You Must Study These Laws

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

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🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Ryan discusses the importance of modeling your life after those who have come before you, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoke Podcast early and add free on Amazon
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0:12.8	Welcome to the Daily Stoke Podcast, where each day we bring you a passage of ancient
0:17.9	wisdom designed to help you find strength, insight, and wisdom every day life.
0:22.7	Each one of these passages is based on the 2000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of
0:27.0	history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at DailyStoke.com.
0:34.7	You must study these laws.
0:38.8	Santa Cah epictetus and Marcus were like us. They operated in the real world. They navigated
0:45.7	within and around the halls of power. They had people working below them that they needed
0:50.7	to motivate and influence, and people above them they needed to understand and accommodate.
0:57.1	They were artists wanting to master their craft. They were teachers wanting their ideas
1:02.2	to be internalized. They were leaders wanting to do right by the people counting on them.
1:08.0	And while they may have been virtuous, the world was not, and they had to figure out how
1:13.8	to affect change and get things done inside of it.
1:17.9	So they turned to books. They poured over the classic texts by the master thinkers. They
1:23.1	studied the great strategists and learned lessons from the writings of their predecessors.
1:29.9	They hunted out practical wisdom they could actually use in their lives and their careers.
1:36.0	And so must we. Because life is not all sunshine and kittens.
1:41.8	Long time readers and listeners of the DailyStoke know that I hold up Robert Green as one of
1:45.9	today's master thinkers. I've interviewed him more than half a dozen times on the site
1:50.8	in the podcast, including in tomorrow's episode. And I've collaborated him with my Amor
1:55.6	Fati Medallion. I've created YouTube videos around him. I quote him all the time in my
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