Finding Your Oasis. A Little Bit About a Lot: Ike Gai to Stoicism Part 4

Intrinsic rewards are sustainable. External rewards are not. Your boss gives you a ten percent raise. For a short time, you work harder, appreciative of her gesture. Soon, other conditions and contributors override the money, and you start to experience dissatisfaction. You apply for and get a job that uses your skills, while capturing your

Finding Your Oasis: A Little Bit About a Lot: Ike Gai to Stoicism Part 3

This connects to simple living and Buddhism. However, the concept of simple living is not exclusive to Buddhism, which stresses that we should live in harmony with nature. Ike Gai, while focused on identifying and living a life that revolves around our primary purpose, also inherently simplifies how we live. We do not live randomly.

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