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Pragmatic & Principled
Focusing on the Daily Stoic Meditation for August 7 — Pragmatic & Principled, as outlined by Ryan Holiday in the bestseller 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance and the Art Of Living.
“Wherever a person can live, there one can also live well; life is also in the demands of court, there too one can live well.” — MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.16
You can always live well
You can always live well — no matter who you are, what you do or where you live.
You can find the good, the happy and the love in exactly where you are.
Pragmatic & Principled
Pragmatism
Pragmatism is all about rationally and objectively dealing with problems, obstacles and situations. Rather than subjectively dealing with events, with your judgement clouded by emotions, you take a pragmatic approach.
Pragmatism is massively important for every stoic — you cannot afford to be irrational when it comes to your decisions.
You must carefully and correctly analyse each situation, ensuring that you are being objective and lacking any additional emotional judgement.
