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Welcome to the Daily Stoke 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 DailyStoke.com.

If you stay ready, you don't have to get ready. It had been more than two and a half years since Case Kingdom had started in an NFL game.

Many assumed his career, which was already nine years old and spread across six teams, was over.

There could have easily been part of him that thought that too. So people were surprised when he performed so well under pressure in a Thursday night game against the Denver Broncos.

Throwing for 200 yards and a touchdown without a turnover on a way to a Brown's victory in the absence of Baker Mayfield, the team starting quarterback and former number one overall draft pick.

How did he do it? How did he manage to get prepared on such short notice? You don't have to get ready if you stay ready.

He told the reporter after the game. He hadn't needed a flurry of last minute late night film sessions because he'd always been prepared.

He didn't need to get in shape because he'd never gotten out of shape. He wasn't surprised. He'd been expecting this exact contingency.

In fact, it was his job to be prepared for this contingency.

Marcus really talks about how the fighter is better than the fencer because the fencer has to pick up a weapon. A fighter is the weapon.

Santa Claus reminds us that the blow we are ready for is not much of a blow at all. And Epictetus says that the whole point of philosophy is to be able to reply to adversity with one thing. This is what I trained for.

Life has twists and turns in store for all of us. Our job is to be ready. Our job is to keep training. It's to anticipate. It's to have a plan.

So that when the unexpected comes, it's not unexpected at all. We're ready. We can step up and do our job like a trusted journeyman like a veteran.

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