Reminded me a quote from the Dalai Lama: "If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.”
What it means to worry?To distract Yourself from Yourself?To think about the others who died and cry?DON‘T WORRY BE HAPPY!i They had died because they didn’t want to be happy?For our Gods Life&Love&Pain must be together,for Gods‘sake...Don’t lie to Yourself,don’t imagine,don’t dream,don’t influence Yourself,don’t live in Dobye oo:-()ooo. STAY SANE!i not STOIC SANECA?!i
Atshaharyabo: I've been told that quote from well intentioned people many times. In Different words but the message basically being the same: if you're problems have solutions why worry? And if they don't ....why worry? And every single time I find myself either pisst or baffled by it. Why? Because it is a very true and logical statement recommended to be applied to something that has no reality based logic. Such like an anxiety attack while seating on your couch, where no thing and no one and no tiger is presently threatening your life. Anxiety, the type I experience anyway has to do with a lot of reasons, the majority of which the above quote does not apply. Can apply that quote to a disregulated biological system who gushes out buckets of cortisol and adrenaline into your bloodstream for no apparent good reason. Well intended advise, but useless to illogical anxiety.....in my opinion
I'm gonna be honest right now: when I clicked on this video, I didn't think much of it. I just thought "it probably won't change my life but just give it a try". And oh boy, was I wrong. Before I watched this video, I wasn't really positive. Over a year had passed since I had to face a breakup and I still wasn't over it... but after watching this video for the first time, a lot has changed - you could probably say my whole life has. This video had me really motivated, I got more and more into stoicism and self-improvement, I started meditating, stopped wasting my time on my phone, came back to working out, finally got over the breakup and overall just appreciated everything a lot more. The last few months have been some of the most positive months of my life, so thank you. I highly recommend this video to everyone out there, spread this mindset to more people and make as many people as happy as possible. Have a wonderful day if you read this - and live it like it's your last one.
*Epictetus* 1 lesson: Our first job is this, to divide and distinguish things into two categories: Externals I cannot control, but the choices I make with regard to what I do control. Where will I find good and bad? In me, in my choices. 2 lesson: It is not events that disturb people, it's their judgment about things. 3 lesson: Get rid of self conceit. It is impossible to learn that which one thinks they already know. 4 lesson: The true man is revealed in difficult times. So when trouble comes, think of yourself as a wrestler paired with a tough young buck. For what purpose? To turn you into olympic-class material. *Seneca* 5 lesson: There are more things likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; We suffer more in imagination than in reality. 6 lesson: Excellence withers without an adversary. 7 lesson: Associate with those who will make a better man of you. Welcome those whom you yourself can improve. The process is mutual; For men learn as they teach. 8 lesson: This is our big mistake: To think we look forward to death. Most of death is already gone. Whatever time has passed is owned by death. *Marcus Aurelius* 9 lesson: At dawn when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: "I have to go to work as a human being. What do i have to complain of, if I am going to do what I was born for - The things I was brought into this world to do. Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?" 10 lesson: Our actions may be impeded, but there can be no impeding our intentions or our dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt. The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting. The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way. 11 lesson: If, at some point in your life, if you should find anything better than justice, honesty, self-control, and courage, if you find anything better than that embrace it without reservation. It must be an extraordinary thing indeed. 12 lesson: No. It's fortunate that this has happened and I've remained unharmed by it - Not shattered by the present or frightened of the future. It could have happened to anyone. But not everyone could have remained unharmed by it. 13 lesson: You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think. It was the right thing to do. ;)
I am 73 years old and have 4th stage prostate cancer, the day they told me I had between 1 and 2 years to live was the best day of my life. That was 4 years ago.
@@Josh-rn1em It was the best day because when I walked out of the VA Hospital the sun 🌞 hit my face and I realized that I had nothing to worry about......it was over.
In order to make profits from trading you need loads of experience and a well defined strategy, which most traders don't have. If you trade without the proper preparation, you're most likely to lose your money. Identify the buy/sell ratios and identify the market leaders and most importantly. Diversify! this will help you spread risk.
I've been watching the market for about 5 years. I know quite a few stocks you can get a nice return on. Them advisors won't work to get you back what your potentially able to. They will always cut you short.
my financial Advisor is *Jackson sten marsh* I found him on a CNBC interview where he was featured and reached out to him afterwards. he has since provide entry and exit points on the securities I focus on. You can look he's up online if you care supervision. I basically follow his market moves and haven’t regretted doing so.
It's 18 Dec 2022. 22:42 hours... I just realised that I've been a practicing Stoic all these decades... It's just that i am hearing about Stoic principles just minutes ago...
