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Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcast. When we made the decision to buy the building that

the painted porch sits in, it was scary. Would it work? Would we lose all our money? Could we

figure out how to build a business in what was previously a defunct,

failed space? All that was sort of weighing on our mind. But one thing I wasn't worried about

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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.

For more, visitdailystoic.com. Look around how lucky we are to be alive right now.

Corruption, dysfunction, wildfires, measle war in the Middle East, in Ukraine, political chaos, economic instability? Could it get any worse?

Yes, yes, it could. You could be alive in Cato's time amidst the dregs of Romulus, as Cicero put it.

You could be living through the decline and fall, as Marcus Aurelius did. You could have watched

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