Waste No More Time Doing This | Keeping "The News" In Check
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🗓️ 22 July 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be,” Marcus Aurelius says. “Be one.”
Don't follow breaking news. Don't let it change who you are. Don't let it rattle your equilibrium.
📕 Turn off the news and read these books instead:
Trust Me I’m Lying by Ryan Holiday
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
The Image by Daniel Boorstin
The Brass Check by Upton Sinclair
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| 1:19.5 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast. Each day we bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoics, illustrated with stories from history, current events and literature to help you be better at what you do. |
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| 1:31.1 | week, something to meditate on, something to think on, something to leave you |
| 1:35.2 | with, to journal about whatever it is you happen to be doing. So let's get into it. arguments are for losers. Arguments are for losers. The Stoics were smart. They were well read and well |
| 1:57.7 | informed about the issues of the day. They led armies and held public office. They |
| 2:02.1 | put out great works of literature and art. |
| 2:04.4 | They had families. They went to the theater. But do you know what they didn't do? They didn't |
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