The Daily Stoic - How To Make Better Decisions in Life
Episode Date: March 4, 2022Ryan talks about a simple tip that could improve your life.Check out the Daily Stoic Store for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyS...toic.com/emailFollow 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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Welcome to the Daily Stoke. For each day, we read a short passage designed to help you cultivate the strength, insight, wisdom necessary for living the good life.
insight, wisdom necessary for living the good life. Each one of these passages is based on the 2000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of
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How to make better decisions in life.
Believe it or not, there's a pretty magical way to start making better decisions.
It's a secret that will also make you feel better Look better and live better. You'll live longer, think more clearly and do less that you regret.
What is it? Stop drinking or at least drink less.
Herocletus' line was that a dry soul is wisest and best. He's right. If you've ever done anything
You're really proud of while drinking. Is anyone their best selves while drunk?
Of course not.
The best you can hope for after a hard night of partying is that you didn't make a fool
of yourself.
Now the stokes are mixed when it comes to drinking.
Cato was said to like to relax with drinking, Senna could clearly like the good dinner party,
but at the same time he wrote critically of people who obsessed over wine or bragged
about how well they could hold their liquor.
Marcus and Epictetus probably drank the least of the Stoics, though they did not say too
much about the subject.
So while we can't say that the Stoics were hard-line tea-totlers, their insistence on clear thinking,
on self-control, and overall sobriety makes it clear that they would have looked suspiciously
at alcohol, as should we. There's nothing wrong with enjoying life or a nice glass of wine, but we should
look honestly at our own habits. We never want to be dependent or a slave to any
substance no matter how good it makes us feel in the moment. And we should be
wary of anything that impairs our judgment and decision-making. So if you want
to be a better version of yourself,
there's a real straightforward change to make.
Drink less, or better, don't drink at all.
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