MLB Pitcher Scott Oberg on Overcoming Adversity with Stoicism | Will You Answer the Call?

The Daily Stoic

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Education, 694393, Daily Stoic, Society & Culture, Stoic, Stoicism, Self-improvement, Business, Stoic Philosophy, Philosophy, Ryan Holiday

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Ryan reads today’s daily meditation and launches the pre-order for his new book Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors The Brave which you can check out at https://dailystoic.com/preorder

Today’s interview with MLB relief pitcher Scott Oberg focuses on how an athletes career can be cut short in an instant, how Stoicism has helped Scott overcome physical and mental adversity, and why maintaining a positive outlook is important not only for yourself but for those around you.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members. You can listen to the Daily Stoic podcasts early and add free on Amazon music download the app today
0:11.2	Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast where each weekday we bring you a
0:16.3	Meditation inspired by the ancient Stoics a short
0:20.0	passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you find strength and insight here in everyday life and on Wednesdays
0:27.5	We talk to some of our fellow students of ancient philosophy well-known and obscure
0:34.0	Fascinating and powerful with them we discuss the strategies and habits that have helped them become who they are and
0:40.9	Also to find peace and wisdom in their actual lives
0:46.8	Will you answer the call?
0:50.2	Courage it's always been an short supply, but today we're in need of it more than ever
0:56.5	Because courage is that powerful force which enables us to overcome obstacles to fight for what's right to serve others to drive change and
1:07.0	Ultimately to become who were truly meant to be
1:11.0	From the ancient Spartans to the civil rights movement from pioneering scientists to mold breaking CEOs from
1:18.0	Charles de Gaulle de Florence Nightingale. There is no greatness that is not rooted in bravery and sacrifice
1:25.2	Just look at the history of Stoicism Zeno carrying on after a devastating shipwreck building a new philosophy from scratch
1:34.1	Cato battling Julius Caesar
1:36.3	Rutilius Rufus braving a false prosecution with dignity and poise
1:41.6	Thrasia defying Nero Marcus Aurelius
1:44.7	sharing absolute power with his brother
1:47.7	George Washington signing his potential death warrant to form a new nation
1:52.0	Stockdale's effort to cultivate a culture of resistance against his captors in a POW camp
2:00.2	It's long been held that there are two types of courage physical and moral
2:05.5	Physical courage is the stoic in battle moral courage is the stoic fighting the silent internal battle
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