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Premeditatio Malorum

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A Stoic philosophical practice involving the mental rehearsal of potential setbacks or negative events to build resilience and reduce anxiety.

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"This is a famous exercise from Seneca. It's called premeditatio malorum. It's about thinking about what might happen. One of the ways we make change not so scary, not so overwhelming is by thinking about it."

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Ryan Holiday mentioned "That's the exercise of premeditatio malorum, planning in advance for adversity." ▶ 0:22