The Whole Point Is To Not Fit In | No Time For Theories, Just Results
The Daily Stoic
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🗓️ 11 August 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The Stoics stood out in Athens. They stood out in Rome. Whether it was Cato walking around barefoot or Cleanthes proudly doing manual labor. Whether it was Seneca practicing his poverty or Marcus Aurelius reading during gladiatorial games, the Stoics were different.
It was obvious. It was intentional.
If I wanted to be like the mob, Chrysippus once said, I would not have become a philosopher.
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And with today's excerpt from the Daily Stoic, Ryan explains the importance of prioritizing real action over thinking about what could happen.
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| 0:00.0 | What do I do? What do I do? What do I say? |
| 0:03.3 | What do I say? |
| 0:05.0 | In the Macmillan online community, we know what it's like to have cancer |
| 0:09.9 | because we have it too. |
| 0:11.7 | So, whatever you're thinking, whatever you're feeling, |
| 0:16.2 | whatever you need to ask about cancer, whatever the time of day or night, |
| 0:22.0 | we'll do whatever it takes to help you to join us, |
| 0:26.9 | search Macmillan online community. |
| 0:32.6 | Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is |
| 0:37.6 | the modern podcast landscape and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. |
| 0:43.8 | In this series of Briden and I talk to, among others, Harry Hill, Ben Elton, |
| 0:50.0 | Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter. |
| 0:54.2 | And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour |
| 0:58.4 | never longer. It's terrific conversation, |
| 1:01.6 | reminiscence where appropriate and exchange of anecdotes. |
| 1:05.8 | So do join me, Rob Briden, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:09.5 | New episodes of Briden and are available early and ad free on Amazon Music, |
| 1:14.0 | or by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app. |
| 1:24.4 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast. |
| 1:31.2 | On Friday, we do double duty, not just reading our daily meditation, |
| 1:34.7 | but also reading a passage from the Daily Stoic, my book, |
| 1:38.6 | 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance in the Art of Living, |
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