The Daily Stoic - It’s Good to Be Beaten Up From Time to Time

Episode Date: September 9, 2020

"You’ve been kicked around by life, that’s true. Where other people had it easy, you’ve had to struggle. You didn’t get into the college you wanted, your parents couldn’t buy you a car, you had to wear glasses. You’ve watched as other people hit it out of the park on their first try, getting breaks that you’ve had to work your ass off for. You’ve been insulted. You’ve been fired. You’ve been crapped on and you’ve been brought to tears. It’s unfair, you say. It’d be better if it had been otherwise. Is that true? Do you know that for a fact?"Ryan discusses what going through a struggle can teach you in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.***If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/signupFollow @DailyStoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/dailystoicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailystoicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dailystoicSee 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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greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystowach.com. It's good to be beaten up from time to time. You've been kicked around by life, that's true, where other people had it easy, you've had to struggle. You didn't get into the college you wanted. Your parents couldn't buy you a car you had to wear glasses. You watched as other people hit it out of the park on their first try, getting breaks that you've had to work your ass off for. You've been insulted, you've been

fired, you've been cracked on, and you've been brought to tears. It's unfair, you say it'd be better if it had happened otherwise. But is that true? Do you know that for a fact? No prize fighter can go with high spirits into the strife if he has never been beaten black and blue, Santa Cahreute to his friend Lucilius. The only contestant who can confidently enter the lists is the man who has seen his own blood, who has felt his teeth rattled beneath his opponents' fist, who has been tripped and felt the full force of his adversaries charge who has been downed in body but not in spirit. One who as often as he falls rises again with greater defiance than ever. So yeah, you've been kicked around, but that's a good thing because it taught you something. At the very least, it taught you something about yourself.

You, unlike most people, now know what you are capable of. You know that you're tough. You know that you get up after you've been knocked down. You have tasted your own blood and are not afraid to risk tasting it again. It's good that this happened and you're still standing. Not everyone was so lucky. Hey, it's Ryan Holiday.

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