvement rather than mere resilience.
- Donald Robertson explains Marcus's model: cultivate joy by cherishing virtue in yourself and celebrating moral progress daily.
Celebrate Character Growth As A Daily Practice
- Do prize and celebrate what's healthiest in your character to make virtue the main source of joy.
- Robertson says recalibrate values so self-improvement and daily progress become the things you take pleasure in.
Seek Virtuous Company To Learn Joy
- Surround yourself with role models and 'good company' to model virtues you want to adopt.
- Robertson references Marcus Aurelius' Book One as an exercise in rejoicing over virtues of others to train admiration.