Recognize the power you hold within yourself—the power to choose your battles.

Like a wise general who knows better than to fight on unfavorable ground, you should engage only in conflicts you have the strength and resources to win. Consider your daily skirmishes: conflicts at work, disagreements with family, or the inner struggle against bad habits. Are you choosing battles that are within your control to overcome?

Epictetus encourages us to be strategic with our energy, to assert our efforts where we can actually make a difference.

It's a call to self-mastery and discernment. Before you react to provocation, pause. Ask yourself, is this a fight I can win? Is it within my power to influence the outcome? If the answer is no, perhaps the path to being unconquerable lies in the art of withdrawal, of knowing when to step back.

Just as you wouldn't charge into a storm you can't stop, why waste your strength against the immovable? Instead, invest in what you can change—your own thoughts, actions, and responses.

Empower yourself through the choices you make, and you'll find that the greatest victory is over your own impulses.