The Craft of Living

The question in the podcast title was prompted by an article in the Guardian that addresses that very question. Here I briefly touch upon it by offering a couple of points of agreement before suggesting a particular practice that might be helpful to us without running afoul of the criticism the piece lays out. 

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The Guardian Article

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Hi, I am Ante Jerončić, and on this podcast, I explore the overlapping spaces where philosophy, wisdom traditions, spirituality, and self-development literature meet on the question of flourishing life.

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Spurred on by the "In Media Res" podcast I am co-hosting with Oliver Glanz, I decided to go back to my roots, to where everything started in terms of the Craft of Living.  With that in mind, in this episode, I provide an update on where I stand with this show and the changes I have decided to make. I truly feel excited about the new direction I will aim to pursue.

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Hi, I am Ante Jerončić, and on this podcast, I explore the overlapping spaces where philosophy, wisdom traditions, spirituality, and self-development literature meet on the question of flourishing life.

In this episode, I continue discussing some key insights from Günter Figal's lecture series "Heidegger in Modernity" given at the University of Freiburg. Again, the themes of reduction, the simple, and the essential are stressed, including Heidegger's conception of philosophy as a type of wakefulness.

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A couple of years, I came across Günter Figal's lectures "Heidegger in Modernity" given at the University of Freiburg. In this episode, I begin some of the insights I have gleaned from them, in particular, focusing on the essentializing motif in Heidegger, i.e., the stress on the simple and the essential. As in other instances, my take on Figal's take on Heidegger is refracted through the theme of the craft of living.

UPDATES
00:32  The Craft of Living review
04:47  Rich Roll's Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman on Transcendence

EPISODE
11:32  Figal's Heidegger Lectures
14:16  Heidegger's Influence
18:55  Heidegger's Rejection of Academic Philosophy
23:42  Heidegger's Influence Outside the Academy
26:33  Heidegger as Modern Philosopher
35:33  Figal contra Habermas on Defining Modernity
40:02  Heidegger's Hut
41:42  Thoreau's Hut; Walden Quote
45:42  Heidegger's Quote on Winter Night and Philosophy

REFERENCES AND BACKGROUND MATERIAL
Barry Scott Kaufman, Transcend
Günter Figal, Heidegger in der Moderne
Rich Roll Podcast Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman

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In this episode, I briefly engage some key insights from Erich From on the art of loving. On a more technical note, I want to apologize for the relatively bad audio quality. I am working on rectifying the issue and hope that things will be better in the future as far as that is concerned.

UPDATES
00:58 - Update and Insight #1: Cold immersion - benefits and lessons learned
04:20 - Update and Insight #2: Morning ritual and identity values- how they are integrated
10:59 - Main theme: The Art of Loving

REFERENCES AND BACKGROUND MATERIAL
Erich Fromm, The Essential Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm,  The Art of Loving
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Episode 002: "A Mind-Altering Conversion"

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It's good to be back after a year! As I explain in the episode, a lot of things happened on my end that led me to set aside recordings for a while. In any case, I am picking here where I left off, posting presentations that consist of two parts: Craft of Living bites with various updates, insights, and experiences, often with a personal take. Following that, I focus on a particular theme, here the dialectic of radical integrity and radical compassion, a hallmark of perfection.

EPISODE
06:56 - The Way of Perfection

REFERENCES AND BACKGROUND MATERIAL
Sayings of the Desert Fathers

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Hi, I am Ante Jeroncic, and on this channel, I explore the overlapping spaces where philosophy, wisdom traditions, spirituality, and self-development literature meet on the question of flourishing life. More than a theoretical exercise, I see this endeavor as a personal quest, haltingly as it might be, to “live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life” (Thoreau).

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In my previous episode, I broached the topic of mental fortitude, stressing its importance and manifoldness. Mental fortitude, in other words, is not just one thing but is something that is comprised of different elements. Here I advance the discussion by offering some important qualifications.

EPISODE REFERENCES AND BACKGROUND MATERIAL
Lane, "Backpacking with the Saints": https://amzn.to/2MxD7Xe
Climacus, "The Ladder of Divine Ascent": https://amzn.to/3a9VDxK
Diviney, "The Attributes": https://amzn.to/39VqKwR
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AJ Blog Post, "Mental Toughness: Adding some Precision": https://bit.ly/2N2wOdO
AJ Blog Post, "The Therapeutic Power of Stoic Techniques": https://bit.ly/36Oo4z9
AJ Blog Post, "D. Brunner, My Role Model": https://bit.ly/3q1LM2E

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Mental toughness, mental fortitude, self-discipline, resilience,... you name it. We all have a basic idea of what it means. This essential ingredient to the craft of living that helps us stay the course, face setbacks with dignity and equanimity, persist when things don't feel right, hope in the face of repeated failure, control impulses to take the easy route - if we could only have more of that. 

