The Daily Stoic - How To Be The MVP

Episode Date: December 19, 2018

Yet again, Nick Foles has been called up to start at quarterback for the Eagles. After spending another heartbreaking season on the bench behind first round draft pick and star of the future, Carson Wentz—this time despite having won the Superbowl MVP (and the championship) for the Eagles the previous year—Nick Foles is back due to a surprise, late season injury. How did he respond to this opportunity? The same way he responded to losing the starting job when Wentz returned from injury earlier in the season—with poise and self-control. As Michele Tafoya, NBC’s sideline reporter and also a practicing Stoic, explained on Sunday Night Football, “Last night, Foles told us he had not unexpected to play again with Philadelphia and wanted to finish his time with the Eagles simply being a good teammate and helping out the team in any way he could. But on Friday when he learned for certain that he'd be the starter tonight, he immediately thought about last year and all the emotions that came with it. He said he had to, ‘Fight the human side of it all’ and remind himself, “this is a different team and a very different situation” and after an open, honest conversation with his wife, he re-centered and decided to play with the mentality of not looking at the clock or scoreboard and simply hone in on what he’s supposed to do.” There is a story about Cato being given an army command during the Roman Civil War and then having it stripped from him days later by some backstabbing enemies. It’s the same narrative as Foles, only in reverse, yet they both took the news the same way: By focusing on what they could control, on what was up to them. They didn’t let either the benching or the promotion affect them personally—they just did the best they could with both opportunities. They focused on contributing as much as they could—on being a good teammate—in both circumstances. That’s what an MVP does. See 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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late season injury. How did he respond to this opportunity? The same way he responded to losing the starting job when Wens returned from injury earlier in the season with poise and self-control. As Michelle Tafoya, NBC's sideline reporter and also a practicing stoic explained on Sunday night football. Last night Foles told us that he had not expected to play again with Philadelphia and wanted

to finish his time with the Eagles simply being a good teammate and helping out the team in any way he could. But on Friday, when he learned for certain that he'd be the starter tonight, he immediately thought about last year and all the emotions that came with it. He said he had to fight the human side of it all and remind himself this is a different team and a very different situation. And after an open, honest conversation with his wife, he re-centered and decided to play with the mentality of not looking at the clock or scoreboard and simply hone in on what

he's supposed to do. There is a story about Kato being given an army command during the Roman Civil War, and then having it stripped from him days later by some backstabbing enemies. It's the same narrative as Fulze only in reverse. Yet they both took the news the same way by focusing on what they could control on what was up to them.

They didn't let either the benching or the promotion effect them personally. They just did the best they could with both opportunities. They focused on contributing as much as they could on being a good teammate in both circumstances. That's what an MVP does. Epic Titus' line was how much longer are you going to wait until you demand the best for yourself? I think he was really saying, how long are you going to wait until you demand the best of yourself?

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