The Daily Stoic - The Horror of Words Not Turned Into Deeds

Episode Date: May 20, 2020

"It’s always been tempting to talk a good game. People have been doing it for thousands of years. But today, it’s never been easier to talk and virtue-signal. There are whole social networks designed to enable you to do this. They reward you for what you say, for the image you project. They don’t much care for what you do."Ryan talks about the importance of backing up your words with actions 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: DailyStoic.com/signupFollow @DailyStoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanholidayInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanholiday/Facebook: http://facebook.com/ryanholidayYouTube: 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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For more, you can visit us at dailystowach.com. The horror of words not turned into deeds. It's always been tempting to talk a good game. People have been doing it for thousands of years. But today, it's never been easier to talk and virtue signal. There are a whole social networks design to enable you to do this. They reward you for what you say for the image you project. They don't much care for what you do.

It's like technology intersected with our worst impulses and our weakest tendencies. I have a whore of words that are not translated into deeds, theater Roosevelt once said, of speech that does not result in action. Marcus Aurelius reminded himself that he should not waste one more minute talking about what a good man was like that his job was to be one. Epicetus put it better than both of them. Don't talk about your philosophy, he said, embody it. Well, here we are in a moment where it's time to put up or shut up.

People are suffering and need help. Events are rippling through the world, and it would scare or intimidate any person. All the reading and writing and discussions we've had over the years about what heroes look like, about what our duties as citizens are, about how to respond to and triumph over adversity. Well, this is not a drill. That bill is now due.

That opportunity is here. What will you do? It's time to step up as Marcus Aurelius did during the plague. As Cato did during the collapse of the Republic, as Washington did in 1776, as Stockdale did in that prison camp. As Stoics have done all throughout history, now is not the time to talk, it's the time to help, to do good, to prove your ideals,

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