The Daily Stoic - Advice Without This is Worthless

Episode Date: July 27, 2021

“Why is stoicism worth listening to? Because it's battle tested. What good are theories about the world that are just that, theories. Philosophy from the ivory tower might be good for blowing minds, but as far as solving problems in the real world, much less. So even in Marcus Aurelius his day, there was a suspicion of pen and ink philosophers.”Ryan explains why you must practice your philosophy not just talk about it.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/signupFollow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, and FacebookSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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designed to help you find strength, insight, and wisdom every day life. Each one of these passages is based on the 2,000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women, for more you can visit us at dailysteo.com. Advice without this is worthless. Why is stoicism worthless, and too?

Because it's battle-tested. What good are theories about the world if they're just that? Theories, philosophy from the ivory tower might be good for blowing minds, but as far as solving problems in the real world, much less so. Even in Marcus Aurelius' day, there was a suspicion of pen and ink philosophers that is to say thinkers who had never done anything but think. We listen to Epictetus when he talks about finding freedom in the worst circumstances because we know he did that.

He survived the worst circumstances because we know he did that. He survived the worst circumstances. Marcus Aurelius didn't get to theorize about Plato's Republic. He was trying to apply philosophy to Rome's empire. Seneca had no cushy tenure. He had a real job working for one of the most capricious and unstable rulers in ancient history. In short, all these thinkers had what Nassim Taleb, a great stoic writer and doer himself, calls skin in the game. Skin in the game is not some mythical status,

either. People other than emperors and slaves and senators have it. Skin in the game is about being in the arena, about actually doing stuff, testing your ideas and your virtues in the fire of real life. This email and episode, for instance, is not written and recorded by someone who has stared down Nero, of course, who besides Thrasia has done that. But it is, at least from someone who has run his own business, taken real risks, made it to the top of a few different fields, gotten married, started a family, worked on important projects, gotten my hands dirty, et cetera.

Advice without that perspective, advice from someone who just wants to give advice, philosophy from someone who sits protected from the reality of the world, cushioned from consequence in charge of nothing but pens and papers, it's worthless. Thanks so much for listening to the Daily Stoke Podcast. Again, if you don't know this, you can get these delivered to you via email every day, so

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