The Daily Stoic - No Matter What, This Is All You Have To Do

Episode Date: December 6, 2023

We know the world throws a lot at us. We know it’s noisy out there, and there are competing influences. We know we can be pretty forgetful too. How are we supposed to remember the most esse...ntial and important Stoic truths and principles for life?By simplifying. By repeating powerful and key ideas time and time again (with both words and actions).✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail🏛 Check out the Daily Stoic Store for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.📱 Follow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, 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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Starting point is 00:00:00 Welcome to the Daily Stoeck 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. 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
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Starting point is 00:02:34 We know we can be pretty forgetful too. How are we supposed to remember the most essential and important Stoic truths and principles for life? By simplifying. By repeating powerful and key ideas time and time again with both words and action. No matter what, Mark Serelyse would remind himself time and time again. My task is to be good. Like gold or emerald or purple repeating to himself, he said, no matter what, my task is to be emerald. My color undiminished. This was the advice he would do his best to live by and largely succeeded. Be good, do good.
Starting point is 00:03:06 It's the moral imperative of life. It's all we have to do. Be good and do good, no matter what. Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic early and ad-free on Amazon Music, download the Amazon Music app today, or you can listen early and ad-free with Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts. Hi, it's me, the Grand Poova of Bahambad, the OG Green Grump, the Grinch. From Wondery! Tis the Grinch Holiday Talk Show is a pathetic attempt by the people of O'Vill to use my situation as a teachable moment. So join me, the Grinch, along with Cindy Luhu, and of course my dog Max every week for
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