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Post by DRSB » Fri Oct 30, 2015 2:51 pm

I had quite a nice career in banking for 17 years until many laws changed to such an extent that what used to be normal business has become illegal. I saw this coming several years ago and started obtaining alternative qualifications in coaching, went to business school, etc. and now I am officially a business coach. Also obtained quite a number of certifications in hypnosis and can handle things like stop-smoking, weight-loss, anxieties, blocks, in fact anything.

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DRSB wrote:I had quite a nice career in banking for 17 years until many laws changed to such an extent that what used to be normal business has become illegal. I saw this coming several years ago and started obtaining alternative qualifications in coaching, went to business school, etc. and now I am officially a business coach. Also obtained quite a number of certifications in hypnosis and can handle things like stop-smoking, weight-loss, anxieties, blocks, in fact anything.
Can you do the, "These are not the droids you seek" one? :tea:
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Post by Hermit » Fri Oct 30, 2015 2:58 pm

What used to be normal business has become illegal? How dare they interfere with banking practices like that!

Well done on your change of course, though. As for hypnosis, I tried that to help me quit smoking tobacco. Didn't work at all.
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Post by DRSB » Fri Oct 30, 2015 3:04 pm

You probably did not want to quit but somebody else told you to, in which case I'm not surprised it did not work, it cannot work.

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Post by Hermit » Fri Oct 30, 2015 3:28 pm

Um, I assure you that I wanted to quit all on my own. Nobody drove me towards it but me.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Oct 30, 2015 5:11 pm

That's only what you think you think, only what you wants you to think. PM me your PIN and I'll tell you how suggestible you are.
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Post by JimC » Fri Oct 30, 2015 9:12 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Hermit wrote:What about guarding the Poop? The current turd is a bit of a progressive. He might not object to women dressing up in 18th century clown suits. No problem, as long as they don't start demanding to become priests. Or lesbians.
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Post by DaveDodo007 » Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:52 am

DRSB wrote:I took part twice, the fourth run is coming up next week, the "Live like a Stoic for a Week"-event of the University of Exeter:

http://philosophy-of-cbt.com/2015/10/18 ... k-matters/
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Post by JimC » Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:42 am

DaveDodo007 wrote:
DRSB wrote:I took part twice, the fourth run is coming up next week, the "Live like a Stoic for a Week"-event of the University of Exeter:

http://philosophy-of-cbt.com/2015/10/18 ... k-matters/
Why do you hate luxury?
To me, stoicism is simply the ability to calmly appreciate life, whether luxurious or not. Its antithesis is not luxury per se, but the obsessive pursuit of material values and mindless pleasure at the expense of all else...

I am quite stoical when I open a damn good bottle of fine shiraz, I assure you...
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Post by DRSB » Sat Oct 31, 2015 5:14 am

To me, stoicism is simply the ability to calmly appreciate life, whether luxurious or not. Its antithesis is not luxury per se, but the obsessive pursuit of material values and mindless pleasure at the expense of all else...
This!

It is also about daily meditations contemplating things like nature, death and the bigger scheme of things, great for putting things into perspective.

The event is wonderfully organized: daily reading lessons, a nice collections of guided meditations and a lively forum with participants from all over the world.

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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:08 am

Dave Dodo oversimplifies to the point of losing all touch with the facts. Never seen that before. :tea:
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:34 am

DRSB wrote:I had quite a nice career in banking for 17 years until many laws changed to such an extent that what used to be normal business has become illegal. I saw this coming several years ago and started obtaining alternative qualifications in coaching, went to business school, etc. and now I am officially a business coach. Also obtained quite a number of certifications in hypnosis and can handle things like stop-smoking, weight-loss, anxieties, blocks, in fact anything.
Very accomplished. :tup:
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Post by DRSB » Mon Nov 02, 2015 6:15 am

Stoic equanimity and the Vagus nerve:
Equanimity is defined as “Mental calmness, composure and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.” Equanimity has its biological roots in the vagus nerve and is synonymous with grace under pressure.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/th ... r-pressure

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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Nov 03, 2015 12:50 am

The vagus nerve is the one that fires when you need a poo. Holding on to a loose stool when all around are losing theirs is among the highest achievements for an adept of Stoicism.
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Post by Jason » Tue Nov 03, 2015 1:05 am

Brian Peacock wrote:The vagus nerve is the one that fires when you need a poo. Holding on to a loose stool when all around are losing theirs is among the highest achievements for an adept of Stoicism.
That would explain what I've heard about advanced Yogi's being able to prolapse their anuses to cleanse them in streams.. strange as that sounds. :tea:

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