The Daily Stoic - You Have to Be Willing to Change

Episode Date: December 15, 2020

“We’ve been this way for a while. We are set in our ways. We’ve always had a short fuse. We’ve always been sad about our childhood. We’ve always had trouble with our eating. We’ve never been much good at being faithful. Maybe you’ve had a mean streak. Maybe you’re too timid. Maybe you don’t like to try very hard. Maybe you don’t think you’re good enough. How’s that working out for you? Why keep going down a road that leads nowhere?”Ryan describes why you must always be getting better and launches Daily Stoic's 2021 New Year, New You Challenge on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.  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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For more, you can visit us at alistair.com. You have to be willing to change. We've been this way for a while. We're set in our ways. We've always had a short fuse. We've been sad about our childhood. We've always had trouble with our eating. We've never been much good at being

faithful. Maybe you've had a mean streak, maybe you're too timid, maybe you don't like to try very hard, maybe you don't think you're good enough. Well, how's that working out for you? Why keep going down a road that leads nowhere? Marcus Aurelius talks about how crazy it is that we just go on staying the same person we've always been, how we just keep being mauled and degraded by the life we're living, and for what? It's not even pleasurable, it's not even getting us what we want. A person who can't change, who refused to change, he said, is like those animal fighters

at the games, torn half to pieces covered in blood and gourd, still pleading to be held over till tomorrow, to be bitten and clawed again. The definition of insanity they say is doing the same thing over and over and over again, expecting different results. And there's nothing sadder than a person who can't grow, who cannot turn over a new leaf, who cannot take a leap of faith

forward into the dark. You have to be willing to change. You must change. You must get better. Not later, not eventually, but now. Why not start 2021 by actually taking the steps to create a better life, actively step towards being the person you know you can be. That's why we created the New Year New Year Challenge. It's a set of 21 actionable challenges presented one per day built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoke philosophy. Our goal is to help you make 2021 your best year yet. This year right in front of you can be the most important year of your life. The one where you become your best, most creative, most centered, most self-reliant, and resilient self. You have to be willing to change. You can't be

like those animals. Mark is really talking about our new year, new U Challenge is all new content guided by thousands of responses, reactions to our previous challenges, course, videos, all that. It's a whole new challenge based on painstaking research and timeless science from all new, life-changing experience and it's a challenge designed to help you stop procrastinating, learn new skills, quit harmful vices, make the men's learn from past mistakes, and have more hope for the new year. And so much more. Look, what are the risks of not taking control of your life of allowing another

year to pass without living up to your potential? Not changing your ways. Most of the risks aren't dire, but none of the downsides are good. Some are downright miserable, so don't let it happen this year. Not in 2021. Not again, you have to be willing to change. Don't wait to better yourself. Stop being mauled and dragged down by the life you're living. Don't wait to demand more from yourself. Start now. You can sign up at dailystoke.com slash challenge. That's dailystoke.com slash challenge. It's our new year, new you challenge. We've got videos about it. You can check all that stuff out. It's really great. I think you'll like it. And remember daily stoke. Life

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