PNTV: The Stoic Challenge by William B. Irvine (#399)

<p><span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"Optimize: https://optimize.me/ (← Get Free Stuff + Free 2-Week Trial!)\nOptimize Coach: https://optimize.me/coach (← Join 2,000+ Optimizers from 70+ Countries!)\n\nHere are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from The Stoic Challenge by William B. Irvine. Hope you enjoy!\n\nWilliam B. Irvine is a professor of philosophy at Wright State University. He’s also a fantastic (and prolific) writer. And… Unlike many of his academic, professor-of-philosophy peers, he is a practicing Stoic philosopher. In the words of Donald Robertson (another Stoic author and practitioner; see The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), he is both a librarian AND a warrior of the mind. We featured another one of Professor Irvine’s great books on Stoicism called A Guide to the Good Life. I enjoyed that one quite a bit but I REALLY (!) enjoyed this one. Like, jumbo loved it. In fact, I’m going to put this one right at the top of our growing collection of books on Stoicism—along with the must-read classics by Aurelius (Meditations), Seneca (Letters from a Stoic, On the Shortness of Life), and Epictetus (Discourses, Enchiridion) plus the modern classics like Ryan Holiday’s The Obstacle Is the Way and The Daily Stoic. If you’re looking for “A Philosopher’s Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient,” I think you’ll enjoy it as much as I did. I HIGHLY recommend it.\n\nGet The Stoic Challenge on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Stoic-Challenge-Philosophers-Becoming-Resilient/dp/0393652491\n\nLearn more about William B. Irvine: https://www.optimize.me/authors/william-b-irvine/\n\n► RELATED RESOURCES:\nBig Idea 1: SETBACK EXEMPLARS\n- PN: A Guide to the Good Life by William B. Irvine → https://www.optimize.me/philosophers-notes/a-guide-to-the-good-life-william-irvine/\n- +1: Warriors vs. Librarians | Let’s Not Just Catalogue these +1s, Let’s LIVE Them (#66) → https://www.optimize.me/plus-one/warriors-vs-librarians/\n- PN: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald Robertson → https://www.optimize.me/p