Ali Abdaal on the Keys to Productivity and Re-Defining Success | Take This Motto To Heart

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🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Ryan reads today’s daily meditation and talks to YouTuber Ali Abdaal about his journey from going to medical school to become a doctor to becoming a full time YouTuber and entrepreneur, what the Stoic definition of success actually looks like, staying productive and getting your life organized, and more.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members. You can listen to the Daily Stoic Podcast early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today.
0:11.2	Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast where each weekday we bring you a
0:16.3	Meditation inspired by the ancient Stoics a short passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you find strength and insight
0:24.3	here in everyday life and on Wednesdays we talk to some of our fellow students of ancient philosophy
0:31.9	well-known and obscure
0:33.9	fascinating and powerful with them
0:36.1	We discuss the strategies and habits that have helped them become who they are and also to find peace and wisdom in their actual lives
0:44.7	But first we've got a quick message from one of our sponsors
0:48.3	Take this motto to heart of people who rise to position of power
0:57.9	There are two types those who think they can do it alone and those who know that is insane
1:03.6	This is as true today as it was when the ancient historian Cassius Dio was writing his Roman history in the early
1:11.1	200s AD in it Dio examines what differentiated Marcus Aurelius from Comedis
1:16.4	Given Comedis's deranged reign it might seem like he was destined to fail from the beginning
1:22.6	But Dio points out something fascinating about this young man
1:26.5	He was not naturally wicked he says but on the contrary as Gaelus as any man that ever lived when his father died
1:34.4	Dio continues
1:35.6	Marcus left him many guardians among whom were numbered the best men of the Senate
1:41.2	But their suggestions and counsels
1:43.6	Comedis rejected this was the critical difference between father and son Dio believed even when he was emperor
1:51.8	He writes of Marcus
1:53.5	Marcus showed no shame or hesitation about resorting to a teacher
1:58.7	Seneca's instructions were along the same lines here and take heart this useful and wholesome motto
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