This Is The Secret | 6 Stoic Examples Of Living A Great Life
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🗓️ 2 May 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
It seems obvious. If you want to be better at your job, work more. If you want to be more successful, focus on it entirely. Yet history doesn’t actually bear this out.
Overwork. A lack of balance…it ends in ruin. It’s why Marcus Aurelius tried to remind himself to “not be all about business.” It’s why Seneca advocated wandering walks and lots of time reading and thinking. It’s why middle Stoics like Antipater spoke of the importance of cultivating a happy and healthy family–not just worldly accomplishments.
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And in today's Daily Stoic video excerpt, Ryan outlines six Stoic-inspired changes that you can make in your life in order to turn your words into actions, to show the deeds of a philosopher.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic Podcast |
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| 0:10.6 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, |
| 0:12.8 | where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom |
| 0:15.9 | designed to help you in your everyday life. |
| 0:18.8 | On Tuesdays, we take a closer look at these stoic ideas, |
| 0:22.4 | how we can apply them in our actual lives. |
| 0:25.4 | Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoy. |
| 0:31.0 | This is the secret. |
| 0:35.0 | It seems obvious if you want to be better at your job, |
| 0:38.0 | you should work more. |
| 0:39.0 | If you want to be more successful, you should focus on it entirely. |
| 0:42.0 | Yet history doesn't actually bear this out. |
| 0:46.0 | Overwork, the lack of balance, it ends in ruin. |
| 0:49.0 | And it's why Marx really has tried to remind himself |
| 0:51.0 | not to be all about business. |
| 0:53.0 | It's why Seneca advocated wandering walks |
| 0:55.0 | and lots of time reading and thinking. |
| 0:57.0 | It's why Middle Stoics, like Antipeters, |
| 0:59.0 | spoke of the importance of cultivating a happy |
| 1:02.0 | and healthy family, not just worldly accomplishments. |
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