The Daily Stoic - Do You Really Like This?

Episode Date: November 29, 2023

People say they love learning. And sure, they pick up books and go to museums and watch documentaries, and yes, they sat through their college courses. But this is only superficial evidence of a true student.There’s a joke from Churchill where he said that yeah, he likes learning, but he hates being taught. Most of us are like that: We like learning when it’s easy, when it doesn’t challenge us. We like it when it comes neatly packaged in a book or in a YouTube video. But everything else? We ignore that.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I told this story before, but the first Airbnb I stayed in was 15 years ago. I was looking for places to live when I wanted to be a writer and we stayed at this house, I think outside Phoenix. And then when I bought my first house here in Austin, I would rent it out when South by Southwest or F-1 or all these events. My wife and I would go out of town and we'd rent it and it helped pay for the mortgage and it supported me while I was a writer. You've probably had the same experience.

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$20 or more using the code DailyStoic20. Again, sign up for your free trial by downloading the Coho app and receive 20 bucks off when you make your first purchase of $20 or more using the code DailyStoic20. Welcome to the DailyStoic podcast where each day we bring you a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you find strength, insight, and wisdom every day life. Each one of these passages is based on the 2000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us dailystow.com. Do you really like this? People say they love learning, and sure they pick up books and go to

museums and watch documentaries, and yes, they sat through their college courses but this is only superficial evidence of a true student. There's a joke from Churchill where he said that yeah he likes learning but he hates being taught. Most of us are like that. We like learning when it's easy when it doesn't challenge us. We like it when it comes neatly packaged in a book or a YouTube video but everything else we ignore that. Marcus Aurelis was seen leaving the palace as an old man. Where are you going? He was asked. I'm off to see sex as the philosopher. He said, to learn that, which I do not yet know,

it was remarkable. They said at the time that this wise, powerful man was still taking up his tablets and going to school like a kid. And that is rare enough, but rare still is the kind of person who at that age is still learning the lessons that life is trying to teach them. How many of us are good at spotting the feedback that saying, hey, this is not working for you. How many of us make the same mistakes over and over have been stuck in the same unproductive patterns for years refusing to be taught by experience. How many of us are actively looking at models? As Seneca said, we must choose ourselves a by experience. How many of us are actively looking at models? As Seneca said, we must choose ourselves a Cato. How many of us are being instructed by their example as we face new situations? How often are our beliefs changing, being updated to fit new

information as it's provided by what we witness an undergo? Learning is so much more than what happens in books, so much more than facts and figures. It's more than just what we seek out or want to hear. Life is a classroom, experience is a teacher. Are we willing to be taught? Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic Early and Add Free on Amazon Music, download the Amazon Music app today, or you can listen early and add free with Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts. Psst, hey you, yeah you. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.

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