The Daily Stoic - You Must Work Your Hardest at This

Episode Date: September 16, 2020

"There are lots of things you should be doing today. Your journaling. Your reading. Taking care of your work, of your children or family. Following the instructions of the authorities (to stay inside, to eliminate unnecessary travel, to make sure you have food and supplies on hand). All this is good. Most of it takes work.But the thing you should be working hardest at? Being calm."Ryan describes some great ways to achieve calm and stillness 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/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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guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystowach.com. You must work your hardest at this. There are lots of things you should be doing today. You're journaling, you're reading, taking care of your work, of your children or family, following the instructions of the authorities, which if you're a member of this to stay inside

to eliminate unnecessary travel, to make sure you have food and supplies on hand. All of this is good, most of it takes work. But the thing you should be working hardest at, it's being calm, it's steady in your nerves, it's slowing down those racing thoughts because emotional and uncontrolled responses only ever make things worse. Remember what Marcus really said that we have to concentrate like a Roman, that we have

to face the tasks in front of us like they are the last thing we are doing with our life. We have to address and solve what's in front of us action by action. We cannot be crushed by life as a whole, he said. We have to tackle the present moment calmly, rationally, and courageously. Yes, there is a scary pandemic out there. Yes, there is real risk to life and limb, if not to you, than to the more vulnerable parts of the population. And certainly, the economic instability that has already been triggered is no fun.

But the only way we'll get through this, the only way you can help yourself and others is by getting a handle on yourself. No one does well while panic. In fact, that's a great way to make things worse, to make mistakes or act rashly. So keep calm and carry on. Do your journaling and your reading so you can get your head right.

Take a walk in the woods so you can get your head right. Step away from the endless feed of news so you can focus on what matters. Do your work because the economy and your family depends on it. But work hardest at being calm. We depend on that too. If you like the podcast that we do here and you want to get it via email every morning, you can sign up at dailystoke.com slash email. Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to the Daily Stoke early and ad free on Amazon Music, download the Amazon Music app today, or you can listen early and ad-free on Amazon Music, download the Amazon Music

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