
This Is A Good Surprise | The Stoic Edge Behind Peak Performance
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You’re tough. You’re firm. You don’t get bothered by things. You keep yourself under control. Good. But you’re missing something else just as important and perhaps more impressive.
📚 Books Mentioned:
- You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix
- The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- It’s Better To Be Feared by Seth Wickersham
- American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback by Seth Wickersham
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