Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we bring you a stoic-inspired meditation

designed to help you find strength and insight and wisdom into everyday life.

Each one of these episodes is based on the 2,000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of

history's greatest men and women to help you learn from them, to follow in their example,

and to start your day off with a little dose of courage and discipline and justice and wisdom.

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It can make you great. Just so you know, the 2025 live session of Stoicism 101, ancient philosophy for your actual life is starting in just a few weeks. It's going to start on the 10th. Don't miss

your chance to join us to do a deep dive

into Stoicism. And I'd love to have you in there. It's one of my favorite things that we do every

year. We're told that absolute power corrupts absolutely, and yet it didn't with Marcus Aurelius.

As emperor of Rome, he was the most powerful man in the world, and yet still he worked hard,

sought peace, remained compassionate. He didn't indulge himself in pleasures. In the depths of Rome's

financial crisis, he even sold off his own possessions to raise money for the country. He was

especially good and decent compared to his predecessors and many other powerful leaders

throughout history, and you might say even leaders in contemporary times.

So what made Marcus Aurelius different?

What were his secrets to success, resiliency, and productivity?

And how did he master his emotions and maintain such self-control?

How might you apply these lessons to your own life? Imagine if you had the tools to be less angry, less distracted, less impulsive,

if you could be disciplined even amidst incredible success as well as difficulty,

how much more time would you have, How much more could you accomplish? How much

greater could you be? Would it make you a better leader, a better partner, a better friend? How would

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