#120: Massimo Pigliucci - Stoicism, Decision-Making Like Marcus Aurelius, Dying Young & Memento Mori

Today on the show, we are joined by Professor Massimo Pigliucci. Massimo is the professor of Philosophy at the city college of New York. Massimo holds a PhD in evolutionary biology, is a best-selling author and has written in a number of books including How To Be A Stoic and Massimo’s latest book a field guide to a good life - 53 brief reasons for living. In this episode today, expect to jump into a time machine and go back a couple of thousand of years. Stoicism, we’ve all heard of it but it’s become this fancy term that nobody quite knows what it means. Well that changes today! With Massimo you will find out what stoicism is and how it can benefit your life, why you shouldn’t fear dying young, how to make decisions like Marcus Aurelius, why it’s going to be beneficial for you to meditate on your own mortality and so so much more. Before we jump into today’s episode - the video interview of this live on our YouTube channel which you can access by swiping up and clicking the YouTube link or simply by heading to Youtube and searching freedom pact. If you enjoy our work, then we also offer a ‘healthy, wealthy and wise’ newsletter which goes out every Monday with a dose of all the goof stuff - book recommendations, articles, journals, questions for you and upcoming guests. There’s also a link for that below. If you get value from our work, if you subscribed and left us a 5* iTunes review then that would make us so so happy as it helps us get the best guests and grows the show. Without any further ado, I give to you the incredibly thoughtful and practical Professor Massimo Pigliucci. Links: https://www.youtube.com/c/FreedomPact (video interviews) https://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter (Healthy, Wealthy & Wise) https://instagram.com/freedompact https://massimopigliucci.com Buy A Field Guide To A Happy Life: https://amzn.to/2DNK1TD