It All Turns on Concentration
The Daily Stoic
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🗓️ 16 April 2021
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Summary
“We often think that greatness is a synonym for brilliance. That great leadership is all about magnetism and communication. For which we need vision and boldness, allies and luck. And of course, to be successful in any field, but particularly in leadership, all of those things are true. But we also need something far simpler that is yet even more rare.”
Ryan explains why everything hinges on your ability to do this one thing, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members. You can listen to the Daily Stoic podcast early and add free on Amazon music download the app today |
| 0:12.3 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast where each day we bring you a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you find strength insight in wisdom |
| 0:21.2 | 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 |
| 0:28.7 | For more you can visit us at DailyStoic.com |
| 0:34.4 | It all turns on concentration |
| 0:37.3 | We think that greatness is about brilliance. We think that great leadership is about communication |
| 0:42.4 | We think we need vision. We need boldness that we need allies and luck and of course to be successful in any field and especially |
| 0:50.0 | Leadership we do need those things |
| 0:52.1 | But we also need something simpler yet even more rare |
| 0:55.4 | We need the ability to focus to lock in to do what has been termed deep work as one of church's political contemporaries would observe of that great man |
| 1:07.2 | Concentration was one of the keys to his character was not always obvious |
| 1:11.6 | But he never really thought of anything else but the job in hand |
| 1:15.8 | Indeed, this is something that all great leaders and artists and thinkers have shared |
| 1:20.5 | Because when so much is being thrown at you when there is so much you could be thinking or doing the strength of character to be able to tune it out and do the |
| 1:29.4 | One thing that must be done in the moment is essential to give everything you have to the task at hand |
| 1:35.1 | What other hope does one have to solve tough or difficult problems and if you aren't doing it? |
| 1:40.6 | Who do you think will do it for you? |
| 1:43.0 | Remember what Marcus are really as commanded himself |
| 1:45.4 | Concentrate every moment like a Roman like a man undoing what's in front of you with precise and genuine seriousness |
| 1:53.3 | Tenderly willingly and with justice it all turns on that today and every day |
| 1:59.9 | For every task big or small |
| 2:05.0 | Hey, it's Ryan. Thanks for listening to the Daily Stoke podcast just a reminder |
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