You Can’t Be Fragile Like This | Ask DS
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🗓️ 31 August 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Cato, one of the most vaunted and towering Stoics, built a reputation and a career out of his refusal to give an inch in the face of pressure. He fought to keep Rome as it was, as it always had been. He refused political compromise in every form. Cato was Cato. He could never be anything but rigid, upright, and strong.
But Cato’s inflexibility did not always best serve the public good.
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And in today's Ask Daily Stoic, Ryan answers questions during the Q&A session of the Daily Stoic Stoicism 101 Course. Topics covered include the similarities between Stoicism and tenants of the 12-Step program, how to do the deep work that you enjoy without getting bogged down by the less enjoyable tasks that come along with it, and how to deal with information overload.
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine you're walking down the street and you see someone famous. |
| 0:04.6 | Really famous. What do you do? |
| 0:07.0 | Play it cool or stop and stare? |
| 0:10.0 | Play it cool. |
| 0:11.0 | But also, yes, stop and stare. |
| 0:13.4 | Now, others have spotted this a-lister. |
| 0:15.8 | They're staring too and some of them aren't playing it cool at all. |
| 0:19.8 | Now imagine you're not the one staring at the celebrity. |
| 0:22.8 | You are the celebrity, staring back. |
| 0:25.8 | Oh. |
| 0:26.8 | You've got pots of money, adoring fans and a big house. |
| 0:29.8 | But look, you've also got all of us watching, judging. |
| 0:33.8 | Being really, really famous, it's not easy. |
| 0:36.8 | They say be careful what you wish for. |
| 0:40.8 | From Wondery, I'm Anneli Young-Griffy. |
| 0:42.8 | And I'm Emily Lloyd-Sainey. |
| 0:44.8 | And this is terribly famous. |
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| 0:50.8 | to find out what it's like to walk in their shoes. |
| 0:54.8 | T-t-to-Tore, bleet famous. |
| 0:57.8 | Listen to terribly famous wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:00.8 | Who knows Emily, you may even gain a newfound appreciation for being an-obery. |
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