How to Succeed at Stoic Test Challenge

Emotions are bad for handling setbacks. Getting emotional shatters any tranquillity you may have had and clouds our thinking on how to over come the setback. So the first response should be to prevent the automatic onset of negative emotions; they do more harm than good.

Maintain composure and maintain control. Things will go wrong and will not not go as expected. Expect this. Recognize the situation and detach. (How-to-Detach / Remembering-To-Detach)

Cast "have to" to "get to". There will always be some future position when dealing with the current setback would seem like a dream come true. Consider the perspective of this future you.