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Try To Surprise People This Way | Ask DS

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

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🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

He didn’t dress in fancy clothes. He didn’t support a large entourage. He liked to walk the streets of Rome, meeting his fellow citizens, being of use and helping them. As a politician, Cato traveled across the empire, again, without a large baggage train or an advance party to make sure he was treated with the respect accorded to his official position. 

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0:26.4

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0:30.6

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0:35.5

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0:39.8

but we also dig into those you might not have heard of, like the Nephiles Royal Massacre

0:43.9

and the Nithory Child Sacrifices. Whatever the case, we want to know what pushes people to the

0:48.8

extremes of human behaviour. Find, download and binge Red Handed wherever you listen to your podcasts.

0:55.9

Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom designed

1:09.2

to help you in your everyday life. Well, on Thursdays, we not only read the Daily Meditation,

1:13.9

but we answer some questions from listeners and fellow Stoics. We're trying to apply

1:18.4

this philosophy just as you are. Some of these come from my talks. Some of these come from

1:24.5

Zoom sessions that we do with the Daily Stoic Life members or as part of the challenges.

1:30.6

Some of them are from interactions I have on the street when there happened to be someone

1:34.5

there recording, but thank you for listening and we hope this is of use to you.

1:44.0

Try to surprise people this way. Cato was a rich and powerful man. It came from a family that

1:49.8

for generations had been rich and powerful in a caste society with all the privileges and norms

1:55.5

that that entailed. And yet, Cato dispensed with most of this, at least, and how he went about his

2:01.0

day. He didn't dress in fancy clothes. He didn't support a large entourage. He liked to walk

2:05.9

the streets of Rome, meeting his fellow citizens, being of use and helping them. As a politician,

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