It is my reason I have lost friend. My love. She, being my reason for my very breath.. Of which I can take in no more.. How then to proceed? I cannot hold my breath any more
This is pure gold. So timeless, with significant relevance to 2020 as we are lead to be so fearful of Covid... Variations have been repeated all these years. You immediately know these small repeated variations make sense (focus on what you can control), sure, makes sense. I didn't realize it was all figured out and documented so long ago. I wish I could keep this wisdom in mind always. We so easily forget and get agitated with something as insignificant as someone pulling out in front of us.
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my RUclips channel 3 months ago about self development. Now I have 229 subs and almost > 90 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I couldn’t have learned without getting started in the 1st place.
Thank you! I’m hearing these voices for the first time in my life and I’m in my 60s. I wish philosophy hadn’t been an elective in high school. It should have been a required course.
Seneca was as much a Philosoph as everybody else trying to make ends meet,marrying someone nice,having nice life altogether.Every effort was for Him painful,probably?!io;/(
the only thing we should be worried about is what we are worried about, we spent so much time imagining, worrying in advance that we actually torture ourselves more than the thing we're worrying about ever could and that is of course, if it ever happens at all. The most important thing to remember about pain and suffering Seneca said "is that it is inevitable, it can't be avoided, but what we must avoid is the phantom premonitions of what may or may not happen. Instead of suffering from imagination, focus immediately on what is in front of you. Stay in the present. Stay in reality."
Its all in the Bible.. where stoics too found it! Surprise!! Read the Bible. It all leads you to good and stoicism also found balance in it. Forget priests… many are clowns… few are real. Everything good comes from God.. even the movie or the book the secret for example… just an example.. talking about Attraction and so on.. its all in Proverbs my friend. All of it , line by line!! Every great philosopher and thinker, real people that crossed trials and came out to be a polished gem have all started their knowledge within the Bible. Its all there.., brave ones only experience it because truth will free you!! Only the brave search, fight and live fir the truth the light and Love.!!.
Thinking about the thing you don't want to happen will free you and inspire you, a jolt that keeps us in the present moment. Its the key to happiness that unlocks empowerment.
Stoicism is probably the most grounded and practical philosophy I know of. I love how it address the grit and reality of the world for what it really is.
Today this was just what I needed to listen to as I faced a difficult day. The day was far worse in my imagination than what actually happened, as so often happens.
Focusing purely on what we can control takes time, but it is certainly worth it. If we're patient enough, we can turn our imagination around and direct it towards wonder rather than suffering.
It is not about accepting hardship or resigning ourselves to it, but agreeing to work with it, to decide to make the most of it, to see hardship as an opportunity, not as an obstacle. In this way we can turn everything that happens to us into fuel, and we can be made better and stronger by everything that happens. - Epictetus
The Daily Stoic is honestly becoming one of the people that has guided me throughout the last few years. I have been making my life ever so slightly more positive every day and without having him(apart from reading myself) speak the true points of the books of stoicism I definitely wouldhave ended up atleast a slightly less of a man in my opinion,I am so grateful for this video for bringing me the collection of the greatest lessons i've learned through reading stoicism to a video that sums it up in a very convincing matter. Ever so grateful,my name is Dimitri and you almost as much as The Daily Stoic have brought immense value to my life through this video. Much love to all the other viewers,I hope your life turns out as much as a lesson as mine has.
I deadass read this “toxic lessons” first time, something is wrong, I can feel it, Just a feeling I've got, like something's about to happen, but I don't know what. If that means what I think it means, we're in trouble, big trouble; And if he is as bananas as you say, I'm not taking any chances" "You are just what the doc ordered
Amazing the simplicity yet the difficulty. Being human is work. Being on earth is an adventure. Overcoming difficulties is nourishment. If you keep moving hoping to move thinkiring the better of you through everything. That’s a tall orange der when it’s time to wake up. The second battle is knowing that I have appetites that need taming and extrication.
I read Aristotle, Plato, Bertrand Russell, Emanuel Kant, and many other philosophers and I never got it. I read Epictetus “The Enchiridion “ once and stoic philosophy came into crystal clarity. Stoic philosophy is about LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE! Epictetus is ALL YOU NEED. I went through my huge ebook library and deleted all Other philosophy texts
It's crazy, I struggled in my life and came up with some of epictitus's ideas on my own to cope. Later learned that these were not novel ideas after learning about stoicism.
I do that a lot. I think, "Wow, that sounds really good" and then sometime later, Alan Watts says it, Carl Jung says it, and yes, psychopaths as well because there is such a small percentage of psychos who kill. I hear it in songs, somebody says it in public. I say something about a log-cutting service truck and 5 seconds later a yellow one drives by the house, but the asshole didn't stop. I need that log out! Personally I have not been a big fan of 'power' and 'control', but then I pick this video and I feel I must re-visit my theories, but still keep the one's I have kept around. Hey, it's growth.
