The Daily Stoic - It’s All In How You See It

Episode Date: December 3, 2018

Seneca said that the growth of anything is a long process, but its undoing can be rapid, even instant. Jordan Harbinger built his career for 11 years. With over 4 million monthly downloads, he had one of the most successful podcasts in the world. But then an amicable split with his business partners went sideways—and Jordan lost what he spent 11 years of his life building, in an instant.In our interview with Jordan for DailyStoic.com, he shared the many lessons learned from suddenly having to start over. One, he said, relied on this quote from The Obstacle Is The Way, “Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective,” which Jordan explained:I took this to mean that I am the one who gets to decide...Is this something that ends my career or is it the beginning? Is this the worst thing that has happened in my life? If so, does that even matter? How big of a setback is this? I realized I have the power to decide what this event means in my life, because events themselves are neutral and dependent upon my perception to take on meaning of any kind.We all have that power, always. Marcus Aurelius wrote, “But if you accept the obstacle and work with what you’re given, an alternative will present itself—another piece of what you’re trying to assemble. Action by action.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoke podcast early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today. Welcome to the Daily Stoke. For each day, we read a short passage designed to help you cultivate the strength, insight, wisdom necessary for living the good life. insight, wisdom necessary for living the good life. Each one of these passages is based on the 2000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailyestoic.com. It's all and how you see it. Senita said that the growth of anything is a long process, but its undoing can be rapid, even

instant. Jordan Harbinger built his career for 11 years. With over 4 million monthly downloads, he had one of the most successful podcasts in the world. But then an amicable split with his business partners when haywire and Jordan lost what he spent 11 years of his life building in an instant. In our interview with Jordan for DailyStog.com, he shared the many lessons learned from suddenly having to start over.

One, he said, relied on this quote from the obstacle as the way, where the head goes, the body follows, perception precedes action, right action follows the right perspective, which Jordan explained, I took this to mean that I am the one who gets to decide, is this something that ends my career or is it the beginning? Is this the worst thing that has happened in my life? If so, does that even matter?

How big of a setback is this? I realized I have the power to decide what this event means in my life, because events themselves are neutral and dependent on my perception to take on meaning of any kind. We all have that power always. Marcus Aurelius wrote, if you accept the obstacle and work with what you're given and alternative will present itself, another piece of what you're trying to assemble, action by action. We hope you'll check out our interview with Jordan. You can see it at dailystoke.com.

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