The Daily Stoic - You Are Part of a Team (Whether You Know It Or Not)

Episode Date: December 4, 2019

One question you hear the comedian Marc Maron ask a lot of standups and actors at the beginning of his interviews is: Who did you come up with? Who were your guys? By that he means, who were the comedians starting out around the same time as you? Who was there at the beginning with you?It’s interesting how almost every one of Maron’s guests seems to be part of some kind of a cohort of fellow comedians or performers who cut their teeth in the same clubs or the same theaters at the same time. You can look at their careers and see how many of them got big breaks around the same time, and developed their careers along similar lines. There might have been some cutthroat competition between them, but as the years passed, it became clear that they all shared a common origin, almost as if they were part of the same graduation class. In a way, this is just another illustration of that Stoic concept of sympatheia. That, whether we know it or not, we’re all on some kind of team, all part of some collective that is much bigger than us. It’s easy to lose sight of this, of course, when we are fighting for the #1 spot or trying to get noticed, but that’s only because each of us is naturally self-obsessed. But anyone with some distance, anyone in the audience or in the press, can’t miss it: We are shaping the scene we are in, just as it is shaping us. Our fate is bound up with other people—and their gain is not our loss. Quite the contrary, we each help each other—and help the world—when we excel and fulfill our potential. We are all part of a scene. We all came up—and are coming up—with a cohort. Even the truly innovative mavericks did (Elon Musk, for instance, comes from the so-called PayPal Mafia). Try to spend some time thinking about that today. What scene are you in? Who else is in your graduating class? Who are your guys? Eventually you’ll come to appreciate being a part of it, and, with time, you’ll understand and be grateful to have shared the stage with these folks. Everyone does. That’s guaranteed. What’s not promised are the lazy, nostalgia filled days of old age. So why wait to appreciate them? Why let decades pass when you could do it right now? When you could thank them now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoke podcast early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today. Welcome to the Daily Stoke. For each day, we read a short passage designed to help you cultivate the strength, insight, wisdom necessary for living good life. insight, wisdom necessary for living good life. Each one of these passages 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 dailystoic.com. You're part of a team, whether you know it or not. One question we hear the comedian Mark Marin ask a lot of stand-ups and actors at the beginnings

of his interviews is, who did you come up with? Who were your guys? By that he means who were the comedians starting out around the same time as you. Who was there at the beginning with you? It's interesting how almost every one of Marin's guests seems to be part of some kind of a cohort, fellow comedians or performers who cut their teeth in the same clubs or the same theaters at the same time. You can look at their careers and see how many of them

got big breaks around the same time and develop their careers along similar lines. There might have been some cut throat competition between them, but as the years passed, it became clear that they all shared a common origin, almost as if they were part of the same graduating class. In a way this is just another illustration of that stoic concept of simp-ethia, that whether we know it or not we're all on some kind of team, all part of some collective that is much bigger than us.

It's easy to lose sight of this, of course, when we are fighting for the number one spot or trying to get noticed. But that's only because each of us is naturally self-obsessed. But anyone with some distance, anyone in the audience or in the press can't miss it. We are shaping the scene we are in, just as it shaping us.

Our fate is bound up with other people and their gain is not our loss. Quite the contrary, we help each other and help the world when we excel and fulfill our potential. We are all part of a scene. We all came up and are coming up with a cohort. Even the truly innovative Mavericks did it. Elon Musk, for instance, comes from the so-called PayPal Mafia. Try to spend some time thinking about this today. What's seen are you in? Who else is in your graduating class? Who are your guys? Eventually, you'll come to appreciate being a part of it, and with time, you'll understand and be grateful to have shared the stage with these folks. Everyone does. That's guaranteed.

What's not promised are the lazy nostalgia-filled days of old age. So why wait to appreciate them? Why let decades pass when you could do it right now, when you could thank them right now? Please check out the Daily Stoke Store where we sell products that we ourselves use that are designed to take these Stoke lessons to the next level. Just go to daily stoke.com slash store

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