This book made me laugh and I learned some things from it that I didn't even know I wanted to learn， including a surprising amount about bears。 Duff is a treasure trove of useless information and funny anecdotes that she magically transforms into philosophical / self-improvement gold。 It's great to see ancient Greek philosophical wisdom， such as Stoicism， being given a new lease of life in this way。 Epictetus would be proud。 This book made me laugh and I learned some things from it that I didn't even know I wanted to learn， including a surprising amount about bears。 Duff is a treasure trove of useless information and funny anecdotes that she magically transforms into philosophical / self-improvement gold。 It's great to see ancient Greek philosophical wisdom， such as Stoicism， being given a new lease of life in this way。 Epictetus would be proud。 。。。more