You Can Let This Make You Miserable, Or Come To Terms With It | Ask DS
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🗓️ 6 July 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
It doesn't matter how important you are. It doesn't matter how much money you have. It doesn't matter how used to getting your way you are, or how much you have planned and prepared.
A single driver can decide to slow down lanes of traffic and lines of cars. A single bureaucrat can decide not to accept your paperwork, not to approve your application. One person with a grudge can tie you up in months, or years of lawsuits–one lawyer can bleed you more than you ever thought possible. One jerk can pass a virus to you and your family...or worse.
We just have to learn to accept that we are not in control.
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And in today's Ask Daily Stoic, Ryan answers questions about the role that ignoring negativity plays in living happily, how we can inspire others to expand their minds, and how he defines success in relation to the Stoic virtues.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic podcasts early and add free on Amazon music. |
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| 0:10.3 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you in your everyday life. |
| 0:17.3 | Well, on Thursdays, we not only read the daily meditation, but we answer some questions from listeners and fellow Stoics. |
| 0:23.3 | We're trying to apply this philosophy just as you are. |
| 0:27.6 | Some of these come from my talks. |
| 0:29.4 | Some of these come from Zoom sessions that we do with the Daily Stoic Life members or as part of the challenges. |
| 0:36.9 | Some of them are from interactions I have on the street when there happen to be someone there recording. |
| 0:41.9 | But thank you for listening and we hope this is of use to you. |
| 0:46.5 | You can let this make you miserable or you can come to terms with it. |
| 0:58.5 | It doesn't matter how important you are. |
| 1:00.3 | It doesn't matter how much money you have. |
| 1:01.9 | It doesn't matter how used to getting your own way you are or how much you have planned or prepared. |
| 1:07.3 | A single driver can slow down lanes of traffic or lines of cars. |
| 1:10.7 | A single bureaucrat can decide not to accept your paperwork, not to approve your application. |
| 1:15.9 | One person with a grudge can tie you up in months or years of lawsuits. |
| 1:20.5 | One lawyer can bleed you for more than you ever thought possible. |
| 1:24.0 | One jerk can pass a virus to you and your family or worse. |
| 1:28.1 | There's an old story about a powerful politician who asked for an extra pad of butter from their waiter at a banquet. |
| 1:33.9 | Sorry, the waiter said one pad per person. |
| 1:36.6 | Indignant, the politician began to rant and rave going on about how if only the waiter knew who he was dealing with. |
| 1:43.5 | Well, do you know who I am the waiter replied? |
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