Stoicism vs Buddhism

In episode #6 of My Perfect Sunday, Sean and Tom sit down to chat absolute nonsense and occasionally stumble into something deep. Expect to learn why our obsession with efficiency might be making us miserable, the simple question that stops you worrying, how Sean faces his fear of having shaky hands in public, why getting punched in the face is shocking but not painful, why every man should try martial arts, what happened when six lads went out dressed as zombie Disney princesses, the saying about the man you could have been that still haunts Sean and much more… 0:00 Intro 1:25 Jack Johnson is peak Sunday 2:33 What's your favourite philosophy? 7:44 Efficiency is the modern flex 8:26 The art of doing nothing 10:51 Is suffering good for us? 12:21 Healthy competition (and why we went to the moon) 13:38 The Sicilian way to stop worrying 13:58 Can you do something about it? Then why worry? 15:57 Stoicism and doing hard things on purpose 17:28 Facing my essential tremor 19:26 Scared of crowds, excited by fights 20:59 Some people are just built different 21:49 Getting punched in the face 24:17 Jiu-jitsu, belts and ego death 29:18 Why every man should try martial arts 31:08 Street fights and wind-up merchants 32:47 Six lads dressed as zombie princesses 36:51 Kung Fu dreams and Shaolin monks 39:49 Buddhism 101 41:22 Reading Ram Dass 44:01 Life really is that simple 45:35 Meditation and deep breathing 47:52 Karma, Shiva and Genghis Khan 50:08 Famous quotes quiz 51:16 Who had the best man cave? 52:07 Our philosophies in one line 52:54 The man you could have been 55:34 Perfectionism is a cruelty 56:47 Harry Potter goes wrong 57:45 Outro -- IG:   / myperfectsundaypod   TikTok:   / myperfectsundaypod   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ceAlvY...