Send us a text The Equanimity Series comes to a close as Justin and Bruce discuss the "Final Remedy" that Seneca teaches his friend about-- Confidence. Marcus Aurelius' ascension to the throne and the tools he used to build confidence within himself in preparation for ruling Rome. After all the tools we have talked about for building equanimity, we talk about how to build confidence in our abilities to cultivate equanimity. We go over some examples of what confidence is not through a song by JP Saxe and Elizabeth Holmes changing her voice. Bruce explains some principles of confidence from his book recommendation of 2024 "The Confident Mind" and how those can be applied to having more confidence in our own equanimity. We end with a quote from Seneca about What the product of virtue is... For the Stoic Reimagining we interview random people to see what people know about Marcus Aurelius and of course if people like tennis or running better...
