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How Stoics Win

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Michael David Cobb Bowen
Jul 14, 2023
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One of my signature pieces of advice for my children to beat anxiety is as follows. Whenever you are stressed out and doubting yourself, go help somebody else. They will thank you and say “I couldn’t have done it without you.” That’s how you know your value. It could thus be said that my own journey came from helping my children overcome their own failu…

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