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What high performers like Rory McIlroy are learning from Stoicism
Philosopher Marcus Aurelius may have been around in the third century BC, but he’s all the rage with the 1 per cent in the 21st century.
Guy KellySome people turn to a stiff drink to take the edge off after a furious row. For others, a brisk head-clearing walk does the trick. Occasionally, all that will do is to take it out on the nearest wall.
However, during the Ryder Cup last weekend, when Europe’s Rory McIlroy needed to calm himself after a monumental carpark ding-dong with Jim “Bones” Mackay, a Team USA caddie, he plumped for an alternative method.
The Telegraph London
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