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Coping with Stress

written by on 2025-08-11

Two Main Ways To Cope with Stress Problem Based Coping - Focus on changing the situation Reach out to a friend or a professional to help you work through the issue Make a to-do list to break down a project into more achievable tasks Distance your... more


A Modern Stoic Approach to Anger

written by on 2025-08-05

A modern Stoic guide to anger management (as inspired by Seneca’s advice): Engage in preemptive meditation: think about what situations trigger your anger, and decide ahead of time how to deal with them. Check anger as soon as you feel its sympto... more


Self CBT

written by on 2025-07-30

High level way to use CBT in your life 3 M’s of Irrational Thinking The 3 big cognitive distortions and biases: Magnifying: Zooming in on something so much that you blow it out of proportion. Minimizing: Mentally shrinking down whatever is going ... more


Set up a productive environment

written by Matthew Rensberry on 2025-05-06

Use the Five S's To organize and Set up a Productive Environment 5S's is a system to reduce waste and optimize productivity through maintaining an orderly workplace and using visual cues to achieve more consistent operational results. It is a met... more


Life Skills for Success

written by Matthew Rensberry on 2025-05-01

My Recommended Vital Life Skills Cultivate these skills and your life will blossom: Listening to Others Empathy for Others Forgiveness of Others Assume the Best of Others Notes: These skills all center around relationships, and happiness and fulf... more


Types of Wealth

written by Matthew Rensberry on 2025-04-23

I recently learned of the book by Sahil Bloom's discussing 5 Types of Wealth. I really appreciate his point of view. The 5 Types of Wealth Financial Wealth: This is the most commonly recognized form of wealth, involving money, assets, and financi... more


We should think in gal/mi not mi/gal

written by Matthew Rensberry on 2025-04-03

We should think in gal/mi not mi/gal My commute is around 4.5 mi so driving to and from work is 9 mi daily. Our car gets around 22 mpg per our historical averages. Today's average Florida gas prices from AAA is: $3.222/gal The Math My Commute: 22... more


The Key to Living a happy and good life

written by Matthew Rensberry on 2025-02-27

Harvard’s Grant and Glueck study For over 75 years, Harvard’s Grant and Glueck study has tracked the physical and emotional well-being of two populations: 456 poor men growing up in Boston from 1939 to 2014 (the Grant Study) 268 male graduates fr... more


How to Criticise

written by on 2025-02-06

How to compose a successful critical commentary: You should attempt to re-express your target's position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, "Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way." You should list any points of agr... more


Serenity Prayer

written by on 2025-02-06

There are parallels between the Serenity Prayer and the Stoic Agenda ... Serenity Prayer: Christian theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things... more