Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, designed to help bring those four key stoic virtues,

courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom into the real world.

Which of these are you? He had every reason to feel threat. He had every reason to think of his own interests first.

He had every reason not to care so much about this kid that he'd been stuck with.

But we know that Antoninus didn't see Marcus Aurelius that way.

Instead, he took the role that Hadrian had given him,

which was to prepare the next generation of leadership.

And he took it seriously.

He mentored Marcus. He taught

Marcus. He loved Marcus as if he was his son. Again, he could have intrigued against him. He could

have undermined him. He could have tried to replace him with someone he was related to. Instead,

Antoninus was generous and patient and selfless. And he helped Marcus succeed. What about you? Are you going

to be that kind of leader? Or are you going to give in to insecurity and selfishness and

close-mindedness? We all face some version of this choice. Are we going to be an enemy or an

encourager? Will we help or hinder? Will we support or stab in the back? Will we open doors or close them?

And in the end, our legacy will be defined by this choice, as will our character.

True leaders create other leaders.

Great people bring out greatness in others.

They take their responsibility seriously and selflessly.

You know what silently kills sales teams?

The inability to see what's happening in their pipeline.

And part of the reason they can't do that is because they use software or CRM that's so complicated that people don't even log in.

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