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The Daily Stoic

The Highway Don’t Care

The Daily Stoic

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

4.55.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

“It doesn’t matter that you’re a safe driver. Or that you’ve always paid your taxes. It doesn’t matter how hard you’ve worked for this. Or that you volunteer with poor blind kids after school.”

Ryan discusses the odds that we are all up against and how indifferent they are to our lives, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.

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0:00.0

Hey, prime members. You can listen to the Daily Stoic Podcast early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today.

0:12.3

Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast where each day we bring you a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you find strength, insight, and wisdom every day life.

0:21.9

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.

0:33.9

A highway, don't care. It doesn't matter that you're a safe driver or that you've always paid your taxes. It doesn't matter how hard you've worked for this or that you volunteer with poor blind kids after school.

0:45.9

The highway doesn't care. It doesn't care about the tractor trailer whose driver fell asleep either. It doesn't care about the slippery roads. It doesn't care that you paid for on-star. It doesn't care that you're a famous comedian. It doesn't care about you at all.

0:58.9

The road is unmerciful. So is the war that can easily break out. So is the con man and the criminal, so are the pandemics and the building collapses.

1:07.9

Always take full note of Fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases. Santaica reminds us, don't trust prosperity, he said. Don't think it can't happen to you because it can.

1:21.9

Remember even the averages that come down in your favor, the odds against lung cancer if you don't smoke the odds of a plane crash, the odds of the flash drive reformatting, if you don't unplug it properly, are still ruthless to the individual.

1:35.9

It happens to somebody. Somebody always takes the weight and that somebody could be you and it could be today. So live accordingly.

1:46.9

Hey, it's Ryan. Thanks so much for listening to the Daily Stoke Podcast. Again, if you don't know this, you can get these delivered to you via email every day.

1:54.9

Just go to dailystoke.com slash email. And of course, we'd love to deliver the Daily Stoke meditation to you via email every day. So check it out dailystoke.com slash email.

2:08.9

Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoke early and add free on Amazon music. Download the Amazon music app today, or you can listen early and add free with Wondering Plus in Apple podcasts.

2:22.9

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2:35.9

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2:46.9

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2:59.9

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3:09.9

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3:21.9

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3:34.9

At McDonald's, that innovative spirit let him to do something truly extraordinary. Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, host of Wondering Show Business Movers.

3:42.9

We tell the true stories of the business leaders who risked at all the critical moments that define their journey and the ideas that transform the way we live our lives.

3:50.9

In our latest series, George Cohan gives up his career as a Chicago attorney to open the first McDonald's fast food restaurant in Canada.

3:59.9

But as George moves up the McDonald's corporate ladder, a chance meeting with members of the Russian Olympic Committee gives George an opportunity to shake up the status quo once again.

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