Ryan Holiday

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Try the other handle.

Epictetus offered a powerful tool in his handbook, the Incaridian, which the Stoics use as an exercise in decision-making about difficult events.

Everything, Epictetus says, has two interpretations or handles by which it can be grabbed.

One that will make it harder, one that will make it easier.

Do you take offense or do you focus on a common ground?

Do you focus on all that's gone wrong or what has gone right?

Ask yourself these questions about everything you see and feel.

Try to always grab the right handle.

That's from this week's entry in the Daily Stoic Journal, 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on the Art of Living, which you can get anywhere books are sold, including, of course, my bookstore, The Painted Porch, which you can check out at thepaintedporch.com or come see us on Main Street in Bastard, Texas.

Let's listen to Epictetus drill down on this.