In the life updates, I share insights about reading and context, time tracking, and how to talk to "unreasonable" people.

LIFE UPDATES SECTION
13:44 - Episode start: examples of mental toughness, its essential role
31:00 - My take on mental toughness (self-control; resilience; flexibility; grit; courage; growth-mindset; life-affirmation)

EPISODE REFERENCES AND BACKGROUND MATERIAL
Lane, "Backpacking with the Saints": https://amzn.to/2MxD7Xe
Lane, The Solace of Fierce Landscapes": https://amzn.to/3cObTGm
Vanderkam, "168 Hours:" https://amzn.to/2N5RMc4
Diviney, "The Attributes": https://amzn.to/39VqKwR
Vanderkam time tracking how-to: https://lauravanderkam.com/manage-your-time/
Grant article, "The Science of Reasoning With Unreasonable People": https://nyti.ms/39QyvnH
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AJ Blog Post, "Mental Toughness: Adding some Precision": https://bit.ly/2N2wOdO
AJ Blog Post, "The Therapeutic Power of Stoic Techniques": https://bit.ly/36Oo4z9
AJ Blog Post, "D. Brunner, My Role Model": https://bit.ly/3q1LM2E

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Hi, I am Ante Jeroncic, and on this channel, I explore the overlapping spaces where philosophy, wisdom traditions, spirituality, and self-development literature meet on the question of flourishing life. More than a theoretical exercise, I see this endeavor as a personal quest, haltingly as it might be, to “live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life” (Thoreau).

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In this episode, I discuss some additional aspects of Stoicism and its practical significance via Ross Edgley's "The Art of Resilience." I begin by sharing a couple of updates about things happening on my end (insights, readings, lessons learned, etc.).

LIFE UPDATES SECTION
00:18 - McRaven, Make Your Bed
02:08 - Wilson, How to Become an Epicurean
05:31 - Personal Take: Cold Water Immersion

THEMATIC SECTION
09:24 - Setting the Table: Stoicism Today
11:06 - Stoicism and the Secular Age (via Charles Taylor)
12:33 - My Encounter wit Stoicism (via Pierre Hadot and Paul Tillich)
18:12 - Ross Edgley's Lessons on Stoicism

EPISODE REFERENCES
AJ Blog Post, "Engaging Stoicism"
McRaven Graduation Speech
McRaven, Make Your Bed
Wilson, How to Be an Epicurean
Hadot, Philosophy as the Way
Tillich, Courage to Be
Edgley, The Art of Resilience

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Hi, I am Ante Jeroncic, and on this channel, I explore the overlapping spaces where philosophy, wisdom traditions, spirituality, and self-development literature meet on the question of flourishing life. More than a theoretical exercise, I see this endeavor as a personal quest, haltingly as it might be, to “live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life” (Thoreau).

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[YouTube Channel Episode]
One of the more interesting cultural developments in recent years, and least fear, has been an increased interest in Stoicism. Here are I share a few ideas on the issue, including things that I find congenial in the Stoic approach to life.

EPISODE SECTIONS
00:05 - Updates
03:53 - Episode Start
08:24 - Lesson 1: Commitment to Reality
10:17 - Lesson 2: Understanding what Is in Our Control
13:03 - Lesson 3: The Trichotomy of Desire
16:24 - Lesson 4: Life According to Virtue
18:55 - Lesson 5: The Importance of Spiritual Exercises

EPISODE REFERENCES
AJ Blog Post, "Engaging Stoicism"
Pigliucci, A Handbook for New Stoics
Pigliucci, How to Be a Stoic
Irvine, The Stoic Challenge
Holiday, The Daily Stoic
Holiday, Lives of the Stoic
Holiday, The Obstacle is the Way
Edgley, The Art of Resilience

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Hi, I am Ante Jeroncic, and on this channel, I explore the overlapping spaces where philosophy, wisdom traditions, spirituality, and self-development literature meet on the question of the flourishing life. More than a theoretical exercise, I see this endeavor as a personal quest, haltingly as it might be, to “live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life” (Thoreau).

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