Mick Mulroy on the Beauty of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations and the Collective Need For Philosophy
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🗓️ 17 February 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Ryan speaks with Mick Mulroy in the first of a two-part conversation about the simplicity of Stoicism but the difficulties people have in practicing the philosophy. They also discuss Marcus Aurelius’ character and the traits we seek for in modern leaders, and more.
Mick Mulroy is the Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, Middle East Institute senior fellow, retired CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer and U.S Marine. After leaving the Pentagon, he co-founded the Lobo Institute, became a Special Advisor to the United Nations, an ABC News National Security Analyst, and the co-president of End Child Soldiering. Mulroy’s post-service efforts focus on educating people on global conflicts, combating extremism, and the philosophy of Stoicism.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic. Each weekday we bring you a |
| 0:08.4 | meditation inspired by the ancient Stoics, something to help you live up to those four stoic virtues of courage, |
| 0:15.7 | justice, temperance, and wisdom. |
| 0:18.3 | And then here on the weekend, we take a deeper dive into those same topics. We interview stoic philosophers. We explore at |
| 0:26.8 | length how these stoic ideas can be applied to our actual lives and the challenge and issues of our time. |
| 0:35.7 | Here on the weekend when you have a little bit more space when things have slowed down, be |
| 0:41.0 | sure to take some time to think, to go for a walk, to sit with your journal, and most importantly |
| 0:47.3 | to prepare for what the week ahead may bring. |
| 0:56.0 | Hey, it's Ryan. |
| 0:57.0 | Welcome to another episode of The Daily Stiq Podcast. |
| 1:00.0 | You'll notice my voice here is not the best. I am, got a little cold I guess. |
| 1:07.7 | What happens for me is I get a little cold so my kids bring them home from school |
| 1:11.6 | all the time and then get over them quickly |
| 1:14.0 | and then this is what I sound like for weeks and weeks which is a always a problem |
| 1:18.6 | when you have a podcast and when you have audio books to record or talks to give. I'm flying to |
| 1:27.3 | Kentucky tomorrow to talk to the football and basketball teams over there. So hopefully |
| 1:32.3 | I can drug myself up enough. |
| 1:36.6 | I feel great, I'm not contagious or anything. |
| 1:38.3 | Hopefully I just get clear all this out, |
| 1:40.4 | so I could talk. |
| 1:41.1 | I was not sick in today's interview, although I was coming back from a trip to do that one |
| 1:45.6 | I was really excited to do this interview with Mick Mulroy who is the former US |
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