Last Sunday, in One Daily Nugget issue 102, we featured an article about lessons from philosopher Immanuel Kant. This Sunday, let’s return to the topic of philosophy and try to extract some insights from stoics like Marcus Aurelius.

One tenet of stoicism is to ask oneself “What’s the worst that could happen?” This causes some to mislabel stoics as gloomy pessimists. In truth, being prepared for the worst not only helps you succeed, but it also sets you up to remain high-spirited in the face of adversity. (Note the parallels to yesterday’s issue about the perils of positive thinking.)

Read today’s nugget, by Eric Barker, to learn more about this and other stoic rituals that will increase your mental toughness!