Jeffrey's Life Lessons

Jeffrey's Life Lessons

Life. It makes an impression. Here are a few life lessons that stuck: Stoic Weight Loss, Forgiveness, French Fail, Gambling & God, Marriage, and more in the pipeline.

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  1. How Getting Fired Made Me A Better Person

    2022. 05. 19.

    How Getting Fired Made Me A Better Person

    Sometimes people don’t give you a second chance, and that lesson helped me recognize the importance of always trying to do the right thing.

    16분
  2. How Seeing Things As They Are Saved My Marriage

    2022. 03. 21.

    How Seeing Things As They Are Saved My Marriage

    You wouldn't think learning how to not get angry with my wife for being who she is would be a turning point in my life, but it was.

    12분
  3. What a game taught me about gambling and gambling taught me about God

    2022. 02. 15.

    What a game taught me about gambling and gambling taught me about God

    A home casino game taught me how casinos work, but "The Secret" and the lottery taught me how God works. Link to the mentioned Twitter discussion about whether or not Zero is an Even Number: https://twitter.com/pickover/status/1489073050066853890?s=20&t=rGb2DJHfStzjSgTKwQB1hg

    10분
  4. How NOT to Learn French

    2022. 01. 17.

    How NOT to Learn French

    As a kid, I had the opportunity to really learn French, and I totally blew it. Here are my pitfalls and what turned me around to realize that a new language is like life… it doesn’t always make sense, and it doesn’t have to. (Some adult material.) References: Géraldine Lapère “Comme une Française” - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ZFVrf5NVlmgZ0hItLT0pg DuoLingo.com - Language learning application. My experience is this works best on a smartphone instead of on a computer. LingoPie.com - Television shows with English and original language subtitles with tools to help you learn unfamiliar words and phrases.

    13분
  5. What One Man Taught Me About Forgiveness

    2022. 01. 11.

    What One Man Taught Me About Forgiveness

    One of life's greatest lessons came from an unlikely man.

    9분
  6. How Stoic Philosophy Helped Me Lose 30 Pounds

    2022. 01. 10.

    How Stoic Philosophy Helped Me Lose 30 Pounds

    Three lessons from Epictetus that helped me lose thirty pounds: 1) See things for what they are 2) Know what you can control and what you can’t 3) Desires and aversions are but habits, we can make better habits References and links: "Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness" by Epictetus and Sharon Lebell Epictetus - How to be a Stoic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH6dSe_dYgM "All of us have a lot more self-control, endurance and patience than we think we do." Stoicism Books https://highexistence.com/modern-books-stoicism/ “We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” Anaïs Nin

    15분
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