{"id":2888,"date":"2023-11-13T02:21:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T02:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=2888"},"modified":"2023-11-13T02:23:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T02:23:39","slug":"sabiduria-estoica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2023\/11\/13\/sabiduria-estoica\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoic wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the experts, one of the most effective things we can do to stay mentally and emotionally healthy is to keep learning for life learning new things that we enjoy and find interesting not only provides us with new knowledge, but also gives us motivation and flexibility, as well as opening our minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wouldn\u00b4t be able to tell you when I first got interested in topics related to personal growth. I think part of it started when I moved from Spain to Ireland, as I was beginning a new life in many ways. Fast forward to the last few years, especially since the pandemic hit, and my interest in this field, together with the variety of specific topics and the time and attention I dedicate to them, have exponentially grown. But deep down, I believe this itch started way, way back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, I remember really enjoying the subject of philosophy when we had it in school (3rd year of BUP, for whoever knows what that means); I even read a novel about the history of philosophy that our teacher recommended: Sophie\u00b4s world<\/a><\/em>, and I also loved it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many years later, I\u00b4ve bumped into the world of philosophy again, this time through a course on stoicism and enneagram<\/strong> (which I totally recommend, as every other course from Autognosis<\/a>) that I\u00b4ve just finished this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be honest, I\u00b4ve really enjoyed it, and the best part is that it\u00b4s a very practical kind of philosophy: a series of principles that we can apply to our day-to-day life, to be happier and suffer less. Nowadays we may think of philosophy as this complicated theoretical thing you can talk about (philosophize!) for ever, but so far removed from real day-to-day life that it doesn\u00b4t help at all, so nothing changes. But the ancient Greeks and Romans saw it differently: for them, philosophy was much more tangible, it was their way to get guidance in life. Back then, philosophers were the equivalent to today\u00b4s therapists and coaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u00b4s a lot we can learn from stoicism\u00b4s teachings and reflections, I\u00b4ll tell you some of them in blog articles as we go along. For the moment, today I\u00b4d like to leave you with a text you may already be familiar with; it\u00b4s relatively recent, but it has a lot to do with one of stoicism\u00b4s principles, one that resonates especially with me: the dichotomy of control.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dichotomy of control warns us about the uselessness of spending energy trying to dominate what\u00b4s outside of our control, and encourages us to focus on what we can control instead, so that we get less frustrated and also achieve better results. And in that context, the prayer of serenity<\/strong> just fits perfectly: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.<\/p>Reinhold Niebuhr<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By the way, I just remembered that it was in that same philosophy class from school where I first heard about Socrates and his maieutic, one of the foundations of modern coaching \ud83d\ude42<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dicen los expertos que una de las cosas que m\u00e1s nos ayudan a mantenernos sanos mental y emocionalmente es el seguir aprendiendo toda la vida; el aprender cosas nuevas que nos interesen y que disfrutemos no s\u00f3lo nos da conocimientos nuevos, sino tambi\u00e9n motivaci\u00f3n, flexibilidad y apertura de mente. Yo no sabr\u00eda deciros cu\u00e1ndo empec\u00e9 … Continue reading Stoic wisdom<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":2893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"BinaryWords - Sabidur\u00eda estoica \/ Stoic wisdom","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"\u00bfTe gusta la filosof\u00eda? \/ Do you like philosophy?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5106,5136,4990],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching","category-eneagrama","category-inspiracion-inspiration","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DPtR-KA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9688,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/09\/14\/ventanas-al-mundo\/","url_meta":{"origin":2888,"position":0},"title":"Windows to the world","author":"binarybea","date":"14\/09\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Esta semana o\u00ed un comentario en la radio que me pareci\u00f3 curioso: dec\u00edan algo as\u00ed como que muchos j\u00f3venes de hoy en d\u00eda consideran que se puede saber m\u00e1s de c\u00f3mo es realmente una persona por los libros que posee que por su perfil en redes sociales. \u00bfT\u00fa qu\u00e9 opinas?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Personal"","block_context":{"text":"Personal","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/category\/diario-journal\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9635,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/08\/31\/reto-de-30-dias\/","url_meta":{"origin":2888,"position":1},"title":"30-day challenge","author":"binarybea","date":"31\/08\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 opinas de los retos de 30 d\u00edas? \u00bfAlguna vez has hecho alguno? 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