BONUS: How Abraham Lincoln Proved The Obstacle Is the Way

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

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🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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This President’s Day, learn how Abraham Lincoln turned every challenge into an opportunity to grow. From personal loss to political failure, each setback made him wiser, tougher, and more empathetic leader.

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1:10.7	Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we bring you a stoic-inspired meditation
1:17.1	designed to help you find strength and insight and wisdom into everyday life.
1:24.2	Each one of these episodes is based on the 2,000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women help you learn from them, to follow in their example, and to start your day off with a little dose of courage and discipline and justice and wisdom.
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2:08.1	Hey, it's Ryan. Welcome to another episode of The Daily Stoak Podcasts or not really another episode.
2:14.6	I guess this is a bonus episode. It's a special one. It's President's Day. Somebody asked me the other day if I'd read any good books on Lincoln that I might recommend.
2:19.5	And I was like, yeah, I got a couple.
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