Wonderful lessons. So much to learn for practical guidance in life and distressing situations. Thanks not only to the speakers but to You Tube for brining such informative programs. Thank you all Milan
15 years ago, I was a young man and started to follow stoic philosophy. Now, I am reaching my prime. I am well. And I am stubborn. Many have tried to bring me down, I out run them. The best thing of living, are the simple things no one can corrupt.
Remember, don’t let ANYBODY change the way you think. I would have been way better off in life if I didn’t let it get to me. I lost a lot and I mean a lot of what I had going for me and now I have to start over without the help I once had. It’s really depressing, I feel alone, and like I’m never gonna accomplish in life besides death, so I’m filled with hate and anger. But I know deep inside it’s all in my head, it’s all because of my mindset and I have to relearn to take everything I hear, feel and go thru as a lesson to help me build a stronger mindset. Tired of getting msgs of old friends telling me they don’t see me as the same person no more. Makes me feel lost but on the bright side, that’s my motivation. The grass is always greener on the other side, it all depends on how you view things… now back to the video I’m at 3:50 and it already help snap me out of it.
Understand that most problems that come to you are obstacles that only make you better fit for the future you want,it's up to you wether you learn from those obstacles,or become another victim into the game we call Life.
Thanks Kevin! I also believe that we should balance out carefully our lives. Not beat ourselves up too much, nor excuse ourselves too often. Stoicism IS my way ...but right now, I'm going to have a bath!
0:03: 🧠 Epictetus teaches the importance of controlling our choices and distinguishing between what is in our control and what is not. 4:01: 💪 Embrace adversity to become stronger and better 8:03: 📜 Philosophical teachings from Seneca and Marcus Aurelius 12:16: 👍 Marcus Aurelius' approach to hardship and productivity Recap by Tammy AI
Everyone mistakes that story for "you need to wake up early" and that's not the point. The point is that no matter how comfortable you are (once you wake up after a healthy amount of sleep) the comfort brings no substance, and will only hurt you if you continue to hide within it.
Im actually proud ive had a lot of thought that parallel his Such as we can learn from all The not getting annoyed at such things like plane or bus being late but the no point crying over spilled milk says the same Now thats where it ends so much that this man had to teach
I wish I'd heard this stuff and understood it when I was 18-20. Epictitus You can't change what you can't change. You CHOOSE your reactions. You can't control your emotions, but the reactions you can.
weirdly all this is covered in the big book of AA, the serenity prayer captures lesson 1, page 409 is all about acceptance, accepting everything as it is not as i would have it, and having humility, being humble enough to unlearn things we thought were correct and re-learn new info that's different from what we held so dearly... soo much wisdom in AA's big book, it covers Stoicism and a whole lot more, its a wonderful design for living, for all of humanity not just recovering alcoholics.
Marcus Aurelius never intended for 'Meditations' to be made public. It was a book he wrote to himself. He had ordered it be burned upon his death to prevent people knowing he struggled, but his servant couldn't bring himself to do it. That is why we can read it today. Not because Marcus wanted us to, but because his personal servant thought it would be a waste of good wisdom. If you read it, he repeats himself over and over. It's a journal, of what he knows to be right in different situations. Writing in it was a pep-talk he gave himself when he needed to ground.
My favorite cartoon of all time shows a guy in a robe holding a sign that says the end is near as he sits on the top of a train passing in front of a line of cars. You can never tell what things are going to be for good or bad....
There is no such thing as failure or defeat, but rather struggle and growth. The perspective that results from a challenge leads to progress regardless of winning or losing, the growth that comes after must be obtained by both participants and thus is objectively relative. Accept your perspective and take the steps forward to growth.
Always improve, don't let absolutes in life define your progress. Only you can resolve your progress into growth, and the satisfaction is just an illusion. There will always be another door to open, another goal. Never be complete, only your lifes work can bring about the resolve you seek. The satisfaction for having lived a life you can be happy with.
In 2000 years, some future man will make a video, telling of the ancient RUclipsr named Ryan Holiday, who proselytize stoicism and the words of Epictetus.
The stoic attitude is not purely of freedom. It's of doing the right thing, and doing what we can control to improve a situation. Stoics wear face masks to protect others ; for the greater good of the population because that is something we do have control of.
1:22 Actually, being imprison in Vietnam that day wasn't that bad. The Vietnamese behaved the war prisoners like guests, and tried to make them feel most comfortable.
@@wagherbert At first, 'Hanoi Hilton' was built to imprison the patriotic Vietnamese when France takeover. During the Vietnam war, the American soldiers were being kept there.
