Video·2017
Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss | TED
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Tim Ferriss shares his personal experience with depression and how Stoic philosophy, particularly the practice of fear-setting (premeditatio malorum), became his most reliable tool for making better decisions and avoiding self-destruction. He presents a practical three-page exercise for systematically analyzing fears to overcome paralysis.
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Fear-Setting: The Three-Page Exercise
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