10 Stoic Teachings Of Marcus Aurelius We Desperately Need Today (Practical Stoicism)

In this video we will be talking about The 10 Stoic Teachings Of Marcus Aurelius We Should Use In The Modern Times. Marcus Aurelius was deeply influenced by Stoicism and wrote a Manuel which we know as "meditations".
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.
So Here are 10 Practical Teachings of Stoicism We Need -
1. Ignore what others are doing
2. Your Reality is Made by your opinions
3. Do less
4. Death is knocking at your door
5. You are stronger than you think
6. You are rising for the work of humankind
7. Never complain
8. You Can Live Happy Anywhere
9. Help the common good
10. Be grateful of your blessings
I hope that you can also integrate some of these stoic lessons into your life, to give you less suffering, stress, anxiety, and more strength to do your life’s task - to serve the common good. Do Subscribe to us for more such weekly videos.
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Excellent video! Subscribed!

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The last good Emperor?

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@Johnny Casteel Talk to your doctor about the hazards of second hand smoke.

[@vima8680]

@Johnny Casteel dumb comment.

[@MichelleLevasseur]

A video of positivity meets insane negative commenters...why am I not surprised?

[@DARKMAGA6969]

Marcus Aurelius knew the dangers of spending too much time on facebook. Smart guy.

[@Erik10hag10]

lmao

[@67NewEngland]

Well...they did have tablets back in Roman times...lol

[@levyschroeder8719]

A man ahead of his time!

[@almiyagawa]

I was just talking about this with my dad

[@gordon4385]

You get it .

[@Moepowerplant]

"Happiness isn't having everything in the world, rather, happiness is being grateful for all the blessings we already have." Noted.

[@jeffwyman6094]

Contentment breeds happiness.

[@raahustaja7267]

Gratefulness should become fashionable..has this something to do with secularism?

[@terry63lee]

to be happy with less and to make the most out of little. Also remember: one man's heaven is another man's hell. happiness is a poor beggar with an empty bowl in one hand and a $100 bill in the other...

[@SoccerEFM]

I have kept my progress in a book, i'm crossing off every day i haven't looked at social media, cross off everytime i train, write down important life lessons from either psychology or stoic teachings/mindsets.. And it feels absolutely amazing, no more feelings of missing something, no more jealousy, no more un-important news, no more hysterical events, no more drama and stress! I really recommend it!

[@dhb306]

I'm On A Social Media Detox Rn 🙏

[@houstonfieldsmystic_mammal8225]

I agree with that

[@tiffanytuga]

🙏 thank you for sharing this! 😉

[@ModerndayStoic]

Would youtube be considerd social media ?

[@highcanby]

KZbin is kind of social media, you interact with others online.

[@JazzHandzLMT]

Stopped social media/TV about 5 years ago. I was so intellectually starved of stimulus and genuinely bored that I decided to go back to college. Best decision I've made. I'll be changing careers very soon

[@creatrixZBD]

Yeah! Punks not dead, we just got wiser 🤘🏾

[@orianna9200]

I feel the same way. checkingg6out college courses.

[@JazzHandzLMT]

@@orianna9200 Academics. Athletics(healthy activities). Social. =the formula

[@Rawdiswar]

From what career to what career?

[@JazzHandzLMT]

Depression (lol) and day work to Health Care.

[@dragonk7836]

Whoever made this video, infinite thanks.

[@alakuay9525]

Great stuff

[@johirsty7392]

Definitely! If ever there was a time to be stoic it is now 👌social media, Facebook, Brexit! 😲😲

[@seanwoodfork7161]

"I'm glad that someone is talking shit about me..It means, that I'm not boring..and doing something interesting"..😂...I LOVE IT

[@monicanath4859]

sean woodfork yes I have been saying this for a while myself!

[@Lorax_Tribe]

Me too. I always feel that if someone ad hominem attacks me, or is out to get me, that somehow I've already got them. I may not have tried, but they feel that I have. A good feeling sometimes, but others I want to have more compassion because I don't need to compete if I've already won.

[@prubenheeren707]

My summary/interpretation of the 10 principles from this video: I. Ignore what others are doing. - Ignore everyone and focus at the task at hand. II. Your reality is made by your opinions. - No external “reality” exists outside of our perceptions. If you interpret others actions as irrelevant how can you be hurt? III. Do less. - Many of our actions and words are unnecessary. IV. Death is knocking at your door. - Live every day as your last. When people know death is close many won’t waste their time. V. You’re stronger than you think. - How lucky I am, that it has left me with no bitterness; unshaken by the present and undismayed by the future. The thing could have happened to anyone, but not everyone would have emerged unembittered. VI. You are rising for the work of humankind. - Everyone has a gift. Try to do everything you do as good as you possibly can. VII. Never complain. - Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. Do your hate your obligations? Quit them or make efforts to make them less painful. VIII. You can live happy anywhere. - Dedicate all of your creative energy to doing something personally meaningful. IX. Help the common good. - What doesn’t help the bee, doesn’t help the hive. X. Be grateful of your blessings. - Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.

