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Training the Coward Inside

Recently I’ve been reading a lot about stoic philosophy and applications of stoicism. Ryan Holiday has some great books that are good primers on the philosophy and great springboards for applied stoicism. Today I read You Must Train the Coward Inside You to my boys. (It’s a short read if you are interested.) Here are two of my favorite quotes: Everyone has a breaking point. For most people, that point is very low, which is why many people never push themselves past their comfort zone.

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