Find a Way To Use It | Ask Daily Stoic
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🗓️ 16 December 2022
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Summary
It would be nice to be a comedian, wouldn’t it? Not because it might make you rich and famous, though that would be nice. But rather, for the opportunity it would afford to turn all the things that bother you in life into material.
Talk about the obstacle being the way! Comedians get to use everything that happens to them in their life, in their work. Heartbreak. Frustration. Fear. Insecurity. Confusion. It all becomes material.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom |
| 0:08.8 | designed to help you in your everyday life. |
| 0:11.8 | But on Fridays, we not only read this daily meditation, but I try to answer some questions |
| 0:16.6 | from listeners and fellow stoics who are trying to apply this philosophy, whatever it is they |
| 0:21.9 | happen to do. |
| 0:23.5 | Sometimes these are from talks. |
| 0:25.1 | Sometimes these are people who come up to talk to me on the street. |
| 0:28.4 | Sometimes these are written in or emailed from listeners. |
| 0:32.2 | But I hope in answering their questions, I can answer your questions, give a little |
| 0:36.7 | more guidance on this philosophy we're all trying to follow. |
| 0:47.3 | Hey prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic Podcast early and add free on Amazon |
| 0:51.8 | music. |
| 0:52.8 | Download the app today. |
| 0:58.1 | And away to use it. |
| 1:02.0 | It'd be nice to be a comedian, wouldn't it? |
| 1:04.6 | Not just because it might make you rich and famous, though that would be nice, but rather |
| 1:08.7 | for the opportunity, it would afford to turn all the things that bother you in life into |
| 1:13.5 | material. |
| 1:14.8 | All the bad breaks could become setups. |
| 1:16.6 | All the people who piss you off, you could turn into punchlines. |
| 1:20.4 | As Judd Apatow writes in his wonderful book, Sikker in the head, one of the magical things |
| 1:24.8 | about being a comedian is when bad things happen to you, you think I can use this in an |
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