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

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Think of all the responsibilities on Marcus Aurelius’ plate. He’s emperor. He’s head of the army. He’s serving as consul (yes, in the Roman system, the emperor also stood for elected office). He judged cases. He was a husband. A friend. A philosopher. He also had fourteen children.

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoic podcast.
0:07.0	On Thursdays, we do double duty, not just reading our daily meditation, but also reading
0:13.1	a passage from the book, The Daily Stoic, 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance in the
0:19.2	Art of Living, which I wrote with my wonderful co-author and collaborator, Stephen Hanselman.
0:25.0	And so today we'll give you a quick meditation from one of the Stoics from Epititus Marks
0:29.9	Relious, Seneca, then some analysis for me, and then we send you out into the world to do
0:35.2	your best to turn these words into works.
0:38.8	Hey everyone, this is Dr. Rongen Chatechee from the Built to Thrive podcast, and I promise
0:50.9	you that if you give me just five minutes of your time, I'm going to help you.
0:55.0	Revolute you to your life.
0:57.3	My aim is to inspire and empower you with simple daily hacks that will help you feel better
1:03.0	and thrive.
1:04.6	Check out my latest Built to Thrive episode, Streaming Now, only on Amazon Music.
1:16.4	Your job is to transition.
1:19.1	Think of all the responsibilities on Marcus Aurelius' plate.
1:23.4	His emperor, his head of the army, he's serving as consul.
1:27.3	Yes, in the Roman system, the emperor also stood for elected office.
1:31.1	He judged cases.
1:32.1	He was a husband, a friend, a philosopher.
1:34.3	He also had 14 children.
1:36.4	The point is he wore a lot of hats.
1:38.1	He had a lot going on, and his days were packed.
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