The Daily Stoic - You Must Avoid This Weakness

Episode Date: June 18, 2020

"We’d like to think that our mind is our friend, but of course it isn’t. The Stoics knew this. The mind wants to jump to conclusions. The mind wants us to get worked up. The mind wants not to be challenged, not to have to admit it was wrong. That’s why they worked so hard to question their assumptions, to build strategies for questioning their own thinking and not being at the mercy of it."Ryan describes the weakness that you must not fall prey to, 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: http://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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greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystowach.com. You must avoid this weakness. We'd like to think that our mind is our friend, but of course it isn't. The still looks new this. The mind wants to jump to conclusions. The mind wants us to get worked up, the mind wants not to be challenged, not to have to admit it was wrong. That's why the Stoics worked so hard to question their own assumptions, to build strategies

for questioning their own thinking and not being at the mercy of their thoughts. This is very hard to do. We see the inability to do it manifest in our social media feeds and internet comment sections and of course in our own opinions on a regular basis. Someone brings up something bad, something serious, the unethical conduct of a politician you support. An example of brutal racism or injustice, a mistake you made, and how do we respond? It's inflexive. It's immediate. But what about blank? But where are the blanks on blank? But are you saying you don't care about looting and riots? But just last week, you did something worse, as if pointing out another wrong cancels out the

first one, as if you can just change the subject and won't have to deal with the problem at hand. It's not how this works. What aboutism is the sign of a weak mind. It's the sign of someone who is not in control of themselves, who is not wise, who is easily susceptible to tolerating even being complicit in injustices. A stoic looks at the world and at themselves unflinchingly. Marcus Arelius thanked people who proved him wrong. Epictetus said we had to put our opinions to the test. You have to be strong enough to entertain disagreements. You have to be able to discuss and debate in good faith. It's the snowflakes who fly into a rage when someone challenges their views.

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