Seneca On Groundless Fears | Moral Letters to Lucilius (13 of 124)
"The mind often conjures up false images of evil even in the absence of any real evidence of it."
This was the 13th moral letter to Lucilius from Lucius Annaeus Seneca On Groundless Fears. Overcoming fear.
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Assertiveness: Finding Your Voice and Managing Stress (When I say no, I Feel Guilty|Manuel J. Smith)
Today we are diving into a detailed summary of the first chapter of 'WHEN I SAY NO, I FEEL GUILTY' by Manuel J. Smith: Unleashing the Strength of Assertiveness. Assertiveness is a concept that holds transformative power in our lives. In this chapter, we explore the fundamental elements of assertiveness and debunk the misconception that it equates to aggression or disrespect. Assertiveness involves expressing our feelings, articulating our needs, and standing up for our rights while respecting the boundaries of others.
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Seneca On Old Age | Moral Letters to Lucilius (12 of 124)
“I Let us embrace and honor old age, for it is rich with joy if we know how to cherish it"
This was the 12th moral letter to Lucilius from Lucius Annaeus Seneca On Old Age.
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Seneca On the Blush of Modesty | Moral Letters to Lucilius (11 of 124)
“Find a person of outstanding character and hold them in high esteem”
This was the 11th moral letter to Lucilius from Lucius Annaeus Seneca On the blush of modesty.
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Finding Happiness: 3 Simple Steps
By analyzing our history, biology and evolution we can see what factors helped us survive as a species. According to Rob Henderson, emotions benefit our genes. Studying human evolution tells us that emotions are evolutionarily beneficial. They must be important, otherwise, we would not have developed them. Emotions send signals to our brains telling our brains to act. Emotion for energy in motion. They set us in motion and increase our chances of survival as well as our own reproductive capacities. When we look at happiness through this lens we can see that it has helped us survive and is evolutionarily significant.
00:00 Welcome to Apex Philosophy
00:14 Finding Happiness
00:20 Emotions Benefit Our Genes
00:45 Genes Drive Us
01:26 Long Term vrs Short Term
02:01 Making Progress
02:27 Importance Connections
02:55 Desire For Happiness Motivates
03:29 Proximate Goals
03:50 Emotions are Temporary
04:23 Step 1: Remember It's Temporary
05:04 Step 2: Don't Restrict Happiness
05:45 Don't put Conditions On Happiness
06:20 Your Expectations Are The Theif Of Joy
06:39 Step 3: Enjoy The Journey
07:31 Happiness Is Not a behavior
07:51 Summary
08:40 Outro
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Seneca On Living To Oneself (time alone)| Moral Letters to Lucilius (10 of 124)
“These words are not mere empty phrases; they come from a deep well of wisdom”
This was the 10th moral letter to Lucilius from Lucius Annaeus Seneca On living to oneself.
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Perspectives of Reality
The world has become a very divided place. Anxiety and loneliness are running rampant. How did this happen and what can you do about it?
00:00 Welcome to Apex Philosophy
00:16 Perspectives Of Reality
00:35 Predictive Frameworks
01:15 Creating Perspective
01:51 Imagination & Magical Thinking
02:43 Most People Agree
03:06 No One Thinks Like You
03:29 It's Easy To Hate
04:00 Tribalism
04:34 The Divide
05:38 Isolation
06:29 Keeping Sane
07:25 Testing Your World View
08:44 Outro
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25 Rules of Poverty | How Not To Get Rich
Today we are going to use inversion thinking to determine what it takes to become rich. We are going to start by asking ourselves what a poor man would do, then do the opposite.
