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

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

Hey there, just a heads up. I'm going to be on tour this fall. You can see me in Australia,

in New Zealand, in October, in August.

I'm mixing my months up here, but in August, you can see me in Chicago, in Minneapolis, and

Detroit. Then I'll be on the East Coast sometime in November and December. Anyways, grab tickets to that,

DailyStoiclive.com. I hope to see you there.

It is so hard to find.

You think it would be easy.

After all, they have the time, they have the resources.

They usually have the brain power and the education.

And yet the writers of a satisfied mind,

a song that's been covered by Bob Dylan and Jeff Buckley and Bonnie Verre, to name a few, were absolutely right.

In fact, they sound like they're quoting Seneca when they sing, but little they know that it's so hard to find one rich man in ten with a satisfied mind.

Why is this? Well, as the stoics, many of them fortunate and wealthy,

knew very well, money brings anxiety in many forms. Fear you will lose it, worry that someone else has

more, insecurity that people are judging you, the stress of having so many choices, all the things to

take care of. It's certainly a better problem than having too little, but having too much is still a

problem and not one that automatically leads to peace or contentment. The ability to be content, to be grateful, to be at peace, these are real luxuries if you think

about it, because they're so rare. Apparently nine out of ten rich people can't even afford them.

So, afford them. So apparently everybody that works for us at the bookstore and Daily Stoic is

using whatnot.

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