[@NewConstructionTampa]

Impressive notes. Roman numerals nice touch.

[@krantichinchaniwale]

Thank youu

[@seethapathivaid2689]

Thanks a lot

[@csgauravdwivedi364]

Thanks 🎉

[@markusbond7262]

1. Ignore what others are doing 2. Your reality is made by your opinions 3. Do less 4. Death is knocking at your door 5. You're stronger than you think 6. You are rising for the work of mankind 7. Never complain 8. You can live happy anywhere 9. Help the common good 10. Be grateful for your blessing cheers!

[@corynorell3686]

Bruh you just copy pasted the video description

[@TeaParty1776]

I would be blessed if the common good would drop dead and get out of my life.

[@Andy_Arkadata]

Good artists copy, great artists steal

[@thomasdcat3463]

@chemical smile and USA

[@hoseadavit3422]

Did everyone forget his lesson think positive side of life he copy pasted because he knew that someone will never look at the description

[@threethrushes]

I would love to have a beer with Marcus Aurelius and chill at his palace.

[@MrJH101]

Same here. Although I believe he spent most of his time ruling while near the frontlines and seemed to prefer it that way. So I guess it’s more likely it would have to be in some military tent in Germany.

[@mynameismynameis666]

chill is a keyword, the man loved opium

[@SebAnders]

prallund feucht when in Rome...

[@richardsmith2879]

He wasn’t popular in Rome and he didn’t like it, so he kept away as much as possible.

[@creatrixZBD]

Should be a verse in the Slim Dusty song :)

[@densealloy]

Number 9.. I told both my kids "Do the right thing because it's the right thing to do..know one will ever know you did but you..and that is reward enough"

[@mmcdon16nova]

Number 2 is a complete misinterpretation of what Marcus Aurelius wrote and stoic teachings in general. The stoics borderline worshipped an objective law/truth/reality called the logos and based much of their philosophy around it. But his quote is actually saying that objective reality is not what causes you distress or happiness. He is saying that your perception of and reaction to reality (i.e. your perspective) is what causes your emotional state. So, he's basically saying how you react to external events is 100% under your control because you can choose how you frame things in your mind. You can consciously choose to view things negatively, positively, neutrally, or any number of other ways.

[@elmo319]

I think you’re just paraphrasing what is stated in the video.

[@sandrosmontana7777]

Thanks for clarification needed

[@giedre8921]

This is exactly what he was saying in the video.

[@cristhianramirez6939]

@@giedre8921 No its not

[@malichimedina861]

My gosh thank you. I was dying because of how wrong he was. Thank you.

[@DailyStoic]

“Objective judgement, now, at this very moment. Unselfish action, now, at this very moment. Willing acceptance-now, at this very moment-of all external events. That’s all you need.”

[@michllemichelle6261]

There it is, Stoicism is the key answer to all my miseries. Thank you

[@lancelotlink6545]

I totally understand what's he's saying with #8 by being happy anywhere. It's true you should never rely on external things to create our own happiness. But I will also say that I moved from a cold climate to a warm climate and it absolutely improved my mental health and happiness levels. Waking up every morning to warm sunshine just puts me in a good mood.

[@ib4359]

Sunlight...yeah!

[@ChocoParfaitFra]

You can’t be happy everywhere, and this is the proof

[@LEK]

@@ChocoParfaitFra You can be happy everywhere, but you can also definetly be happier in another place.

[@loneexplorama7914]

I was following these principles for the past couple of years .. without even knowing about the concept of stoicism. I just stumbled onto it today. I guess i picked up those traits from my dad. Thanks papa for teaching by example rather than advice.

[@Orange-wt9pk]

Same here. 😆

[@Fortunee44]

Possessing the combination of strong mental and physical health is what it means to be modern day super hero. Thanks for the lesson.

[@MgtowRubicon]

#4 "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure; these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." -- Steve Jobs

[@loopsienpeaches6661]

I guess this doesn't fit with people that suffet anxiety

[@humannaturedj]

@Vampiresoap imagine the procrastination...

