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The Daily Stoic

It's Ok To Stumble | A Little Better Every Day

The Daily Stoic

Daily Stoic | Backyard Ventures

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

4.55.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Ryan explains why it’s ok to mess up, and reads this week’s meditation from The Daily Stoic Journal, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.

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0:31.3

Welcome to the Daily Stood Podcast.

0:33.9

Each day we bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoodx illustrated with stories

0:39.2

from history, current events and literature to help you be better at what you do.

0:44.2

And at the beginning of the week, we try to do a deeper dive, setting a kind of Stoodx

0:48.2

intention for the week, something to meditate on, something to think on, something to leave

0:53.1

you with, to journal about whatever it is you happen to be doing.

0:57.0

So let's get into it.

0:59.7

It's okay to stumble.

1:01.7

Marcus Aurelius was imperfect.

1:03.5

He screwed up a lot, a lot, a lot.

1:06.8

And we know this from meditations.

1:09.4

That's why it's filled with admonishments for losing his temper, for being lazy, for temptations,

1:14.9

for all sorts of bad habits or destructive thought patterns.

1:18.7

With so many responsibilities competing for his time and attention, he was guilty as we

1:23.8

all have been of letting his good intentions slide.

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