Handle What You Control First | Robert Greene's 6 Stoic Concepts For A Fulfilling Life
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🗓️ 16 May 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Life is frustrating. You’re waiting for people to get back to you. You’re waiting for approval on stuff. You’re waiting for things to ship. You’re dealing with bureaucracy. You’re depending on teammates. You’re dealing with the fallout of decisions that weren’t your call, rules you don’t agree with.
It’s interesting though how often we complain or chafe against these constraints…yet when the ball actually is in our court, we’re slow. We’re indecisive. We don’t do our best.
More than strange, it’s wasteful madness.
The Stoics say over and over again that there is stuff in our control and stuff outside our control.
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And in today's Daily Stoic video excerpt, Ryan presents six Stoic concepts for living a fulfilling life that Robert Greene has gathered from his decades of observing, studying, and writing about people and power.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic Podcast |
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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 | Handle what you control first. |
| 0:34.0 | Life is frustrating. |
| 0:36.0 | You're waiting for people to get back to you. |
| 0:38.0 | You're waiting for approval on stuff. |
| 0:39.0 | You're waiting for things to ship. |
| 0:41.0 | You're dealing with bureaucracy. |
| 0:42.0 | You're depending on teammates. |
| 0:44.0 | You're dealing with the fallout of decisions |
| 0:46.0 | that weren't your call rules that you don't agree with. |
| 0:49.0 | It's interesting, though, how often we complain |
| 0:51.0 | and chaf against these constraints. |
| 0:53.0 | And yet, when the ball is actually in our court, |
| 0:56.0 | we're slow. |
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