[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":52},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-08/23":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":23},"/stoicism/08/23","stoicism/08/23","It's In Your Self-Interest","Meditation for August 23, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":19,"changeFreq":21,"backgroundImage":22},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"Therefore, explain why a wise person shouldn't get drunk — not with words, but by the facts of its ugliness and offensiveness. It's most easy to prove that so-called pleasures, when they go beyond proper measure, arebut punishments.","Seneca","Moral Letters, 83.27","2021-08-23T07:00:00",[17,18],"stoicism","pragmatism",[20,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_8203.jpg",{"type":24,"value":25,"toc":46},"minimark",[26,30,33,38],[27,28,29],"p",{},"Seneca and the authors are telling us that bashing people over the head is not persuasion.",[27,31,32],{},"When we nag and lecture, we push people away.",[34,35,37],"h3",{"id":36},"conclusion","Conclusion",[27,39,40,41,45],{},"We need to layout out how our ideas most benefit ",[42,43,44],"strong",{},"them",". We should avoid telling them about all the pitfalls of their\nbehaviors. Instead, point out all the benefits of abstaining from the behavior.",{"title":47,"searchDepth":48,"depth":48,"links":49},"",2,[50],{"id":36,"depth":51,"text":37},3,1793716902146]