{"id":11506,"date":"2020-04-28T14:11:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T14:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/?p=11506"},"modified":"2020-04-29T07:55:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T07:55:35","slug":"new-philosophy-on-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/2020\/04\/28\/new-philosophy-on-life\/","title":{"rendered":"New Philosophy on Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Combing the Teachings of Aristotle &amp; Rocky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorry &#8211; my posts are very short at the moment as I&#8217;m working from home and juggling looking after the kids &#8211; one who&#8217;s just started walking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Decide on Your Virtues<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every tribe has a code, every religion, every civilization, traditionally &#8211; has had a written or unwritten code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each individual should have a code &#8211; from somewhere, using Aristotle&#8217;s is a decent starting point:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"623\" data-attachment-id=\"11507\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/aristotles-list-of-virtues\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/aristotles-list-of-virtues.png?fit=593%2C623&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"593,623\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"aristotles-list-of-virtues\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/aristotles-list-of-virtues.png?fit=593%2C623&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/aristotles-list-of-virtues.png?resize=593%2C623&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11507\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strive each day to stick to your virtues &#8211; a virtuous day, is a day well spent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take the Hits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D_Vg4uyYwEk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Living by specific &#8216;good&#8217; virtues, does not guarantee anything. 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