[@brainiakuniversity]

Alexander Jenkins 😂 that’s funny but I totally agree. Dangling the carrot of death in front of some people might persuade them to build bombs instead of iPhones

[@standasebek5033]

"Is you cucumber bitter?" - Marcus Aurelius

[@abhisheksonpal7493]

😂😂😂

[@georgetreepwood1119]

THAT is what they should teach in schools - what years and pain we would save.....

[@Magicallstore]

Agree with you,

[@letsomethingshine]

The Christians and Secularists would be in an uproar.

[@tangbein]

You should watch the documentary children full of life. It's about a japanese elementary school teacher with a different approach to schooling elementary kids.

[@brainiakuniversity]

George Treepwood I promise you read my damn mind. But hammering these things into the impressionable minds of children would create a nation of freethinkers ... and that’s just not acceptable

[@David-lx4yb]

No, this is what PARENTS should teach their children. However, we know that will never happen.

[@darrellborland119]

This is great. The power and clarity comes when we re-focus on what is important today. As an "Original Transcon RR history enthusiast", I look at past men who rose to big challenges.. One is General Grant, who when he was terminally ill with throat cancer, wrote his memoirs in a few weeks, and Samuel Clemons, (Mark Twain), promoted it, even before it was published, and Grant died after seeing the project thru. Grant's son, had wasted the family wealth on a Ponzi scheme, and the former President was broke and in debt. Quite a story, when we consider Marcus' admonition to "treat today as if there is no tomorrow". Thanks for the morning.

[@Steven-rp8zo]

Just finished. Quite a good message! Thanks! Agree 100%... "Do your best and forget the rest". Words to live by.

[@wesleyalan9179]

I have been living this way for 7 years now,and I'm very happy

[@buddhaneosiddhananda8499]

In solitude we find greatness... in company we find joy...

[@reneeren-patterson2657]

Thank you so much for the excellent lesson from Marcus Aurelius! Hope that all of us will have a better and creative life....

[@imran.alshabazz]

yeah, our world desperately needs these kinds of attributes. Thank you, Marcus Aurelius

[@sattharabdul5576]

So much Wisdom in one video...! Marcus Aurelius indeed a great Man..!! Gratitude for the video

[@True38]

Agree with every single point. I was living like a Stoic long before I found these KZbin videos but they are certainly much appreciated to keep reminding myself who I actually am, and not what others would like me to be and whatnot. Create your own character and role in life or society will do this for you. By striving for and achieving financial freedom, you will always be in charge no matter what.

[@garydangerfield4101]

A whole day seminar beautifully done in 10 minutes,! Bravo

[@aremdatu6995]

Man...this is very much helpful and removing the pain in my ass. Been struggling for something and I found it here. Awesome. Thank you so much!

[@viniciuscanovas]

Thank you for your effort and to introduce to me, Marcus Aurelius. Count your blessings

[@rick-paulmeier6203]

This video is incredibly inspirational and touching. Thank you so much for making and sharing it.

[@TheJasonf8892]

Very wise words, a true genius of his time! Thanks for putting this on!!

[@jlvandat69]

Marcus Aurelius was The Man......an amazing thinker/human being and generously shared powerful wisdom for all future generations. What an inspiration.....thank you for this video.

[@rulakaliroi4366]

Thank you for doing this! Its nice to see others out tere actively interested in the archaic. We need it more than ever! And the contrast shows moreso when the obnoxious ads pop up...

[@Justinfinite333]

thank you so much this was way more meaningful than i expected i love it! god bless you and marcus aurelius

[@bswain1000]

Thanks and blessings for the wonderful presentation.

[@ElricKinslayer]

Thank you so much for all of your videos. They have changed my life!

[@gamingcollection270]

Another great stoic lesson from Marcus Aurelius, thank you for making this video.

[@toddcott9510]

Interesting you talk about cancer, when I was having cancer treatment, lots of patients carried on smoking drinking and spent the day watching TV. I made 100 % recovery, not everyone did.some people never change.

[@FabioPradoLima]

Loved it! Thanks for this great content!

[@vinzdegar]

Thanks!! this is one of the best videos about stoicism I've seen on youtube

[@marcelcostache2504]

This is on of the many reasons i dont have facebook, instagram and any social media except KZbin.

[@marcelcostache2504]

@warlocks4life thanks god for the redpill movement woke me up hard to the reality and sickness of the modern world. Cheers sir, have a happy and prosperous life!.

[@DarthTaterson]

@@marcelcostache2504 hey make sure you dont learn anything from anyone! Gotta protect yourself from diversity and facts.......

