The Daily Stoic - This Is How It Will Feel

Episode Date: August 11, 2020

"Zeno dreamed of following in his father’s footsteps, into the family business. Panaetius did the same, becoming a famous diplomat, just as he was expected to. Cicero strove, as few have ever striven, to cast aside his family’s humble origins and reach the heights of power. Seneca wanted to become the greatest writer of his age.  How do you think it felt for these Stoics to achieve what they had worked so long and hard for? To get everything they ever wanted?"Ryan describes the chase for accolades and its ultimate hollowness in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.***If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/signupFollow @DailyStoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/dailystoicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailystoicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dailystoicSee 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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guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystowach.com. This is how it will feel. The Stowachs were ambitious as you are ambitious. Xeno dreamed of following in his father's footsteps into the family business. Panateus did as well becoming a famous diplomat, just as he was expected to.

Cicero's strove, as few have ever striven, to cast aside his family's humble origins and reach the heights of power. Seneca wanted to become the greatest writer of his age. How do you think it felt for these still eggs to achieve what they had worked for so long and hard? To get everything they ever wanted? What was it like for Cics to achieve what they had worked for so long and hard, to get everything they ever wanted. What was it like for Cicero to make it to the top of the successive steps

on the ladder of offices of power? It felt as it feels to achieve and grasp all the things that are not actually in our control, it felt strangely anticlimactic. It did not give these men the peace and security and meaning they thought it would because no external accomplishment can do that no matter how big or impressive. They found as their philosophy had long warned them that to chase approval and validation was an illusion. by culture by the lies of broken people. That's the real question. How do you think it felt to realize that? How do you think that creeping realization came to Cicero or Seneca in Neuroservice? What do you think it was like as the nameless narrator in Ralph Ellison's beautiful book Invisible Man recounts?

And now I looked up through a pain so intense now that the air seemed to roar with the clanging of metal hearing how does it feel to be free of illusion and now I answered painful and empty. You can learn this by experience or you can learn this from the experience of others. What will it be? Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes or your favorite podcast app. And if you don't get the daily stoke email, go to dailystoke.com slash email. 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

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