The Daily Stoic - This Is When You Use It

Episode Date: February 22, 2022

Ryan talks what to do when you think you can’t go on any longer.We have some exciting news to share with you all — for some reason, The Obstacle is the Way ebook is just $1.99 everywhere you get your ebooks. We’re not sure how long the price drop will last, but if you haven’t already read The Obstacle Is The Way, this is probably the cheapest it will ever be. Or if you’re like us and prefer physical books, we have hardcopies and our premium leather-bound edition available over in the Daily Stoic store, where you can get them signed and personalized.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.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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For more, you can visit us at dailystowup.com. This is when you use it. Julia Baird was at her lowest point. Her heart was broken. She was barely eating. Like all of us, when we've been down, when we've doubted ourselves, she found herself saying,

I just don't know how I'm going to get through this. As she recounts in her beautiful book, Foss for Essence, Beard's therapist told her about a similar moment in his own life. He had disbared. He doubted he could get through it. Then a mentor grabbed him by the proverbial shoulders and gave him a dose of what is essentially the core of stoic philosophy. It is now that everything you have been given in your life matters, you told them, this

is what you draw on, your parents, your friends, your work, your books, everything you have ever been told, everything you have ever learned. This is when you use that. Remember the stoics believe that we were always training and always supposed to be training. The idea was so that when life or the future hit us with something, we'd be in a position to reply like that, to recognize that everything we've ever experienced and learned up to that point was preparing us for this very moment. And when Marcus Aurelius talked about using obstacles as fuel,

this is also what he meant. Everything that happens to us in life good or bad is shaping us, informing us, literally and figuratively for the future. That is, if we choose to accept the information or the lesson or the challenge. So whatever you're dealing with today, whatever you've been hit with today,

you must understand this is it. This is the moment to draw on all of that training. Now is the time to use it and understand this also. Sometime in the distant future, after you survive this and you will, you will draw on this experience also. Repeat, add in finitum. Exciting news. I was just told by my publisher

that my book, The Obstacle is the Way, The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph is $1.99 everywhere you get your e-books. I'm not sure how long the price drop will last, but now is the cheapest the book will probably ever be. If you haven't read it, if you want to give it as a gift, if you also want a digital copy, whatever, it's pretty awesome. 199, you know, this is a book that sold now well over a million copies in 40 languages. It's been used by superbowl winning teams, special forces operators, members of Congress,

world leaders, and it's less than two bucks. So if you wanna get the obstacle is the way as an e-book, I think it's only in the US, but check the link here in the show notes or just go to Amazon or just go to Amazon or wherever you get your e-books. Also, related news, if you have more than two dollars. We have a leather bound edition of the obstacle is the way which you can check out in the

Daily Stoke. Store just go to store.dailystoke.com. It's a premium edition. It should last a little bit longer than the hard cover. Go to dailystoke.com slash store and you can also get me to sign your leather bound edition or any of your editions of the book. And of course, oh yes, I'm not that cool. Opsicle is the way merch. Check it out. Opsicle is the way as an ebook. It's just $199 for a very limited time only. Check it out. Hey, prime members. You can listen to the Daily Stoic early and ad-free on Amazon Music, download the Amazon

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