One of the key learning from reading philosophy has been: There are only a few things in your control, be it life and work.
We are living in uncertainty, we have no idea about how our peers, customers, loved ones react.
We have to keep working, walking the path of virtue and enjoy the journey. The moment we go for a destination or expectation trap, we are finished.
One of my all-time favorites has been Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, I have shared a few dozen books of his to my peers.
We are surrounded by negativity and pain, people will pick on you. If you get affected by it, you have lost the beauty of this life.
“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people but care more about their opinions than our own.
— Marcus Aurelius
“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, “He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.”
― Epictetus