How to Be a Stoic (2016)
As befits HN, I also want to pitch the <i>Meditations</i> by Marcus Aurelius here. Being written for himself, it has a very different tone (no athletic coach, but rather a somewhat world-weary, if benevolent, uncle). Fundamentally, it treats similar ideas, though.<p>I also stumbled over a very interesting quote from the article:<p>> In other words, think of every unreasonable asshole you
> have to deal with as part of God’s attempt to “turn you 
> into Olympic-class material.” This is a very powerful
> trick.<p>The _exact_ same trick is practiced in many (traditional) Christian faiths---but I have the feeling that placing it in that context would alienate many modern readers (and in the worst cases, it comes relatively close to the prosperity gospel stuff).