In The End It Doesn’t Even Matter | A Strong Soul Is Better Than Good Luck
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🗓️ 1 September 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
A couple minutes of traffic on the way to work. The tone that the person was talking to you with. The scratch in your brand new painted wall. The lost pair of AirPods–the cost of replacing them. The speed of the promised promotion, word that a colleague is making a smidge more. The culture war issue of the moment. The tenor of the media coverage for your new project…or the lack thereof. The insult from someone you thought was a friend.
All these things seemed like they mattered.
But there will come a time when all the reasons, all the legitimate concerns, the perceived significance of these moments will seem baffling to you.
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And with today's reading and meditation from The Daily Stoic, Ryan discusses why the Stoic's valued long-term resilience over flashes of luck, and how they built that resilience by undergoing a "hard winter training."
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine you're walking down the street and you see someone famous. |
| 0:04.6 | Really famous. What do you do? |
| 0:07.0 | Play it cool or stop and stare? |
| 0:10.0 | Play it cool. |
| 0:11.0 | But also, yes, stop and stare. |
| 0:13.4 | Now others have spotted this a-lister. |
| 0:15.8 | They're staring too and some of them aren't playing it cool at all. |
| 0:19.8 | Now imagine you're not the one staring at the celebrity. |
| 0:22.8 | You are the celebrity, staring back. |
| 0:25.8 | Oh! |
| 0:26.8 | You've got pots of money, adoring fans and a big house. |
| 0:29.8 | But look, you've also got all of us watching, judging. |
| 0:33.8 | Being really, really famous, it's not easy. |
| 0:36.8 | They say be careful what you wish for. |
| 0:40.8 | From Wondery, I'm Anneli Young-Griffy. |
| 0:42.8 | And I'm Emily Lloyd-Sainey. |
| 0:44.8 | And this is terribly famous. |
| 0:46.8 | Our new podcast with Shakespeare writes inside the lives of our most dazzling celebrities |
| 0:50.8 | to find out what it's like to walk in their shoes. |
| 0:55.8 | Well done. |
| 0:57.8 | You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape, |
| 1:20.8 | and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. |
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