We present the following for consideration courtesy the team at the Daily Stoic as we look forward to the continueDon’t feel bad if that’s what you need. Life can be a bit of a pressure cooker at times, and like an actual pressure cooker, you’ve got to hit the release valve every so often so that the whole thing doesn’t explode in your face. You’re only human. So be human—not just once, but all the time—and let yourself feel.
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YOUTUBE TAKEAWAY OF THE WEEK:
In a recent video on the Daily Stoic YouTube channel, Ryan Holiday shares the routines and time management strategies that Marcus Aurelius used to become the most powerful man in the world:
“Marcus Aurelius attacks the dawn. He gets up, he gets after it, as I think most productive, successful people do. You start the day with a conscious choice — a choice to do the thing that isn’t easy, but starts the day off right.”
| Watch the full video here: The Daily Routine That Built Marcus Aurelius |
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PODCAST TAKEAWAY OF THE WEEK:
In a popular episode of The Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan Holiday speaks with actor and racing driver Patrick Dempsey on the negative cycle of media consumption, how Stoicism helped him on the racetrack, and reading Meditations for the first time in Rome:
“I was walking around and I said ‘you know, I hear so much about this Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.’ I’m here in Rome, and so I’m starting to read and I think ‘Well, Stoics, you know, just don’t feel anything, you’re not supposed to allow any emotion.’ And then suddenly, you’re getting into it and you’re like ‘That’s not it at all.’ I totally misunderstood—I don’t think a lot of people understand what Stoicism really is.”
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