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The Daily Stoic

You Either Are Or You Aren’t | Panic Is Self-Inflicted Harm

The Daily Stoic

Daily Stoic | Backyard Ventures

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

4.55.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

It’s impossible not to read Marcus Aurelius or Seneca and sense that they were always working. Not that they were literally always at the office–as we said, they believed in a kind of work life balance–but on themselves.

They were studying. They were reflecting. They were asking questions.

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And with today's meditation on the day's Daily Journal excerpt, Ryan discusses why panic, which only serves to expose us to greater danger, can only be avoided by effective preparation.

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1:28.2

Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast. Each day we bring you a meditation inspired by the

1:34.0

ancient Stoics, illustrated with stories from history, current events, and literature

1:38.7

to help you be better at what you do. And at the beginning of the week, we try to do

1:42.5

a deeper dive, setting a kind of Stoic intention for the week, something to meditate on, something

1:47.9

to think on, something to leave you with, to journal about whatever it is you're happened

1:52.5

to be doing. So let's get into it.

2:08.1

Do you either are or you aren't? It's impossible not to read Marcus Aurelius or Seneca and not

2:15.5

sense that they were always working. Not that they were literally always at the office. As

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