13: Marcus Aurelius - How To Build Your Self Confidence (Stoicism)

In this wpisode we will be talking about 10 important insights for building your Self Confidence from the writings of Marcus Aurelius. He was also a devout student of the philosophy of Stoicism. During his rule, Aurelius found the time to construct a series of autobiographical writings, now known as the Meditations. In these writings, the Marcus Aurelius offered a number of key insights on how to build self confidence.

So here are 10 important insights for self confidence from Marcus Aurelius.
01. Focus on building your character
02. Practice Self-Acceptance
03. Focus on your thoughts
04. Make a plan and stop thinking
05. Keep your word
06. Take ownership of your actions
07. Don’t speak too much about yourself
08. Remind yourself of death
09. Ignore the naysayers
10. Have an evening confidence ritual
     
I hope you enjoyed listening to the episode and hope you find these insights very insights very helpful for you in building your self confidence. 

Even though Marcus Aurelius wrote it 2,000 years ago — his insights on Stoicism still carry strong weight today. 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.