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Welcome to the Daily Stoke. For each day, we read a short passage designed to help you cultivate the strength, insight, wisdom necessary for living good life.

Each one of these passages is based on the 2000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at DailyStoke.com.

Set this before your eyes every day. We talk a lot about the importance of positive thinking, of making sure we are surrounded by good vibes and good energy, of cutting out the negative influences of social media and the news, of looking for the good and everything we see.

And of course, that is important, but it can also be dangerous because it sets us up to be disappointed even horrified when our bubble is pierced. When we are forced to come face to face with the fact that the world is not a positive place, there are things that go bump in the night. There are bad people and tragic events.

That is why Epic Titus' advice in his version of pre-Meditashio Malorum was to do the opposite. Set before your eyes every day, death and exile and everything else that looks terrible, he said, especially death, then you will never have a mean thought or be too keen on anything.

You will also never be disappointed, you will never have your illusion shattered where your expectations gone unmet. In fact, if you keep this darkness in mind, you might just be surprised by all the light you find in the world. You will be grateful for each day you wake up still alive.

You will appreciate each moment you are not an exile, you will be glad each time Murphy's Law turns out to be wrong. Indeed, just as there is not hot without cold, there is no light without dark.

So today spend some time with the dark, become familiar with it, put it before your eyes so that you do not mistake it for blankness and set yourself up once you walk out of it for the light to be blinded.

Hey everyone, as you know, reading books is a huge part of my life, they have helped me accomplish my goals and become a better person.

And if you are listening, reading this, you probably feel the same way. But like me, you probably feel you are not getting all you can out of the books that you read, and maybe you feel like you are reading the same books over and over again that you are stuck in a rut, or that your reading habits could be elevated, taken to a new level.

Well, we have come out with a new 13 day challenge to help you do just that, it is called Read to Lead.

We have got 13 days of stoke inspired challenges to help you take your reading to the next level. It comes with exercises, a new reading list each day, and some really awesome bonus material.

You can check it out at dailystoke.com slash reading.

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The 10% happier podcast hosted by me, Dan Harris, has one overarching message. Happiness is a skill. The mind is trainable.

So why not get involved with this? I used to be a fidgety skeptical news anchor, but after having a panic attack on national television, which was pretty inconvenient, I decided to change my life.

I went on a whole trip to learn everything I could about the human brain, the human mind, the human psyche, and now my job is to help you achieve some measure of peace and happiness in your own life.

On my show every week, I talk to top scientists, meditation teachers, even the odd celebrity in wide-ranging conversations that explore topics such as productivity, relationships, anxiety, enlightenment, and psychedelics.

You can think about listening to 10% happier as a workout for your mind, although hopefully not sweaty. 10% happier is available one week early on Amazon music, or if you want to hear new episodes early and add free, you can subscribe to Wondery Plus in Apple podcasts or on the Wondery app.

Brace Beach is essential to a functioning democracy. Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle? What should be done? Is a new platform needed? Is Twitter dying?

I'm David Brown, host of the new Wondery podcast, Flipping the Bird, Elon versus Twitter. Join us as we unravel the fascinating story of Elon Musk's unexpected bid to buy Twitter, and all of the drama that has happened since then.

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