The Daily Stoic - Now Is the Time

Episode Date: December 31, 2020

“We all have vices. We all have flaws. We all have things we know we want to change. What happens? Nothing happens. This is true for everyone, even Martin Luther King. ‘One day,’ King said that we tell ourselves, ‘I’m going to rise up and drive this evil out. I know it is wrong. It is destroying my character and embarrassing my family.’”Ryan brings the year to a close, and discusses why you must get started now and quit delaying, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.We created the New Year, New You Challenge to help you create a better life, and a new you in 2021. There are less than 12 hours left, sign up for the challenge at https://dailystoic.com/challenge.***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 Daily Stoic: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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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 alestowac.com. How much longer are you going to do this? We all have vices. We all have flaws. We all have things we know we want to change. What happens? Nothing happens. This is true for everyone, even Martin Luther King. One day King said, we all tell ourselves this, I'm going to rise up and drive this evil out, and know it is wrong, it is destroying my character and embarrassing my family. But then he says, at last the day came and you made a New Year's resolution that you would get rid of the whole base evil.

And then the next year came around and you were doing the same old evil thing. Can you remember the surprise and disappointment that gripped you when you discovered that? After all that you had done through your resolutions to get rid of it, the old evil was still there. And of amazement you found yourself asking, why could I not cast it out? Senika reminds us that fools all have one thing in common. They are always getting ready to start. They are always getting ready to change, and then, and then, and then they never do.

Rooting evil out of your life takes work. Same with losing five pounds, quitting smoking, breaking the smartphone addiction, drinking less, reading more. But as King said, the nature of evil is only simple in theory. Neither a bull nor a noble spirited man comes to be what he is all at once. Epictetus once told an eager student, you must undertake a hard winter training. You must do the work. You must stop the lane.

You must get started. Today. Right stop the lane, you must get started. Today, right now, a new year is upon you. Is there a better time than now? No, there is not. Let's go, not tomorrow as Marcus warns, but today. Look, for the last three years we've been doing this thing, the Daily Stoic New Year, New Year Challenge, 21 actionable challenges, presented one per day built around the most timeless stoic wisdom, 21 challenges designed to help you do exactly what King and Epipetus were talking about, rising up, driving out the bat, and taking action

become the person you want to become. I'm really excited, this is the last, absolute last day you can sign up for it. I think I want you to, at the end of it, you can sign up for it. I think I want you to at the end of it. Look at yourself. I can't believe I did that. I drove that bad habit out. I replaced it with this new better habit. I've looked at what I've managed to do the last three years on this challenge. I'm so proud of myself. It's been awesome to hear from all the different people who

have had the same. I'd love to have you join us look today is the absolute last day you can sign up admission ends at 11.59 Eastern Standard Time tonight. So check it out it's your last shot. Let's do this. Let's rise up. Drive the bad habits out. Replace them with the good. This is our chance. Could be good today as Marcus said but instead you choose tomorrow. So let's do this together. Let's see what we can do. Let's start 2021 off, right? Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic early and ad free on Amazon music. Download the Amazon Music app today, or you can listen early and ad free with Wondery Plus in Apple podcasts. Celebrity feuds are high stakes. You never know if you're just gonna end up on page six

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Brittany and Jamie Lynn Spears when Britney's fans form the free Britney movement dedicated to fraying her from the infamous conservatorship Jamie Lynn's lack of public support it angered some fans a lot them. It's a story of two young women who had their choices taken away from them by their controlling parents, but took their anger out on each other. And it's about a movement to save a superstar, which set its sights upon anyone who failed to fight for Brittany. Follow Dissentel wherever you get your podcast. You can listen ad free on Amazon Music or the Wondery app. your podcast. You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music or the Wondering app.