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Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you in your everyday life.

On Tuesdays, we take a closer look at these stoic ideas, how we can apply them in our actual lives.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoy.

You must make this shift.

Marcus really has ruled over millions of people and he didn't care what any of them thought about him.

Well, at least he worked hard not to care about what any of them thought about him.

We see that throughout meditations where we see him repeatedly talk about focusing more on his own actions than other people's opinions.

The accidental byproduct of this focus was that millions of people loved Marcus.

And that is usually how it goes.

After a great rookie season with the Chicago Cubs in 2017, Ian Hap had a rough second year.

And then he started the 2019 season by being sent back down to the minor leagues.

On the Daily Stoic Podcast recently, Hap talked about the mindset shift that helped him get back to the majors.

Instead of wondering why or trying really hard to impress a coach or somebody that makes the decisions,

to say, you know what, I'm going to believe in myself and put in the same work.

And at some point they're not going to be able to keep me out of the lineup.

I found myself caring more about what the guy that made the decisions thought and kind of getting away from my process.

And what made me a really good player and trying to do kind of the things that wouldn't get me put on the bench.

And the end result of that is always like, you do the things to get you put on the bench.

Shifting his focus from the externals to the internals, Hap worked himself back into the Cubs lineup in this past season.

He made his first All Star team and picked up his first Golden Glove award in the process.

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