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Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic. Each weekday we bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoic, something that can help you live up to those four Stoic virtues of courage, justice, wisdom and temperance.

And here on the weekend we take a deeper dive into those same topics. We interview Stoic philosophers, we reflect, we prepare, we think deeply about the challenging issues of our time.

And we work through this philosophy in a way that's more possible here when we're not rushing to worker to get the kids to school, when we have the time to think, to go for a walk, to sit with our journals and to prepare for what the future will bring.

American born businessman George Cohan, the founder of McDonald's Canada, was never satisfied with the status quo. Throughout his career, George was always searching for new ways to innovate and revolutionize the way he did business.

At McDonald's, that innovative spirit let him to do something truly extraordinary.

Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, host of Wondery Show Business Movers. We tell the true stories of the business leaders who risked it all, the critical moments that define their journey and the ideas that transform the way we live our lives.

In our latest series, George Cohan gives up his career as a Chicago attorney to open the first McDonald's fast food restaurant in Canada.

But as George moves up the McDonald's corporate ladder, a chance meeting with members of the Russian Olympic Committee gives George an opportunity to shake up the status quo once again.

In the midst of the Cold War, George sets out to open the first McDonald's behind the Iron Curtain. Find out how. Follow business movers wherever you get your podcasts, and you can listen ad-free on Amazon Music or the Wondery app.

What if you were trafficked into a cult over shot nine times or fell in love with a vampire or went into a minor surgery and woke up one week later, paralyzed? What would you do?

I'm Whit Missaldine, the creator of this is actually happening, a podcast from Wondery that brings you extraordinary true stories of life-changing events told by the people who lived them.

From a young man that dooms his entire future with one choice, to a woman who survived a notorious serial killer.

You'll hear their first person account of how they overcame remarkable circumstances.

Each episode is an exploration of the human spirit and personal discovery. These haunting accounts sound like Hollywood movies, but I assure you this is actually happening.

Followed this is actually happening wherever you get your podcasts, you can listen ad-free on the Amazon Music or Wondery app.

So, what went through the day when you got your diagnosis, your brain cancer diagnosis? What? Just tell me that story.

Okay, I can certainly, I mean, the day itself is, I don't know, pretty, pretty, pretty, or, it changes, right?

Yeah, it was pretty ordinary, although actually, I actually hadn't thought about it, but now it's kind of coming back to me quite quickly.

I had to go in for an MRI, you know, 8.39 a.m. or whatever.

And I just now remember getting involved in trough traffic. And, you know, nobody likes to get in traffic.

In fact, actually, it's probably the one, one of the few things that really disrupt my, you know, what you might call my stoic calm.

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