00:00 Welcome to Apex Philosophy
00:16 Inversion Thinking
02:04 Rule #1: Start Today
03:08 Rule #2. Make DISCOMFORT you're new normal
04:21 Rule #3. DON’T TOLERATE MEDIOCRITY
05:36 Rule #4. READ BOOKS AND APPLY KNOWLEDGE
06:58 Rule #5. FAIL, BUT DON’T QUIT
08:02 Rule #6. VALUE YOUR OWN OPINION
09:12 Rule #7. FULFILL YOUR END OF THE PROMISE
10:06 Rule #8. DON’T WAIT FOR PERFECT CONDITIONS
11:11 Rule #9. PICK A SUPPORTIVE SPOUSE
12:00 Rule #10. DON’T ASSUME THE WORLD IS FAIR
13:06 Rule #11. WORK ON WHAT MATTERS MOST
14:10 Rule #12. YOU DON’T NEED TO LOOK RICH
15:03 Rule #13. DON’T EXPECT THE GOVERNMENT TO SAVE YOU
15:46 Rule #14. DON’T TAKE ADVICE FROM POOR PEOPLE
16:29 Rule #15. START SOMETHING NEW TODAY, CONTINUE TOMORROW
17:26 Rule #16. DO WHAT IS NECESSARY, NOT YOUR ‘BEST’
18:29 Rule #17. DON’T DO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING
19:12 Rule #18. DO MORE, TALK LESS
20:08 Rule #19. FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS
21:25 Rule #20. DON’T BELIEVE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK ABOUT YOU
22:05 Rule #21. BECOME IRREPLACEABLE
23:06 Rule #22. HIRE EXCELLENT PEOPLE
24:20 Rule #23. DON’T ALWAYS ASSUME YOU ARE RIGHT
25:14 Rule #24. IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, DON’T WAIT
26:12 Rule #25. SPEND WAY LESS THAN YOU MAKE
27:18 Wrap-Up/Summary
28:432 Outro
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Meditate on Our Common Mortality | The Law of Death Denial | Robert Greene | Laws of Human Nature
Today we will discuss the final law of human nature from Robert Greene’s book, The Laws of Human Nature. This book is life-changing. If you missed our other summaries, go check them out and buy the book to help support Robert’s research.
00:00 Welcome to Apex Philosophy
00:43 Meditate on Our Common Mortality - The Law of Death Denial
01:42 Ask yourself
02:27 Contemplate Death
02:54 Visceral Awareness
04:04 Life Is Short
04:52 Observe mortality
05:29 Embrace Pain and Adversity
06:17 Be Open To The Sublime
06:54 Outro
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Seize the Historical Moment | Law of Generational Myopia | Robert Greene | The Laws of Human Nature
Have you heard the term zeitgeist? It means the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. Robert Greene discusses how the zeitgeist affects your thinking and your behaviors in his book The Laws of Human Nature. Today we are going dive into what that means for you.
00:00 Welcome to Apex Philosophy
00:52 Seize the Historical Moment - The Law of Generational Myopia
02:08 Set In Our Ways
02:33 The Generational Phenomenon
03:05 Generational Patterns
03:57 Revolutionaries
04:08 Peace Seekers
04:22 Comfort Seekers
04:37 Cynics
04:57 Keys to Human Nature
05:19 Generational Spirit
05:35 Interact with the other generations
06:24 Outro
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See the Hostility Behind the Friendly Façade | The Law of Aggression | Robert Greene | Human Nature
“Men are not gentle, friendly creatures wishing for love, who simply defend themselves if attacked … A powerful desire for aggression has to be reckoned was part of their … endowment.”—Sigmund Freud
According to Robert Greene, some people are more aggressive than others, but all of us have a potential for violence. And if we don’t recognize it and take control of it, it will do more harm than good. Today we will learn what he recommends that we do about it.
00:00 Welcome to Apex Philosophy
01:06 See the Hostility Behind the Friendly Façade - The Law of Aggression
01:40 Don't Deny Your Violent Nature
02:29 Empathize With Childhood Wounds
03:40 Myth of Harmony
04:06 Myth of Evolved Humans
04:24 Keys To Human Nature
05:03 Self-Loathing
05:42 Controlled Aggression
06:15 Passive Aggressive
06:49 Subtle Superiority
07:22 Playing for sympathy
08:04 insinuate doubt
09:13 Shifting the blame
10:13 passive tyrant
11:25 Outro
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Make Them Want to Follow You | The Law of Fickleness | Robert Greene | The Laws of Human Nature
Have you ever noticed how some leaders come and go, but the really good ones stick around? Robert Greene explains why this happens and what you can do about it in his book The Laws of Human Nature, Today we are going to summarize Law number 15: Make Them Want to Follow You - The Law of Fickleness.
