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Epictetus, Part 1 Show Notes In this episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast, we are discussing the teachings of famous philosopher Epictetus. And I’m also going to be giving listeners a FREE HYPNOSIS GUIDE! Stay tuned! INTRODUCTION What is up people? The Motor City Hypnotist Podcast is here in the Podcast Detroit, Detroit Studios. Thank you for joining me on this episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast. I am David Wright and with me is my producer Matt Fox. FIND ME: My Website: https://motorcityhypnotist.com/podcast My social media links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/motorcityhypnotist/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCjjLNcNvSYzfeX0uHqe3gA Twitter: https://twitter.com/motorcityhypno Instagram: motorcityhypno FREE HYPNOSIS GUIDE https://detroithypnotist.convertri.com/podcast-free-hypnosis-guide Please also subscribe to the show and leave a review. (Stay with me as later in the podcast, I’ll be giving away a free gift to all listeners!) TODAYS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY Motor City Hypnosis Academy. Earn your Hypnosis Certification in my live training happening August 26-30, 2021 here in Detroit. https://detroithypnotist.convertri.com/hypnosisacademy WINNER OF THE WEEK; ‘Cop runs into explosive house fire to rescue disabled woman, https://www.foxnews.com/us/tennessee-police-officer-resccue-woman Who is Epictetus? Derren Brown’s show Miracle. Philosopher who espoused Stoicism. What is Stoicism? Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. It is a philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world. Epictetus was born nearly 2,000 years ago in Hierapolis (present-day Pamukkale in Turkey) as a slave in a wealthy household. James Stockdale, who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for over 7 years credits Epictetus for providing him with a framework on how to endure the tortures he was subjected to. Epictetus appears prominently in author Tom Wolfe’s well-known novel A Man in Full. Albert Ellis, the psychologist who founded Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy was also influenced by Epictetus. Epictetus never actually wrote anything down. 3 Exercises & Lessons From Epictetus 1. Remember What’s In Your Control 2. Set the Standard 3. Prescribe Yourself a Character Epictetus Quotes “No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.” “Let death and exile, and all other things which appear terrible, be daily before your eyes, but death chiefly; and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything.” “Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and your life will be serene.” “Sickness is an impediment to the body, but not to the will, unless itself pleases. Lameness is an impediment to the leg, but not to the will; and say this to yourself with regard to everything that happens. For you will find it to be an impediment to something else, but not truly to yourself.” “I cannot escape death; but cannot I escape the dread of it? Must I die trembling and lamenting?” “To make the best of what is in our power, and take the rest as it occurs.” NEXT EPISODE: EPISODE; Epictetus, Part 2 Change your thinking, change your life! Laugh hard, run fast, be kind. David R. Wright MA, LPC, CHT The Motor City Hypnotist