We Suffer More in Imagination Than in Reality

We spend more in imagination than in reality. This quote comes from Seneca, the Stoic philosopher who's become the rich from Silicon Valley to Hollywood to regular hard working students and young professionals all around the world. The reason Stoic philosophy has become such a big rage today is that we all find ourselves conflicted on one side. We live in an era of abundance on every possible metric. Our gdp, our overall satisfaction with the way many institutions run, our well being, our income, education levels, women, empowerment, all of these objective metrics. We seem to be doing a little bit better than before. But we also live in the era of great frustration. Think of happiness as a difference between expectation and reality. Now, when reality gets better, our expectations also change. And what that means for us is that this conflicting emotions sometimes interfere with our judgment and we start to suffer. Stoic philosophy and Seneca is this quote. We suffer more in imagination than in reality is so important to remind ourselves because sometimes we become the masters of our own torture chambers and in these vocal chambers we come up with hypothetical details, things that are not even true. We manufacture situations and what Senecat gives us hope is that the reality is actually far better than the imagination. And I think I personally have drawn so much strength from this quote, whether it's taking decisions about my professional life or my personal life. And it strikes me that every person, every student, every young professional should go back to some of these Stoic sayings and contextualize them to themselves. We on NetworkCapital TV have a stoicism subgroup, so if you're interested, feel free to check us out. Just Google NetworkCapital TV subgroups and you'll find a list of all of them. Let me know what this quote means to you and I look forward to your reactions. Take care and have a great Sunday. It.