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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.

Stop freaking out. None of this is new. You think this hasn't happened before, whatever it is, whatever you're freaking out about.

Crisis at the borders, agitators riling up the youth, excess and immorality, rising demagogues, distrust and institutions, a backlash against free speech and expression.

It's scary because it seems new, like things are breaking down, right? Except it's not remotely new. Each one of those things was happening during Marcus Aurelius's reign. They were happening during Seneca's time.

They were happening 100 years ago. They were happening back in America while James Stockdale was locked away as a POW.

What the Stokes want us to see is the big picture. All of this has happened before Marcus Aurelius wrote to himself. It has happened before and it is happening now and it will happen again.

Zoom out, he says, and look at this from space. See how small it really is. Look back through the pages of history, the Stokes, or just you'll find that most of the things people were worried about never.

The trends Peter out, the revolution loses its force. Sanity is restored. You'll find the things that they should have been concerned about. They totally missed.

You'll find that people were so focused on the trends and the symptoms of the problems that they lost opportunities to address the root causes.

And most of all, you'll find that none of us are around long enough to waste any time on worry anyway. So relax, see the big picture, focus on what you can control, change what you can, make a difference where you can, keep going, and let go.

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Entrepreneur Phil Knight started a company called Blue Ribbon Sports on the strength of what he called a crazy idea that American joggers needed better running shoes and that they pay top dollar to get them.

Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, host of Wondering Show Business Movers. We tell the true stories of business leaders who risked it all, the critical moments that define their journey and the ideas that transform the way we live our lives.

In our latest series, Phil Knight sets out to build an empire by importing athletic shoes from overseas in Japan.

But in 1971, a dispute with a Japanese manufacturer almost brings Blue Ribbon's growth to a screeching halt.

In this moment of crisis, Phil bets the future of his company on a big move. He creates an in-house brand and takes control of the production of his product following this bold new direction.

Phil ultimately creates one of the most recognizable and successful companies in the world, Nike. Follow business movers wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen and add free on the Amazon music or Wondering app.

From Wondering comes a new series, flipping the bird, Elon versus Twitter. A story about what happens when the richest man on the planet decides to acquire a powerful social media company in the name of free speech.

But does he have what it takes?

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