00:00 Welcome to Apex Philosophy
00:47 Make Them Want to Follow You - The Law of Fickleness
01:29 Legitimate Authority
02:07 Establishing Authority
02:19 Authentic Style
02:53 The Deliverer
03:13 The Founder
03:26 The visionary artist
03:43 The Healer
03:56 The teacher
04:10 A Servient Attitude
04:50 Vision
05:11 Lead from the front
05:38 Establish an Aura
06:03 Be a Giver
06:31 Be Adaptable
06:59 Conclusion
07:34 Outro
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Resist the Downward Pull of the Group | The Law of Conformity | Robert Greene Human Nature
In this next part of our book summary series, we’ll be discussing law fourteen. If you’ve missed the other chapters, I highly recommend you watch those as well. Going along to get along is natural tendency for most of us, but sometimes this can be a mistake. Today we will discuss why you shouldn’t.
00:00 Welcome to Apex Philosophy
00:40 Resist the Downward Pull of the Group - The Law of Conformity
01:42 Keys To Human Nature
02:33 The Individual Effect
02:57 The Desire To Fit In
03:41 The Need To Perform
04:09 Contagious Behaviors
05:02 Hyper Certainty
05:38 Group Dynamics
06:01 Group culture
06:24 Unspoken Rules
06:53 The Pecking Order
07:16 The Common Thread
07:41 The 'Reality' Group
08:13 Instill Collective Purpose
08:40 Assemble Lieutenants
09:13 Let Ideas Flow
09:41 Productive Emotions
10:12 Battle-Tested Group
11:00 Outro
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Soften People’s Resistance by Confirming Their Self-Opinion | Law of Defensiveness | Robert Greene
Persuasion is a key part of getting ahead in this world. Robert Greene has studied human nature, seduction, and persuasion. He tells us many great tips in his book Laws of Human Nature. Today we are going to review chapter 7.
00:00 Welcome to Apex Philosophy
00:50 Soften People’s Resistance by Confirming Their Self-Opinion - The Law of Defensiveness
01:35 3 Universal Dimensions
02:19 The Influence Game
03:40 Keys To Human Nature
04:22 5 Strategies To Influencing Someone
04:57 Transform Yourself Into A Deep Listener
05:51 Infect People With The Proper Mood
06:38 Confirm Their self-opinion
07:14 Ease Their Insecurities
08:16 Use people’s resistance and stubbornness
09:11 BONUS: The Flexible Mind–Self-Strategies
10:11 Self Reflect
10:46 Outro
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Change Your Circumstances by Changing Your Attitude| Law of Self-Sabotage | The Laws of Human Nature
The 18 Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene is one of the best books about what it truly means to be human. This book will help you understand yourself and others. In today’s video, we will be discussing chapter eight.
00:00 Welcome to Apex Philosophy
00:47 Change Your Circumstances by Changing Your Attitude - The Law of Self-Sabotage
01:49 Ultimate Freedom
02:32 Keys To Human Nature
03:26 Change Your Attitude
04:32 The Constricted (Negative) Attitude
04:55 The Hostile Attitude
06:08 The Anxious Attitude
07:06 The Avoidant Attitude
08:23 The Depressive Attitude
09:48 The Resentful Attitude
11:34 The Expansive (Positive) Attitude
12:48 Change Your View
13:20 Face Adversity Head-on
14:25 Outro
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Elevate Your Perspective | The Law of Shortsightedness | Robert Greene | The Laws of Human Nature
The 18 Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene is the best book for learning about human nature. Getting to know ourselves is part of the journey of getting to know others. Today, we’ll discuss Chapters six.
00:00 Welcome to Apex Philosophy
00:46 Elevate Your Perspective - The Law of Shortsightedness
01:47 Conscious Of Our Behavior
03:27 Keys To Human Nature
04:32 Four Signs of Short-Sightedness and Strategies to Overcome Them
05:35 Unintended Consequences
06:56 Tactical Hell
08:13 Ticker Tape Fever
09:33 Lost In Trivia
10:35 The Farsighted Human
11:34 Outro
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Determining the Strength of People’s Character | Law of Compulsive Behavior | Laws of Human Nature
Don’t you wish you could figure out why some people resist temptation and others cannot? Let’s see what Robert Greene has to say about it in his book The Laws of Human Nature. It is a great book and advise you to read it sometime. But until then, here is a summary of the 4th law.
00:00 Welcome to Apex Philosophy
00:54 Determine the Strength of People’s Character - The Law of Compulsive Behavior
01:45 Keys To Human Nature
02:46 Character Signs
03:44 Toxic Types
04:07 Hyper Perfectionist
04:47 The Savior
05:27 The Big Talker
06:34 The Superior Character
08:01 Outro
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