The Discipline of Walking Away: Self-Respect as a Stoic Exit
Lewis Howes says the greatest act of self-respect is walking away from what you once desperately wanted. Epictetus built the machinery: the determinations clause overrules your past self, the Diogenes standard files off every handle of slavery, and the one-way freedom clause unlocks the door. The four-question exit audit — light-handed leaving, not fleeing.