8 Understandings Of The Stoic Way To Find Harmony In A World Of Chaos| 4 Lessons from Tanner Campbell with Kevin Miller

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🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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In our series on stoicism, I kept coming back to the aspect of control. Controlling our emotions. Controlling our reactions. Controlling our internal world so as to not be controlled by the outer world. ⁣ ⁣ It’s a valid perspective, but then I was reminded that I don’t actually want control any more than I want money. I just want what money can hopefully buy. Likewise, I just want what control can hopefully afford me. And the word that surfaced was…harmony. ⁣ ⁣ I often find myself saying I want peace, but I struggle with that sounding like I just want life to be easy and stress free, which is not the case. I want the trials and challenges that are so fulfilling to overcome. I want the hero story. But within the ups and down, I want to feel a balance and a rhythm I understand, which is what harmony is. ⁣ ⁣ A definition of harmony I greatly appreciate is, an interweaving of different accounts into a single narrative. Our daily life in this world is made up of different accounts of so many things. The stoic way of life is a life devoted to a commitment to a single narrative amongst all those accounts. ⁣ ⁣ But don’t get caught up in the word stoic. It is an example of a clarified and committed mindset and way of life. You don’t have to give it a name, but to find success you will want to decide upon your own way of life and have it clearly defined. ⁣ ⁣ June 15-16 of 2023 I’ll be in Dallas to attend and speak at the Ziglar coach summit, alongside Tom Ziglar. If you are looking to influence people for the better, professionally or personally, I invite you to join us. First 10 people who register and say you heard about it from me, I’m taking to dinner! Go to ziglar.com/coachsummit⁣ Go to Zocdoc.com/KEVIN and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. For a limited time, Self Helpful listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/helpful. If you’re looking for a simpler and cost-effective supplement routine, Athletic Greens is giving you a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. Go to athleticgreens.com/SELFHELP. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/selfhelpful today to get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.
0:09.0	Welcome.
0:10.0	I'm Kevin Miller and this podcast is called Self Helpful.
0:14.0	Because not all self-help is helpful.
0:17.0	I'm your curator, critic, and translator of the best and brightest minds in the self-help world today.
0:24.0	Eight understandings of the stoic to find harmony in a world of chaos.
0:34.0	And our series here on stoicism I kept coming back to the aspect of control.
0:39.0	Controlling our emotions, controlling our reactions, controlling our internal world so as to not be controlled by the outer world.
0:48.0	It's a valid perspective, but then I was reminded that I don't actually want control in and of itself any more than I want money.
0:56.0	I want money for what it can hopefully buy me.
0:59.0	Likewise, I just want what control can hopefully afford me.
1:04.0	And the word that surfaced was harmony.
1:07.0	Often find myself saying I want peace, but I struggle with that sound in like I just want life to be easy and stress-free, which is not the case.
1:15.0	I want the trials and challenges that are so fulfilling to overcome.
1:19.0	I want the hero story.
1:20.0	But within the ups and downs, I want to feel a balance and a rhythm that I understand.
1:26.0	And what control at the end is hopefully going to give me as harmony.
1:33.0	A definition of harmony I greatly appreciate is an interweaving of different accounts into a single narrative.
1:40.0	Our daily life in this world is made up of different accounts of so many things.
1:45.0	The stoic way of life is a life devoted to a commitment to a single narrative amongst all those accounts, a narrative that makes sense to you.
1:55.0	But don't get caught up even in the word stoic.
1:58.0	It's an example of a clarified and committed mindset in a way of life.
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