Amazing. I've not encountered this before and I'm 66 years old. I've just realized I have lived my life (and continue to do so) with many of these concepts in a subliminal way. Tons of stuff I could never control other than how I deal with each situation. Choose friends wisely. Get up off my @$$ and work. I've taught and in so doing learned. How did I never find this before? OK, I'm on board.
Every point made here is perfect. However, from my perspective you first must remove the blindfold that we all wear. Basically we are all creatures who have been programmed from the moment of conception to the present moment. We are PavlovIan creatures who make choices based upon past events. This means we have no “free” choice because the programming is doing the choosing for us. And, what we choose follows a repeat pattern. The real trick is to find a way to deprogram yourself in order to make a truly free choice. In order to accomplish this you must “own” the information by connecting the dots from the past with the present. I have done this in three areas of my life and it has worked wonders. I am in a position to follow and use the information provided in this video. Breaking from the past gives one that opportunity. Lose the blindfold. I wish everyone well.
I was hesitant on going to Germany even though I really wanted to, I was scared of meeting friends I made online who live in Germany but after watching this video I am def going now with in the next 3 or 4 months.
Marcus Aurelius, was a great king, said, We have to be productive and wake up early. Millennials: But,...I'm a night owl....... It's in my nature. The world has to adapt to me.
Like my dad always said. Why torture yourself to things that might or might not happen. Live in the now, and put all your energy into it. Never give up, if you give up humanity will slowly decline one instance at a time.
18:25 -> I like meditation being mentioned as an spiritual exercise also i heard a little while ago that meditation is preparation for death, which i like to hear at the very end of the video that socrates said that "philosophy is all about dying" (18:55)
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Reminded me a quote from the Dalai Lama:
"If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.”
Yes. 800 yrs earlier.
Lets live and let live.
Hello Dalai!
What it means to worry?To distract Yourself from Yourself?To think about the others who died and cry?DON‘T WORRY BE HAPPY!i
They had died because they didn’t want to be happy?For our Gods Life&Love&Pain must be together,for Gods‘sake...Don’t lie to Yourself,don’t imagine,don’t dream,don’t influence Yourself,don’t live in Dobye oo:-()ooo.
STAY SANE!i not STOIC SANECA?!i
@@izabelazielak8963 are you high or something?
Atshaharyabo:
I've been told that quote from well intentioned people many times. In Different words but the message basically being the same: if you're problems have solutions why worry? And if they don't ....why worry?
And every single time I find myself either pisst or baffled by it. Why? Because it is a very true and logical statement recommended to be applied to something that has no reality based logic. Such like an anxiety attack while seating on your couch, where no thing and no one and no tiger is presently threatening your life.
Anxiety, the type I experience anyway has to do with a lot of reasons, the majority of which the above quote does not apply. Can apply that quote to a disregulated biological system who gushes out buckets of cortisol and adrenaline into your bloodstream for no apparent good reason. Well intended advise, but useless to illogical anxiety.....in my opinion
I'm gonna be honest right now: when I clicked on this video, I didn't think much of it. I just thought "it probably won't change my life but just give it a try". And oh boy, was I wrong.
Before I watched this video, I wasn't really positive. Over a year had passed since I had to face a breakup and I still wasn't over it... but after watching this video for the first time, a lot has changed - you could probably say my whole life has. This video had me really motivated, I got more and more into stoicism and self-improvement, I started meditating, stopped wasting my time on my phone, came back to working out, finally got over the breakup and overall just appreciated everything a lot more. The last few months have been some of the most positive months of my life, so thank you.
I highly recommend this video to everyone out there, spread this mindset to more people and make as many people as happy as possible. Have a wonderful day if you read this - and live it like it's your last one.
*Epictetus*
1 lesson: Our first job is this, to
divide and distinguish things into two categories: Externals I cannot control, but the choices I make with regard to what I do control. Where will I find good and bad? In me, in my choices.
2 lesson: It is not events that disturb people, it's their judgment about things.
3 lesson: Get rid of self conceit. It is impossible to learn that which one thinks they already know.
4 lesson: The true man is revealed in difficult
times. So when trouble comes, think of yourself as a wrestler paired with a tough young buck. For what purpose? To turn you into olympic-class material.
*Seneca*
5 lesson: There are more things likely
to frighten us than there are to crush us; We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
6 lesson: Excellence
withers without an adversary.
7 lesson: Associate with those who will make a
better man of you. Welcome those whom you yourself can improve. The process is mutual; For men learn as they teach.
8 lesson: This is our big mistake: To
think we look forward to death. Most of death is already gone. Whatever time has passed is owned by death.
