The Daily Stoic - We’re Screwed Either Way, Might As Well Do This

Episode Date: November 23, 2021

Ryan gives you a reason for always doing the right thing, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.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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Each one of these passages is based on the 2,000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailysteal.com. We're screwed either way, might as well do this. You can try to play it safe. We can try to stay off the radar. And guess what? You'll still take heat. You'll still get unlucky.

You still won't get any guarantees. Try not to be political and you'll get criticized for not being political. Try presenting the other side charitably and you'll get criticized for being soft. Try to stay loyal to your company and eventually you'll find out that the loyalty only goes one way. As the expression goes, damned if you do, damned if you don't. So what does the stoic say to this reality? Do they throw up their hands? Do they embrace the nihilism of what does any of it matter? No, no, they don't. A stoic says, if I'm going to take heat, I might as well take heat for doing the right thing. If I'm going to be unlucky,

I might as well be unlucky while trying to do something I'm proud of. If I'm going to go down, I might as well go down, swinging. That's what Marcus Aurelius had to remind himself. He was a guy who was good, even though he could have gotten away with being awful. He was kind and forgiven, even though his friends didn't always return the favor. He was hopeful, even as tragedy followed tragedy, just that you do the right thing. He said the rest doesn't matter. Cold or warm, tired or well rested, loved or despised,

rewarded or punished. Either way, do the right thing. Thanks so much for listening to the Daily Stoke podcast. Again, if you don't know this, you can get these delivered to you via email every day. So check it out at dailystoke.com slash email. Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoke early and ad free on Amazon music. Download the Amazon music app today, or you can listen early and ad free

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