Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, designed to help bring those four key stoic virtues,

courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom into the real world.

In the resolute urgency of now, we could do it later, we could get serious later. We could wait for things to settle down.

We could wait for better terms. We could wait until we feel better. But why? Why not do it while we

have the chance? Why not get it started? Why not get it over with? The smashing pumpkins

famously saying about the resolute urgency of now, and that is what

we face. That is what is slipping away from us. The future lies in uncertainty, Seneca said,

so we must live immediately. We have to match the swiftness of time he believed with the quickness

of our own action and our own choice.

We do not have the luxury of dragging our feet or putting things off, or we will be passed by and miss our opportunity.

Today is for certain. Today is before you. Things are settled enough. You must be serious now. This is your chance.

I don't know if you've ever done any live shopping, but it's blown up and some of the kids,

I don't know if I call them kids,

but some of the Gen Z kids on my staff had to tell me about it. They really love it because

you can find vintage stuff and collectible stuff. I was looking at some videos of people

selling vintage band teas and records and watches. And it's real people selling. Like if you're

going to an estate sale or a really cool

trendy shop, not, you know, overpriced stuff, not produce stuff. There's no ads, no marketing.

And people are on there explaining their stuff, why you'd like it, what's cool about it, where

they got it. Like I love buying stuff on auctions, so I think I'm going to like

What Not. And I think you will too. There are people making over a million dollars a year on

whatnot. That number has doubled in the last year. What Not is the largest dedicated live

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