Don’t Waste Your Gifts | The Secret To Better Habits in 2023
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🗓️ 25 April 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
There is, as we have talked about many times, a tinge of sadness in the story of Seneca. This immensely talented and wise man spent the best years of his life advising and collaborating with one of the worst emperors in history. As James Romm illustrates in his fascinating book, Dying Every Day (and you can listen to our podcast episode with James here) Seneca’s ambition, his drive, it took him fatally off track from where he should have been.
We should all see it as a cautionary tale.
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And in today's video excerpt, Ryan outlines some of the best ways that you can have better habits in 2023.
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| 0:10.6 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, |
| 0:12.8 | where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom |
| 0:15.9 | designed to help you in your everyday life. |
| 0:18.8 | On Tuesdays, we take a closer look at these stoic ideas, |
| 0:22.4 | how we can apply them in our actual lives. |
| 0:25.4 | Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoy. |
| 0:31.0 | Don't waste your gifts. |
| 0:33.0 | There is, as we have talked about many times, |
| 0:36.0 | a tinge of sadness in the story of Senaika. |
| 0:39.0 | This immensely talented and wise man |
| 0:42.0 | spent the best years of his life advising |
| 0:44.0 | and collaborating with one of the worst emperors in history. |
| 0:47.0 | As James Rahm illustrates in his fascinating book, |
| 0:50.0 | Dying Every Day, and you can listen to our podcast |
| 0:52.0 | episode of James, I'll link to it. |
| 0:54.0 | Senaika's ambition is to be a great writer, |
| 0:57.0 | episode of James, I'll link to it. |
| 0:58.7 | Senaika's ambition is drive. |
| 1:00.5 | It took him fatally off track from where he should have been. |
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