192: Seneca - Stop Wasting Your Time On Things That Just Don’t Matter (Stoicism)

In this podcast, we will be talking about 6 Ways To Stop Wasting Your Time  from the writings of Seneca. Seneca was an ancient Roman philosopher, writer, and statesman. He was one of the most influential teachers of Stoicism.So here are 6 Ways To Stop Wasting Your Time  from the philosophy of Seneca - 01. Guard your Time Like your money02. Stop Trying to Impress People03. Stop Waiting for the Future04. Stop Waiting for the Future05. Stop Overthinking the Past06. Stop Existing, start livingHope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and find these insights from Seneca on how to stop wasting your time  helpful. Seneca was a prominent Roman philosopher and playwright who published several essential works about Stoicism. He counseled Emperor Nero, and thought that anger is a temporary madness, and that even when justified, we should never act on the basis of it because it affects our sanity. Seneca wrote a book specifically on anger called “De Ira” which defines and explains anger within the context of Stoic philosophy, and offers advice on how to prevent and control anger and that’s why in this video we are going to look at 10 ways we can control our anger from the teachings of Seneca. Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Even though it is over 2000 years old, more and more people are discovering how Stoicism is not only relevant to modern times, but can be applied in very simple, yet strong ways.