March 27

Day 86/365: Epictetus on practice

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86/365: Epictetus on practice

That’s why the philosophers warn us not to be satisfied with mere learning, but to add practice and then training. For as time passes we forget what we learned and end up doing the opposite, and hold opinions the opposite of what we should. – Epictetus

Mastering money requires practice and training. New ideas paired with little experiments etches the learning into the walls of the mind.

Without the practice and training we have a phantom knowledge that fades over time

What conceptual money ideas how you learned, yet not practiced, not trained with?

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