*Marcus Aurelius*
9 lesson: At dawn when you have trouble getting out
of bed, tell yourself: "I have to go to work as a human being. What do i have to complain of, if I am going to do what I was born for - The things I was brought into this world to do. Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?"
10 lesson: Our actions
may be impeded, but there can be no impeding our intentions or our dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt. The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting. The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
11 lesson: If, at some point in your life, if you should find anything better than justice, honesty, self-control, and courage, if you find anything better than that embrace it without reservation. It must be an extraordinary thing indeed.
12 lesson: No. It's fortunate that this has happened and I've remained unharmed by it - Not shattered by the present or frightened of the future. It could have happened to anyone. But not everyone could have remained unharmed by it.
13 lesson: You could
leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.
It was the right thing to do. ;)
Thanks :)
Thanx !
Thank you! 👍🏾
MANY THANKS!!! 👍❤️
thanks man!
I am 73 years old and have 4th stage prostate cancer, the day they told me I had between 1 and 2 years to live was the best day of my life. That was 4 years ago.
Why was it the best day?
@@Josh-rn1em because on that day he started living
@@skiamerica2008 oh. I see.
@@Josh-rn1em It was the best day because when I walked out of the VA Hospital the sun 🌞 hit my face and I realized that I had nothing to worry about......it was over.
@@stevelangsdorf7307 There is a peace in that isn't there?
In order to make profits from trading you need loads of experience and a well defined strategy, which most traders don't have. If you trade without the proper preparation, you're most likely to lose your money. Identify the buy/sell ratios and identify the market leaders and most importantly. Diversify! this will help you spread risk.
please who is the expert guiding you? i have lost so much as a beginner🥺 investing into stock without a proper guidiance of an expert.
I've been watching the market for about 5 years. I know quite a few stocks you can get a nice return on. Them advisors won't work to get you back what your potentially able to. They will always cut you short.
@@ChangeN2Bread reach out to the same advisor Jackson sten marsh research for his web page
my financial Advisor is *Jackson sten marsh* I found him on a CNBC interview where he was featured and reached out to him afterwards. he has since provide entry and exit points on the securities I focus on. You can look he's up online if you care supervision. I basically follow his market moves and haven’t regretted doing so.
God Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can. And , the Wisdom to know the difference.
❤❤❤
Focus on what you can change and don’t worry about the things you can’t.
It's 18 Dec 2022. 22:42 hours...
I just realised that I've been a practicing Stoic all these decades... It's just that i am hearing about Stoic principles just minutes ago...
“Lost your job? Good. More time to get better” - Jocko Willink
It is my reason I have lost friend. My love. She, being my reason for my very breath..
Of which I can take in no more..
How then to proceed? I cannot hold my breath any more
@@stone1392 keep pushing, friend
@@stone1392 if you're going through hell, keep going
Damn right!
2015: lost my job.
Also, 2015: stopped being a slave.
This is pure gold. So timeless, with significant relevance to 2020 as we are lead to be so fearful of Covid... Variations have been repeated all these years. You immediately know these small repeated variations make sense (focus on what you can control), sure, makes sense. I didn't realize it was all figured out and documented so long ago. I wish I could keep this wisdom in mind always. We so easily forget and get agitated with something as insignificant as someone pulling out in front of us.
Absolutely fantastic! This is what should be taught in our schools instead of social injustice.
“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one!” -Marcus Aurelius
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my RUclips channel 3 months ago about self development. Now I have 229 subs and almost > 90 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I couldn’t have learned without getting started in the 1st place.
Thank you! I’m hearing these voices for the first time in my life and I’m in my 60s. I wish philosophy hadn’t been an elective in high school. It should have been a required course.
Everything in it's time. Better late than never.
Seneca was as much a Philosoph as everybody else trying to make ends meet,marrying someone nice,having nice life altogether.Every effort was for Him painful,probably?!io;/(
the only thing we should be worried about is what we are worried about, we spent so much time imagining, worrying in advance that we actually torture ourselves more than the thing we're worrying about ever could and that is of course, if it ever happens at all. The most important thing to remember about pain and suffering Seneca said "is that it is inevitable, it can't be avoided, but what we must avoid is the phantom premonitions of what may or may not happen. Instead of suffering from imagination, focus immediately on what is in front of you. Stay in the present. Stay in reality."
No religion, no preacher , no church has ever given me these life lessons like this video. Thank you 🙏 thank goodness….#life #stoic #wisdom
Its all in the Bible.. where stoics too found it! Surprise!! Read the Bible. It all leads you to good and stoicism also found balance in it. Forget priests… many are clowns… few are real. Everything good comes from God.. even the movie or the book the secret for example… just an example.. talking about Attraction and so on.. its all in Proverbs my friend. All of it , line by line!! Every great philosopher and thinker, real people that crossed trials and came out to be a polished gem have all started their knowledge within the Bible. Its all there.., brave ones only experience it because truth will free you!! Only the brave search, fight and live fir the truth the light and Love.!!.