[@marcelcostache2504]

@@DarthTaterson lool i get my faCTSs from reading real books not western propaganda, also there is the redpill movement and MGTOW. you talk about facts......what facts leftist propaganda anti white profeminazi shit!& Facebook and instagram are full with cunts looking for attention, most women are addicted to social media. As a white male of european descent i dont give a shit about your diversity and facts all i want is for my culture survive and prosper. WAR IS COMING MY FRIEND CIVIL WAR IN THE STATES, CANADA AND EUROPE MARK MY WORDS.

[@tuduloo7799]

@@marcelcostache2504 you turned from a seemingly nice guy to a triggered physco in a heartbeat.. Lol... I think its best you stay well away from social media.. There's a good lad.

[@marcelcostache2504]

@@tuduloo7799 way you dont like the truth!? im a very nice person its funny when i speak the truth most people stuck on the left call me phyco ect ect ect stop reacting as a women the social media and western society is at open war with white males! wake up and smell the coffee my friend i know i sound agressive but it is necessary or there will be no future for us white hetero and european people.

[@learningtool8491]

It's not about deleting your social media, it's more about understanding that they are not the most important thing in life. From Plato to Kant it was about understanding the hierarchy of things we desire

[@jenmdawg]

I dunno. The SM algorithms are powerful beyond our reasoning and deleting them is much better than us self-regulating our use of SM. FB, IG , et al are hoping more people just try to use it less, rather than give it up.

[@barrowbarre6411]

Thank you Downtown success for sharing with us this timeless advice from the Great Marcus.

[@brisahernandez3200]

I honestly gave up instagram and tik Tok since Thursday, and I low-key feel emotionally better, I've been devoting more time to becoming productive.

[@Linux567]

Thank You marcus, my life is more organized because of you.

[@daneyraju8433]

I was a stoic till now and i didn't know that i was a stoic....i was thinking to myself why I'm thinking like this..but now i know that I'm a natural stoic

[@JuanCruz-ef3cj]

Daney Raju omg I didn't know I was one until a few months ago when I found out about the philosophy

[@Lil_fang866]

Same

[@williamgrand9724]

Same. There are several things I do naturally that stoicism teaches.

[@BarbieTheWelder]

Brilliant video. Thank you kindly for sharing!

[@sandhujattk]

Thank you so much for making this lovely video. It has made a huge impact on me :)

[@Owen369]

much appreciated to hsare such a meanigful teachings .. wish you a blessfull life

[@JenniferBrisk]

Omg I wish I had found this channel a decade or more ago… thank you this is life changing and much needed

[@JOONEOR]

I have been embracing stoicism more and more over the past year. It just...makes sense.

[@maractusthecactus1790]

Thabks for having the common decency to list them in the description so that I dont have to spend 10 minutes watching a video. You get a like from me.

[@souvikcseiitk]

I'm genz and I'm out of social media, it becomes tough sometimes to explain others why I'm out, but I've learned "The subtle art of not giving a f*ck" to their opinions ❤️

[@dianaliuzzi4596]

Thank you so deeply much!!! It has inspired me to work on my attitude: to see everything in a positive life. Life is opinion.

[@timothychamberlin6985]

You see everything in a positive light

[@manojnair1797]

Very inspirational Downtown Success. Keep up your good work, so that others also come to know how important life is.👍

[@Olhar.Internacional]

What program do you use to create your thumbnails?

[@juracalling2471]

Good job ol' Marcus didn't tell us to switch youtube off :)

[@AI-tc8fv]

I love great men of history like Aurelius

[@theresemarieaburquez1846]

I did not know I needed this. Thank you!

[@stealth9486]

I loved this video ... Now I got to know some practicality in Stoicism . Point no. 3 was very impressive - Do Less . "According to my interpretation it *IS* the essence of Life .

[@fredsmith5168]

Love the video so much ! thank you

[@tonehawke]

This video is sheer brilliance and genius

[@cozmicsev.3479]

Excellent video! Keep up the good work

[@minakshibajwa9513]

I deactivated all my social media platforms 6 -7 months earlier & positive changes came into my life which makes me more happier & positive person now.

[@mrmeyerhofer]

This is all good advice, so long as it's built on a foundation of conscience and not selfishness, or else all of this could be used to excuse awful behavior.

[@johnpatterson6448]

Michael Meyerhofer “aim solely at the common good”. I think MA had it covered.

[@ian2350]

Number 6: "you are rising for the work of humankind". So essentially what you're saying is "this is all good advice, but I've formed an opinion about it without watching it all or paying attention to all of it".

