Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman on Having the Courage to Do the Right Thing

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🗓️ 25 September 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of the podcast Ryan speaks with Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman about his book Here, Right Matters, the difference between physical and moral courage, the importance of cultivating perspective and confidence, how one individual can change the course of history, and more.

Alexander Semyon Vindman is a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel who was the Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council (NSC) until he was reassigned on February 7, 2020. Vindman came to national attention in October 2019 when he testified before the United States Congress regarding the Trump–Ukraine scandal. His testimony provided evidence that resulted in a charge of abuse of power in the impeachment of Donald Trump.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members. You can listen to the Daily Stoic podcast early and add free on Amazon music download the app today
0:11.0	Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic each weekday
0:15.3	We bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoics
0:19.2	Something to help you live up to those four Stoic virtues of courage justice
0:24.1	Temperance and wisdom and then here on the weekend we take a deeper dive into those same topics
0:30.5	We interview Stoic philosophers we explore at length how these Stoic ideas can be applied to our actual lives
0:40.3	And the challenging issues of our time here on the weekend when you have a little bit more space when things
0:46.9	Have slowed down be sure to take some time to think to go for a walk to sit with your journal and most importantly to prepare for what the week ahead may bring
1:00.6	Hey, it's Ryan Holliday welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoic podcast in
1:06.5	Lives of the Stoics I tell a story about a guy named Rutilius Rufus and
1:11.8	Rutilius Rufus is really interesting because he's a guy at the top of the Roman political game and he witnesses
1:17.7	Corruption in one of Rome's provinces
1:20.1	Basically some other elites are looting this province
1:23.2	mistreating the people who live there and he essentially he effectively reports it
1:26.9	He makes the corruption public and you might like to think that he's received and celebrated and and
1:34.5	Rewarded for doing the right thing
1:36.5	But the Stoics knew that that's not how life works in fact Rutilius Rufus is not only not thanked for what he did
1:44.6	But he's brought up on corruption charges by the people who are engaged in the corruption
1:51.3	Found guilty by a kangaroo court and exiled he's sent away he loses everything
1:57.1	He does the right thing and he loses everything
2:00.1	Rutilius Rufus not only doesn't complain about this
2:02.5	He doesn't even utter a word in his own defense and he basically does the right thing because it's the right thing
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