The Daily Stoic - All The Roads We Have To Walk Are Winding

Starting point is 00:00:00 Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stood Podcast early and add free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. Hi, I'm David Brown, the host of Wundery's podcast business wars. And in our new season, Walmart must fight off target, the new discounter that's both savvy and fashion forward. Listen to business wars on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. on music or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to the Daily Stoic 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 2,000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women.

Starting point is 00:00:45 For more, you can visit us at DailyStow at dot com. All the roads we have to walk are winding. Senaqa was privileged early, born to a rich and successful family. All was well until illness cut him down just as his promising career began. It was a long way back ten years of convalescence in Egypt, spoiled by a tragic shipwreck that killed his uncle. Then came exile, then Nero, then exile again. The last years of his life were a mad sprint to produce

Starting point is 00:01:16 his best philosophical works. Marcus Aurelius lost his father young, only to find two new fathers in Hadrian and Antoninus. He was primed to take the throne, only then to sit and waiting for 23 years. All of those years of peace and prosperity disappeared at moments after he became emperor. Power brought him plagues and invasions, floods and uprisings. He died, likely wondering if he had been a disappointment, not knowing that 2000 years later, his private philosophical writings would still be changing lives for the better. We could go on for the lives of Musonius Rufus, Rutilius, or Portiacato, or

Starting point is 00:01:57 more of the same. And I do go into depth in them and lives of the Stoics, if you haven't read it, debuted on the Times List, I think you'll like it. But look, the point is the same, whatever Stoic you look at, all the roads we have to walk are winding, even the lucky among us experience misfortune, even the greats have had to struggle and endure. So what makes you think you deserve an easy path? What makes you think that that would even be desirable? It's the winding road that teaches us, that makes us stronger, that helps us

Starting point is 00:02:30 become who we were meant to be. You might seem lost now, but bear with it. You might feel triumphant now. Well, get ready. There are twists and turns coming, but fear not. They are going to make you great, or rather they can make you but if you're not, they are going to make you great or rather they can make you great if you choose. Exciting news. I was just told by my publisher that my book The Obstacle is the Way, The Timeless Art Turning Trials into Triumph is $199 everywhere you get your e-books.

Starting point is 00:03:01 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, this is a book that sold now well over a million copies in 40 languages. It's been used by superbowling teams, special forces operators, members of Congress,

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The Daily Stoic - All The Roads We Have To Walk Are Winding

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