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How to develop discipline: A conversation with Ryan Holiday

The Colin and Samir Show

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Are You Going to Say Something or Don't?

Stoicism is about accepting that certain things are out of your control, like not giving them the time of the day. I read quite a bit of it as there was a point in my life where I developed an incredible fear of flyingout of nowhere. That's kind of when Stoicism started to hit me because that's the ultimate like you are not in control up there. You're making a decision to be in that plane but you're not in control. And philosophy isn't this abstract theoretical thing,. But the best philosophy is like, let me walk you through why you're not meant to stay under the covers and be warm all day.

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