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The Daily Stoic

Always Think About What Is Above You

The Daily Stoic

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

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🗓️ 14 July 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

"It’s easy for power to go to your head. You see all the people that work for you and think you’re important. You fill out that online survey and find out that, hey, for what you make and where you live, you’re in the 1% or 10% or top 50% of earners. When you look at who is beneath you, who you’re doing better than, ego creeps in. Being someone’s 'superior'—whether that’s a superior officer or just a superior salesman—makes us feel superior."

Find out how to defeat that impulse in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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0:00.0

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music. Download the app today.

0:07.4

Hello, I'm Hannah.

0:08.9

And I'm Ciri T and we are the hosts of a Red Handed, a weekly True Crime Podcast.

0:13.6

Every week on Red Handed, we get stuck into the most talked about cases.

0:17.0

From the Idaho Student Killings, the Delphi Murders and our recent rundown of the Murdoch

0:21.5

saga.

0:22.5

Last year, we also started a second weekly show, Short Hand, which is just an excuse for

0:27.3

us to talk about anything we find interesting because it's our show and we can do what

0:29.8

we like.

0:30.8

We've covered the death of Princess Diana, an unholy Quran written in Saddam Hussein's

0:34.1

blood, the gruesome history of European witch hunting, and the very uncomfortable phenomenon

0:38.8

of genetic sexual attraction.

0:40.6

Whatever the case, we want to know what pushes people to the extremes of human behavior.

0:45.5

Like, can someone give consent to be cannibalized?

0:48.1

What drives a child to kill?

0:50.3

And what's the psychology of a terrorist?

0:52.2

Listen to Red Handed wherever you get your podcast.

0:54.5

To access our bonus Short Hand episodes exclusively on Amazon Music, or by subscribing to

0:59.3

Wondry Plus, in Apple podcasts or the Wondry app.

1:03.0

Welcome to the Daily Stoic.

1:11.0

For each day, we read a short passage designed to help you cultivate the strength, insight,

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