Four Stoic Principles to Become a Calmer and Better Person

Enjoy life more by worrying less.

Paolo Defraia
New Writers Welcome
5 min readMar 15, 2024

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A few years ago I used to lose my temper easily. Small things could change my mood, and ruin my day. Every problem was a huge mountain I couldn’t climb, so I didn’t even try.

A friend, always calm and unbothered, suggested I read about Stoicism. He believed it would have helped me.

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Paolo Defraia
New Writers Welcome

I’m an Italian freelance translator living in France. I write about freelancing, entrepreneurship, self-improvement, language, life in general.