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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 DailyStoic.com.

Study this secret of greatness. When we think of greatness, we think of success, we think of strength, we think of influence, we think of the man or woman exerting their will over the universe, or dominating on the athletic field, or dazzling us with their creativity.

We think of the trappings of this greatness, where Nate mentions peak physical conditioning, confidently strolling the halls of power.

Is this really greatness, though? What if the person who has it is actually miserable? If every minute they're awake, they're driven by demons or insecurities or the need to control or beat other people? How great is greatness if it is constantly on the edge of destroying itself through overreaching or overdoing?

Seneca said that nothing is great unless it is also at peace. What he meant was that stillness and greatness, true greatness, that is, are impossible to separate.

It's stillness that allows us to be great on the court or in the public square or on the page. No one is able to push the bound of accomplishment if they are distracted or disorganized.

At the same time, it's stillness that allows us to enjoy our accomplishments. What good is becoming a billionaire if all you can think about is how much there is left to earn if you're just comparing yourself to richer people.

Stillness is the key to greatness and the key to happiness, and it's also the title of my next book. There is little hope and little point to life without it. Stillness is what stoicism seeks to instill in us,

so that we can be better at our jobs, at our responsibilities, and in our quiet moments alone. Without stillness, we have no greatness. We have only franticness and insatiableness.

If you want to check out my new book, you can pre-order it now. It comes out October 1st everywhere. Books are sold on Audible, on Amazon, as an e-book. Any form, I hope you check it out.

I think it's the best thing I've ever written. It's a sequel to Ego is the enemy in obstacles the way. Please check it out if you've gotten anything out of this podcast or anything out of my writing over the years.

I would love for you to support me in the book. Stillness is the key out October 1. Thank you.

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