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Education, 694393, Daily Stoic, Society & Culture, Stoic, Stoicism, Self-improvement, Business, Stoic Philosophy, Philosophy, Ryan Holiday

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

It was the great Athenian leader, Pericles, who said that there was nothing wrong with poverty. It could be caused by so many things—a business failure, the sudden loss of a family’s breadwinner, theft, even just plain old back luck. Like the Stoics, he knew that Fortune could swoop in, and, in the blink of an eye, undo years of hard work and careful planning.

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoic podcast.
0:07.3	On Thursdays, we do double duty, not just reading our daily meditation, but also reading
0:13.3	a passage from the book, The Daily Stoic's 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance in
0:19.2	the Art of Living, which I wrote with my wonderful co-author and collaborator, Stephen Hanselman.
0:25.2	So today we'll give you a quick meditation from one of the Stoics from Epititus Marks,
0:30.2	Relius, Seneca, then some analysis for me, and then we send you out into the world to do
0:35.4	your best to turn these words into works.
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0:49.4	music.
0:50.4	Download the app today.
0:51.8	Hey, everyone, this is Dr. Rongan Chatechee from the Built to Thrive Podcast, and I promise
0:58.4	you that if you give me just five minutes of your time, I'm going to help you revolutionize
1:03.7	your life.
1:04.7	My aim is to inspire and empower you with simple daily hacks that will help you feel better
1:10.6	and thrive.
1:12.0	Check out my latest Built to Thrive episode, Streaming Now, only on Amazon Music.
1:22.4	Three little words is back for another season exclusively on Amazon Music.
1:26.8	The worst people to bring in three words of meaning and significance to their lives,
1:31.6	and we use that as a springboard for conversation.
1:34.5	And then at the end of the show, we ask them for a word that they'll be happy never to
1:38.3	hear again.
1:39.3	So, that's three little words we've made, John Bishop and Tony Pitts, listen to every
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