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Now before our episode begins, here's a quick word from our sponsors.

Hey there, and welcome to wake me up.

As always, I'm Tyler, your host,

and I'm so grateful that you're here today.

This week, we're going to be talking about the art of

slowing down. We all know that slowing down has its benefits, but so often we're

still caught up in that rush of life from one thing to the next

oftentimes even trying to multitask and do multiple things at once

According to stoic philosophers, rushing leads to disharmony in the mind.

It also causes us to make more mistakes.

Simply put, taking our time allows us to live a better, more high quality life.

So we should learn to slow down, take our time, and complete tasks with purpose.

In today's episode we'll talk more about how to slow down, and that will include diving

into some wisdom from the ancient Stoics on how to stop rushing through life and using that to find

purpose, success, and happiness.

But before we dive in, let's put slowing down into practice for just one moment.

So wherever you're at, whatever you're doing, just pause.

Bring awareness to yourself, your body and your surroundings.

And don't try to change anything.

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