I lost my job because of the pandemic so I started a meditation and healing channel 🙏🏽
I lost my home. This is the ti,e of change!
I lost my personal rights as a human in a modern society
@@lemmingsrule8816 and your capacity to think beyond yourself.
Just subscribed ❤️
Excellent life choice.
Stoicism is medicine and councel we all need.
The RUclips algorithm dropping gems in my mind. 🙏🏽
That's no joke, a reason to shoulder your burdens and forge ahead. Powerful stuff.
„You can’t change how people feel about you, so don’t try. Just live your life and be happy.“
Ralph Smart
Thinking about the thing you don't want to happen will free you and inspire you, a jolt that keeps us in the present moment. Its the key to happiness that unlocks empowerment.
A great blade goes through fire, pounding, hardening and tempering to become a worthy object, durable and reliable. Tested and True.
Stoicism is probably the most grounded and practical philosophy I know of. I love how it address the grit and reality of the world for what it really is.
Today this was just what I needed to listen to as I faced a difficult day. The day was far worse in my imagination than what actually happened, as so often happens.
Focusing purely on what we can control takes time, but it is certainly worth it. If we're patient enough, we can turn our imagination around and direct it towards wonder rather than suffering.
It is not about accepting hardship or resigning ourselves to it, but agreeing to work with it, to decide to make the most of it, to see hardship as an opportunity, not as an obstacle.
In this way we can turn everything that happens to us into fuel, and we can be made better and stronger by everything that happens.
- Epictetus
That's one of the best videos I've ever seen on Stoicism. Thank you!
The wisdom in this made me cry with relief. Thank you xxx
Stoicism hits different
The Daily Stoic is honestly becoming one of the people that has guided me throughout the last few years. I have been making my life ever so slightly more positive every day and without having him(apart from reading myself) speak the true points of the books of stoicism I definitely wouldhave ended up atleast a slightly less of a man in my opinion,I am so grateful for this video for bringing me the collection of the greatest lessons i've learned through reading stoicism to a video that sums it up in a very convincing matter. Ever so grateful,my name is Dimitri and you almost as much as The Daily Stoic have brought immense value to my life through this video. Much love to all the other viewers,I hope your life turns out as much as a lesson as mine has.
Thanks 😊 for sharing. And all the best.
I deadass read this “toxic lessons” first time, something is wrong, I can feel it,
Just a feeling I've got, like something's about to happen, but I don't know what.
If that means what I think it means, we're in trouble, big trouble;
And if he is as bananas as you say, I'm not taking any chances"
"You are just what the doc ordered
Amazing the simplicity yet the difficulty. Being human is work. Being on earth is an adventure. Overcoming difficulties is nourishment. If you keep moving hoping to move thinkiring the better of you through everything. That’s a tall orange der when it’s time to wake up. The second battle is knowing that I have appetites that need taming and extrication.
It's all about perspective... You control the entire realm by your decisions and indecisiveness. 🙏🏾
U guys deserve more than one million subs ❤, amazing work !! 🙌
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@@Anonymous-ps7xm still one million cuz they've 1.350.000 + so 😉
I meant 2,3,4 millions 😊
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Probably one of THE most inspiring (not the usual 'motivational' stuff) videos on You Tube. Thank you for uploading.
Omg I cried listening to this it was so beautiful and inspirational
Wow that was awesome! Excellent work, brilliant presentation! Thank you for the motivating words of wisdom!
I read Aristotle, Plato, Bertrand Russell, Emanuel Kant, and many other philosophers and I never got it.
I read Epictetus “The Enchiridion “ once and stoic philosophy came into crystal clarity.
Stoic philosophy is about LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE!
Epictetus is ALL YOU NEED.
I went through my huge ebook library and deleted all Other philosophy texts
It's crazy, I struggled in my life and came up with some of epictitus's ideas on my own to cope. Later learned that these were not novel ideas after learning about stoicism.
This has happened to me too on my art journey, it's like they are laws of nature isn't it, and we discover them ourselves through obstacles.
I do that a lot. I think, "Wow, that sounds really good" and then sometime later, Alan Watts says it, Carl Jung says it, and yes, psychopaths as well because there is such a small percentage of psychos who kill. I hear it in songs, somebody says it in public. I say something about a log-cutting service truck and 5 seconds later a yellow one drives by the house, but the asshole didn't stop. I need that log out! Personally I have not been a big fan of 'power' and 'control', but then I pick this video and I feel I must re-visit my theories, but still keep the one's I have kept around. Hey, it's growth.
