The Daily Stoic - There Is Only One Person to Listen To

Episode Date: May 7, 2020

"Like any person in power, any person in the public spotlight, any person striving to be great, Marcus struggled with caring too much about what other people thought of him. Good or bad���as animals, we are designed to think this matters, lest our evolutionary ancestors risk being driven from the tribe. So Marcus worked to remind himself that praise and criticism were really the same thing: a clacking of tongues. Throw away the recognition, throw away the gossip, throw away all grousing from your haters, he said—it’s worthless."Learn more about tuning out the clacking of tongues in todays' 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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that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystowach.com. There is only one person to listen to. Like any person in power, any person in the public spotlight, any person striving to be great, Marcus Aurelius struggled with caring too much about what other people thought of him. Good or bad as animals were designed to think that this matters, less our evolutionary ancestors risk being driven from the tribe. So Marcus worked to remind himself that praise and criticism were really the same thing, a clacking of tongues. Throw away the recognition, throw away the gossip, throw away

all grousin from your haters," he said. It's worthless. What Marcus was reminding himself of is exactly what Neetis Drouse, one of the best guitar players in the world, told us when we asked her about dealing with all the noise inherent in an industry defined both by media criticism and adoring fans. One thing you quickly realize as a female in the music industry, she said, is that everyone has a strong opinion about you. It's been my challenge to isolate my view of myself from anything people say about me, the good or the bad. At the end of the day, none of the criticism or the accolades changes anything in my life.

About two years ago, I stopped reading comments on news articles about me altogether. I used to love the feeling of proving people wrong, of walking out in front of the audience, who expected very little of me in changing their minds. Now she said, I find myself focused less on proving people wrong, and more about improving myself and my performance. That's what comes from this tuning out, from ignoring the clacking of tongues and hands. More time to focus on yourself. More time to listen to the voice inside you. The one that knows what you actually believe and who you actually want to be. And most importantly, peace and stillness.

What we want is what Marcus Aurelius wanted, the tranquility that comes when you stop caring what they say, he said, or think or do, only what you do. You deserve that, you deserve that today. The only person you have to impress is yourself. The only person to listen to is yourself because you already know what matters,

what good and bad are or sound like, because you already know what matters, what good and bad are or sound like, and you already know what is right. So listen. Hey, just wanted to remind you, if you wanna take your practices to listen to the next level, if you want some physical reminders of the ideas we talk about here,

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