Epictetus

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Epictetus". This saying was sent to me some time ago by a friend. And I always like to find out where people find their inspiration so I wikipediad it. As you do these days. Turns out he was just another so called "leader", meaning he took credit for what other people did. Just like any man. "His teachings were noted down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses." and "So far as is known, Epictetus himself wrote nothing." Ok, but he did say something semi-intelligent: "We are disturbed not by events, but by the views which we take of them." Considering he said this about 2,000 years ago (give or take) and that (from what I hear) this is what psychs say in therapy sessions these days (and charging a fortune) he was al'right. I would say, you cannot change how other people act, but you can control how you react to their behaviour. See, there you got a psych session for free!