Honestly u have control over everything in life . The way u react is always up to u
Very nicely put together...I see lot of similarities to Buddhism teachings...
I needed this Thankyou
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The secret to success and happiness is knowing what to overlook .
Wonderful lessons. So much to learn for practical guidance in life and distressing situations. Thanks not only to the speakers but to You Tube for brining such informative programs. Thank you all Milan
I haven't heard that perspective on death before. Very interesting.
The BGM which starts during the 9th lesson was truly beautiful. I would be very grateful if anyone can provide me that masterpiece.
15 years ago, I was a young man and started to follow stoic philosophy. Now, I am reaching my prime. I am well. And I am stubborn. Many have tried to bring me down, I out run them. The best thing of living, are the simple things no one can corrupt.
Remember, don’t let ANYBODY change the way you think. I would have been way better off in life if I didn’t let it get to me. I lost a lot and I mean a lot of what I had going for me and now I have to start over without the help I once had. It’s really depressing, I feel alone, and like I’m never gonna accomplish in life besides death, so I’m filled with hate and anger. But I know deep inside it’s all in my head, it’s all because of my mindset and I have to relearn to take everything I hear, feel and go thru as a lesson to help me build a stronger mindset. Tired of getting msgs of old friends telling me they don’t see me as the same person no more. Makes me feel lost but on the bright side, that’s my motivation. The grass is always greener on the other side, it all depends on how you view things… now back to the video I’m at 3:50 and it already help snap me out of it.
Understand that most problems that come to you are obstacles that only make you better fit for the future you want,it's up to you wether you learn from those obstacles,or become another victim into the game we call Life.
I'm listening to this while playing video games :)
Is this good
i have this play a couple times a week when im working out or palying games that dont require sound
Omg is this the real savix
Radical acceptance. Feelings are not fact. Humility. Live in the moment. I can do hard things.
What an amazing thing to wake up and take a bath too
Thanks Kevin! I also believe that we should balance out carefully our lives. Not beat ourselves up too much, nor excuse ourselves too often. Stoicism IS my way ...but right now, I'm going to have a bath!
Stoicism as a soothing ointment. Truth.
0:03: 🧠 Epictetus teaches the importance of controlling our choices and distinguishing between what is in our control and what is not.
4:01: 💪 Embrace adversity to become stronger and better
8:03: 📜 Philosophical teachings from Seneca and Marcus Aurelius
12:16: 👍 Marcus Aurelius' approach to hardship and productivity
Recap by Tammy AI
Thanks for sharing this, its how I have always felt, nice to know I am not alone, its been here for ever!!
Everyone mistakes that story for "you need to wake up early" and that's not the point.
The point is that no matter how comfortable you are (once you wake up after a healthy amount of sleep) the comfort brings no substance, and will only hurt you if you continue to hide within it.
Im actually proud ive had a lot of thought that parallel his
Such as we can learn from all
The not getting annoyed at such things like plane or bus being late but the no point crying over spilled milk says the same
Now thats where it ends so much that this man had to teach
Am happy,blessed and privileged to chance upon this post,am still a learner in 2021...
I wish I'd heard this stuff and understood it when I was 18-20.
Epictitus
You can't change what you can't change.
You CHOOSE your reactions. You can't control your emotions, but the reactions you can.
Great job Ryan. Love it. Format looks great too. You are a gift!
Thanks you for your time.
Started listening and paying attention to this video at 1:11 pm
David Goggins embodies all of this.
weirdly all this is covered in the big book of AA, the serenity prayer captures lesson 1, page 409 is all about acceptance, accepting everything as it is not as i would have it, and having humility, being humble enough to unlearn things we thought were correct and re-learn new info that's different from what we held so dearly... soo much wisdom in AA's big book, it covers Stoicism and a whole lot more, its a wonderful design for living, for all of humanity not just recovering alcoholics.
I'll drink to that !!
Beautiful, thank you ❤️
Never knew what stoicism was… then realized I’ve been thinking living and feeling the same thoughts as what’s already been recorded
Marcus Aurelius never intended for 'Meditations' to be made public. It was a book he wrote to himself. He had ordered it be burned upon his death to prevent people knowing he struggled, but his servant couldn't bring himself to do it. That is why we can read it today. Not because Marcus wanted us to, but because his personal servant thought it would be a waste of good wisdom. If you read it, he repeats himself over and over. It's a journal, of what he knows to be right in different situations. Writing in it was a pep-talk he gave himself when he needed to ground.
thanks, Rydog, I came across this at the most perfect time, keep doing it!
