Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jack Kelly covers career growth, job market and workplace trends. Stoicism encourages people to focus on what they can control and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Johnny Rotten; Zeno of Citium; Marcus Aurelius Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images If we’re to go by the title of Lydon’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you need words of encouragement, you may not immediately think of quotes from Stoic philosophers. After all, being stoic ...

Stoicism is an ancient Greek school of philosophy. It was founded around 301 BC by a Phoenician merchant called Zeno of Citium, who embraced an austere philosophical way of life after losing his ...

Stoicism was an ancient school of philosophy that taught a particular way of living. Yet, for many, Stoicism remains misunderstood. Most think of a stoic person as someone who can endure pain or ...

Robert Rosenkranz is a self-made billionaire. His key to success: stoic philosophy. In his new book, “The Stoic Capitalist: Advice for the Exceptionally Ambitious,” Rosenkranz shares how ancient ...

The self-help market is flooded with books about Stoicism, an ancient school of philosophy that emphasizes equanimity and self-mastery and that includes, among its proponents, famed Roman statesman ...

“Only virtue is lofty and exalted, nor is anything great if it is not also calm.” Thus Seneca the Younger in his essay On Anger, written in (probably) the 40’s A.D. Nearly two thousand years later, ...

Life doesn't send warning texts before it knocks you down. One day you're coasting, the next you're flat on your back, wondering what happened. Here's the thing, though: about 2,000 years ago, some ...