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Welcome to the Daily Stood Podcast where each day we bring you a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you find strength, insight and wisdom every day life.

Each one of these passages is based on the 2000 year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more you can visit us at DailyStood.com.

Here's what you can do with those long odds. To face long odds, to face what others call an impossibility. Some people can handle this and some people can't.

Think of the chances that Epictetus faced when the life expectancy for a wealthy person in Rome was only a few decades, but for a slave was abysmally lower.

Think of Cato trying to stand alone against Caesar. Think of the odds faced by Marcus to not be corrupted and destroyed by absolute power.

Think of Washington as he and a rag tag militia stared down the greatest army and empire in the world. Think of Stockdale in that dank prison cell, his odds of survival next to Neil telling himself he was going to turn this into the best thing that ever happened to him.

Sometimes the Stoics won these battles. Sometimes they didn't, but they always fought.

That's what we do when we face difficult circumstances when it looks like the curtain is closing. A Stoic Rages rages against the dying of the light. A Stoic does not go quietly into that good night.

They stand instead like those 300 Spartans firm and ready. They hope against hope. They do not give in. They say this might be a foregone conclusion, but you're still going to have to make me.

They know that fortune gives as suddenly as she takes and they're ready for that 1% chance. In fact, there's a part of the Stoic that hears there is only a 1% chance and says not stupidly, not ironically, okay, so you're telling me there's a chance.

Whether you're facing the long odds of getting clean or getting your kids back, whether it's the odds of winning that election or that promotion, whether it's starting a successful business or making the Olympic team, you have to fight. You must rage against the odds, except the dim chances. Don't go quietly. Don't accept it passively. Fight. Fight with all you have.

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