The Daily Stoic - When You Need Help...

Episode Date: June 7, 2019

Maybe you’re having a difficult time in your relationship. Or work has worn you down. Maybe things have gone exceedingly well in your business and now you’re dealing with opportunities you never thought possible. Or you’re trying to figure out what to do with your life. Or trying to figure out how to help your kid—who has struggled for a long time now—to figure out what to do with their life. These are tough situations. Just a sample of what the days can throw at us...on top of all the things the world likes to throw at us, from economic instability to brutal wars, to snarling traffic and bafflingly incompetent governance. Solving all these problems is probably impossible. Which is why most of us would likely settle for their proper management or at least some amount of pain reduction. The good news is that this stop gap remedy is readily at hand. It’s just a book or a letter or a lecture away. As Seneca writes: “Would you really know what philosophy offers to humanity? Philosophy offers counsel.” For thousands of years, the wisest minds have been offering counsel and wisdom to those who seek it out, those who go forth to look for it. Will you be one of those people? Or will you keep doing things the way you’ve always done them? Will you endure the same trials just hoping one day they will magically change? Will you stick to your own guidance? Or will you let those wise minds help you out?Your problems—our problems—are not new. They are not different. They are the same things humans have always struggled with, just dressed up in modern language and contemporary garb. They fall neatly in the same category that problems have always fallen into (what’s in our control and what isn’t), which means they present the same opportunities that every problem offers (to become better for it...or worse for it), and require the same virtues that all problems require (justice, temperance, wisdom, courage). 2Fortunately, a guide for this gauntlet exists and has for thousands of years: Philosophy. It offers counsel. It offers you help. But only if you avail yourself of it. If you make use of it...and actually listen. See 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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Maybe things have gotten exceedingly well in your business and now you're dealing with opportunities you never thought possible. Or you're trying to figure out what to do with your life or trying to figure out how to help your kid who's troubled for a long time now to figure out what to do with their life. These are tough situations just a sample of what the days can throw at us. On top of all the things the world likes to throw at us, from economic instability to brutal wars to snarling traffic to bafflingly incompetent governance. Solving all of these problems is probably impossible, which is why most of us would likely

settle for their proper management or at least some amount of pain reduction. The good news is that there is a stopgap remedy readily at hand. It's just a book or a letter or a lecture away, as Santa Carites. Would you really know what philosophy offers to humanity, philosophy offers counsel? For thousands of years, the wisest minds have been offering counsel and wisdom to those who seek it out, those who go forth to look for it. Will you be one of those people? Or will you keep doing things the way you've always done them? Will you endure the same trials just hoping one day they will magically

change? Will you stick to your own guidance, or you let those wise minds help you out. Your problems, our problems, are not new, they're not different. They are the same things that humans have always struggled with, just dressed up in modern language and contemporary garb. They fall neatly in the same category that problems have always fallen into, what's in our control and what isn't, which means they present the same opportunities that every problem offers. It's become better for it or worse for it. And they require the same virtues that all problems require, justice, temperance, wisdom, courage. Fortunately, a guide for this gauntlet exists and has for thousands of years. Philosophy, it offers counsel, it offers

you help. But only if you avail yourself of it, if you make use of it, and actually listen. Just the heads up, there's now an obstacle is the way pendant in the Daily Stoic store. It's awesome. We have it made here in the U.S. We designed it ourselves. It's got Marcus Aurelius' enduring words on it, the impediment to action advances action, what stands in the U.S. We designed it ourselves. It's got Marcus Aurelius' enduring words on it The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way if you want something You can carry with you always you can wear around your neck that reminds you that you can treat every obstacle as fuel You can be better for everything that happens that the way around is the way through that the way through is the way I suggest you check it out. I think

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