This Is Why We Do It
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🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
Cleanthes and Socrates exposed themselves to cold. Marcus Aurelius slept on a hard mattress. Seneca practiced poverty on a regular basis. Why did they do this?
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| 0:00.0 | Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to The Daily Stoic early and ad free right now. Just join Wondery |
| 0:05.9 | Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast, where each day |
| 0:15.4 | we bring you a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you find strength, insight, and wisdom, |
| 0:21.6 | everyday life. |
| 0:26.5 | Each one of these passages is based on the 2,000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us atdailystile.com. It's no fun not to be recognized, to not get credit. |
| 0:43.1 | We talked about this recently with regards to Marcus Aurelius. |
| 0:45.9 | He was so unique, so self-disciplined, so unlike nearly every other ruler who's ever had |
| 0:50.4 | absolute power. |
| 0:51.6 | But at that time and since, how many people fully credit him for this? |
| 0:55.6 | No one was throwing him a parade for not being as bad as he could have been. Still, it can sting, |
| 1:01.9 | can it? Why don't people notice how hard we're working, what an effort it is, how much easier it would |
| 1:07.7 | be to be worse or to do less? It's like that scene in Mad Men where Peggy is |
| 1:13.1 | disappointed, if not justifiably angry that her contributions aren't credited. It's Don Draper, |
| 1:19.6 | after all, who gets the Clio when their ad campaign is recognized. Here's the scene. It's worth |
| 1:24.6 | listening to. That's the way it works. There are no credits on commercials. |
| 1:28.7 | You got the Cleo. |
| 1:30.3 | It's your job. |
| 1:31.9 | I give you money. |
| 1:32.9 | You give me ideas. |
| 1:34.1 | You never say thank you. |
| 1:35.6 | That's what the money is for. |
| 1:37.7 | That's what the money is for. |
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