It’s About The Paring Down

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Education, Daily Stoic, Stoic, Ryan Holiday, Self-improvement, 694393, Stoic Philosophy, Business, Society & Culture, Stoicism, Philosophy

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🗓️ 27 May 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Ryan talks about getting down to what really matters.

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1:29.6	It's about the pairing down.
1:32.6	Really what the Stoics were trying to do is pair down what they had to worry about.
1:37.6	That's why Epic Titus said our first job was to determine what is in our control and what isn't,
1:42.6	because that eliminates an enormous chunk of concern from our concern.
1:47.6	Suddenly we don't need to think as much about the past or the future.
1:51.6	We don't have to care what other people think about us. We don't need to compare ourselves to anything or anyone.
1:57.6	When Rousseau said that man is born free but lives in chains, he knew that most of those chains were self-imposed.
2:05.6	But if we can study this philosophy, if we can hold our impressions up to the light and look at them,
2:12.6	does this matter? Is this up to me? Will getting scared or make this? Will getting angry or scared make this any better?
2:18.6	We can break free from those shackles.
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