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Rejection Therapy [1] is what I would think a perfect example of antifragility in the wild. [2] People learn to manage their anxiety in stressful social situati

Rejection Therapy [1] is what I would think a perfect example of antifragility in the wild. [2] People learn to manage their anxiety in stressful social situations and become more resilient to rejection after playing for awhile. Entrepreneurs like Jia Jiang even leverage rejections to launch and grow their startups. [3] [1] http://rejectiontherapy.com http://rejectiontherapy.com [2] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/can-we-really-immunize-ourselves-against-rejection/article5817930/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/healt... [3] http://www.entresting.com/blog/100-days-of-rejection-therapy/ http://www.entresting.com/blog/100-days-of-rejection-therapy...

unoti 14y ago
Rejection therapy has its ideological roots in Stoicism, just as the central ideas of this article does. Seneca talks about spending a few days each month wallowing in the things that you fear the most, so that they can't control you. And with regard to the anti-fragility thing, this is discussed at length also in Letters from a Stoic. Seneca talks about not being overly dominated by your fears, but also you can be a slave to hope as well. The idea of being happy and free when poor, and cautious when prosperous is also straight out of stoicism. When I read Seneca in Letters from a Stoic, I get the impression that he's a mental martial arts master, constantly training to be in control of his mind and his happiness, always pursuing excellence. http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/04/13/stoicism-101-a-practical-guide-for-entrepreneurs/ http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/04/13/stoicism-101...
- nacker 14y ago
  You would enjoy this site http://gettingstronger.org http://gettingstronger.org Likewise http://mises.org/books/stoics.pdf http://mises.org/books/stoics.pdf As a long-time fan of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, I was pleasantly surprised to discover the links between them and modern anarcho-capitalists like Hazlitt and Mises.
  - unoti 14y ago
    Hey this is really good, thank you for sharing it! I've already started reading the stoics book.
eshvk 14y ago
The third reference was beautiful. Thank you for posting that. I am a huge fan of pushing the envelope of things I find uncomfortable and I definitely need to think about doing something like this!

unoti 14y ago

Rejection therapy has its ideological roots in Stoicism, just as the central ideas of this article does. Seneca talks about spending a few days each month wallowing in the things that you fear the most, so that they can't control you. And with regard to the anti-fragility thing, this is discussed at length also in Letters from a Stoic. Seneca talks about not being overly dominated by your fears, but also you can be a slave to hope as well. The idea of being happy and free when poor, and cautious when prosperous is also straight out of stoicism. When I read Seneca in Letters from a Stoic, I get the impression that he's a mental martial arts master, constantly training to be in control of his mind and his happiness, always pursuing excellence. http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/04/13/stoicism-101-a-practical-guide-for-entrepreneurs/ http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/04/13/stoicism-101...

nacker 14y ago
You would enjoy this site http://gettingstronger.org http://gettingstronger.org Likewise http://mises.org/books/stoics.pdf http://mises.org/books/stoics.pdf As a long-time fan of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, I was pleasantly surprised to discover the links between them and modern anarcho-capitalists like Hazlitt and Mises.
- unoti 14y ago
  Hey this is really good, thank you for sharing it! I've already started reading the stoics book.

eshvk 14y ago

The third reference was beautiful. Thank you for posting that. I am a huge fan of pushing the envelope of things I find uncomfortable and I definitely need to think about doing something like this!