“To ecstasy I prefer the monotony of self sacrifice.”
St Therese
If you know how to listen, everyone is a Guru
Didn't know I was a natural stoic. All these things I've been thinking for so long.
My favorite cartoon of all time shows a guy in a robe holding a sign that says the end is near as he sits on the top of a train passing in front of a line of cars. You can never tell what things are going to be for good or bad....
There is no such thing as failure or defeat, but rather struggle and growth. The perspective that results from a challenge leads to progress regardless of winning or losing, the growth that comes after must be obtained by both participants and thus is objectively relative. Accept your perspective and take the steps forward to growth.
Always improve, don't let absolutes in life define your progress. Only you can resolve your progress into growth, and the satisfaction is just an illusion. There will always be another door to open, another goal. Never be complete, only your lifes work can bring about the resolve you seek. The satisfaction for having lived a life you can be happy with.
Epictits must’ve been one of the most badass dudes ever
This is one of the best videos highlighting stoic philosophy I have ever seen. Thank you.
our first job is to learn to put a few pauses in our narrations so people watching can digest what we're saying.
no shit.....Amen to that. But at least we can pause. I know what you mean though.
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He instead filled all those pauses with knowledge that we can uncork at any time at our own pace. In this light he has been exceedingly generous
In 2000 years, some future man will make a video, telling of the ancient RUclipsr named Ryan Holiday, who proselytize stoicism and the words of Epictetus.
This may be one be best videos I’ve ever watched
Freedom calls us ... I have no tears left. Goodbye face masks goodbye ... forever ...
The stoic attitude is not purely of freedom. It's of doing the right thing, and doing what we can control to improve a situation. Stoics wear face masks to protect others ; for the greater good of the population because that is something we do have control of.
"A Gem Cannot Be Polished Without Friction, Nor A Man Perfected Without Trials."
1:22 Actually, being imprison in Vietnam that day wasn't that bad. The Vietnamese behaved the war prisoners like guests, and tried to make them feel most comfortable.
Having visited the 'Hanoi Hilton' where John McCain and many others were held, I beg to differ...
@@wagherbert At first, 'Hanoi Hilton' was built to imprison the patriotic Vietnamese when France takeover. During the Vietnam war, the American soldiers were being kept there.
@@wagherbert the statues of imprison patriot you saw are the Vietnamese people
I like how you just took everything I was thinking but was unable to put into words, and put it in a nice little video for me x.
Amazing. I've not encountered this before and I'm 66 years old. I've just realized I have lived my life (and continue to do so) with many of these concepts in a subliminal way. Tons of stuff I could never control other than how I deal with each situation. Choose friends wisely. Get up off my @$$ and work. I've taught and in so doing learned. How did I never find this before? OK, I'm on board.
I want to thank you for taking the time to make this video.
Stoicism 💪
i am truly transformed.....people have been accusing me for years, good to know there were, and will be more like me.
I wonder how this man would feel about “high thoughts” of today
what is this "high thoughts" you speak of?
weed?
Yes. Go out and live!
I learned many things from this Thank you.
"Stay in the present, stay in reality"👍
This is gold !
Thanks for sharing this information have a fantastic day ❤
Every point made here is perfect. However, from my perspective you first must remove the blindfold that we all wear. Basically we are all creatures who have been programmed from the moment of conception to the present moment. We are PavlovIan creatures who make choices based upon past events. This means we have no “free” choice because the programming is doing the choosing for us. And, what we choose follows a repeat pattern. The real trick is to find a way to deprogram yourself in order to make a truly free choice. In order to accomplish this you must “own” the information by connecting the dots from the past with the present. I have done this in three areas of my life and it has worked wonders. I am in a position to follow and use the information provided in this video. Breaking from the past gives one that opportunity. Lose the blindfold. I wish everyone well.
I was hesitant on going to Germany even though I really wanted to, I was scared of meeting friends I made online who live in Germany but after watching this video I am def going now with in the next 3 or 4 months.
Marcus Aurelius, was a great king, said, We have to be productive and wake up early.
Millennials: But,...I'm a night owl....... It's in my nature. The world has to adapt to me.
The content is very appreciated 🤍 the bantering tone of your recitation absolutely detracted.
Thank you a lot, your words made me cry.
Like my dad always said. Why torture yourself to things that might or might not happen.
Live in the now, and put all your energy into it.
Never give up, if you give up humanity will slowly decline one instance at a time.
18:25 -> I like meditation being mentioned as an spiritual exercise also i heard a little while ago that meditation is preparation for death, which i like to hear at the very end of the video that socrates said that "philosophy is all about dying" (18:55)
One of the best videos on the Internet.