[@reybladen3068]

A lot of people mistake self-love for narcissism.

[@ranveerkissoondoyal]

@@reybladen3068 i worry about this too

[@TeaParty1776]

Conventional selfishness is a sleazy package-deal of selfishness and predation, evading the creation of values.

[@JT-iw3dp]

I really needed this video. Cheers!

[@MrVictorywins]

Great video, Lets sustain a positive mindset.

[@ash_luscious]

Yup literally its the thoughts and opinions we tell ourselves that help determine a positive outcome

[@maxarangurem2962]

Obrigado!! Gratidao!!!

[@tedalexander5263]

Solid advise thanks for the video!!

[@jensen5668]

That was awesome! Thank you!

[@antonartemenko2927]

Good content in every minute of your video. Thanks!

[@heatherhill3]

Your content is very important and valuable thank you

[@PhilosophiesforLife]

Thank you

[@thegraterman9112]

Thank you Downtown Success - I have 10 things to work on in earnest!

[@niranjangupta8399]

Thank you very much this was such a good video

[@eno5330]

Thx, very well summarized!

[@KidFresh71]

I got a lot of benefit out of this video. Thanks.

[@tonystaples3840]

I have no social media apps any more. I only use this media to learn, nothing more nothing less. I deal with negative people by learning from them, they educate you in so many ways. Life is so simple if you allow it to be. Love and Peace.

[@nitinjangid1116]

One of the best video i have ever seen

[@Not-OffSide]

Just a gentle reminder to viewers - especially young adults - here to be mindful and consciously return to the present. Pay attention to the now of your life. It will help with studying, concentration and so much more! Just be present.

[@buddhaneosiddhananda8499]

If you go for greatness... challenges will come... if you don't... even greater challenges come...

[@arnaudrobillart9724]

Thanks ... Satisfaction Soundness 💚🌱

[@manualbatt1648]

I love Marcus !!!!

[@ozertayiz]

Very good video. Liked and subscribed. Thanks.

[@Yonko__luffy]

What a wonderful video. Thank you

[@nz-bass-head6306]

Thank I needed to hear this thanks

[@stalfithrildi]

The animation style reminded me of TIFO football so much I was expecting to hear about Marcus Aurelius' views on overlapping wingbacks.

[@AK47-666]

This is exactly what I needed today

[@longingheart77]

Beautiful accent ❤️ Much love from depressed Poland

[@MrWackozacko]

chin up brotha

[@stilley1966]

It’s not Poland but your outlook

[@autumnicleaf]

Why do you think Poland is depressed? Just curious.

[@bulbakip6380]

Alan watts philosophy cheered me up! Good luck bro

[@jobjoby1336]

No ganja today?

[@heatherhill3]

Thankfully you created the best

[@pjd0ioas]

A more concise quote of him: "If you seek tranquility, do less. Or do what’s essential - what the logos of a social being requires, and in the requisite way. Which brings a double satisfaction: to do less, better. Because most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquility. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary?’" Stop wasting so much time on social media, watching youtube, tv, movies... don't drown yourself with addictions: video games, porn, drugs, alcohol, sex. I'm not saying to not do those things, but if you do, don't complain you don't have enough time to do what you want. Do what is essential and you will have more time than you think.

[@veronicavargas5431]

I'm very grateful for the knowledge that is learn from decades to decades that is pass on unto others we all need of one another one can't do everything on our own impossible. 🌹🌹🌹🌹 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 🌹🌹🌹 .

[@cecilliorelucio6695]

Thank you so much! 💙😃

[@GreenMorningDragonProductions]

Superb! You'll go far, kid.

[@daylonjackson6983]

Well Ive found this to be the natural way that my brain works.. this stoicism that I’ve only just found out about now comes very naturally to me. I deleted my social media long ago. I quit my jobs long ago. I started doing exactly what I want and stopped caring about everybody else and I have social media to thank for that surprisingly. I sold my car and everything else and went hitchhiking for fun across America. Most people are still caged by social media and it is the source of their unhappiness and to be happy they must first give it up and realize that it literally means nothing and nothing is actually happening and maybe they will start looking up for happiness. God bless you all.

[@billfoster4147]

Good stuff! (Since 95% of our life is pre-programmed ...by someone else).

[@johnc7801]

Good job Downtown Success. Great video. Thanks.

[@TheFarout69]

I read the Tao, the Art Of War, Bible, and several others. Marcus Aurelius speaks of truth beyond the moment. Future rendering stuff. Wisdom.