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Learn Stoic principles and strategies that enabled leaders such as the great Philosopher-King Marcus Aurelius to thrive in times of adversity. Timeless lessons on how to manage modern day challenges faced by civic leaders such as: - loneliness at the top - power politics, rivalries and betrayals - infrastructure challenges & resource shortages - toxic behaviours in the public square - illness and weakness - plagues and destabilizing uncertainty Date: Thursday, September 23, 2021 Time: 10am PST | 12pm CST Duration: 1 hour Includes Q&A for elected officials & senior staff of local governments. FREE RESOURCES included for all participants, including a Stoic Resiliency Tool Kit, free e-course on Marcus Aurelius' Meditations and more. DONALD ROBERTSON is a renown cognitive-behavioural therapist, trainer and writer. He's the author of six books on philosophy and psychotherapy. The latest, "How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius", was recently reviewed in The Wall Street Journal and became the #1 best seller in philosophy throughout the United States. Donald has been writing about and lecturing on Stoicism for roughly 25 years and is one of the founding members of the global Modern Stoicism organization. He is currently spearheading a project in Athens, Greece to restore Plato's Academy, the location of the Western world's first university, and make it an active center for philosophical discussion and learning once again.

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