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257 - Face Your Fears

Stoic Coffee Break

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How Stoicism Helps You Take Risks

Many of us give into our fears and decide that rather than pursue our dreams, we do something that's safe. I spend as much time behind the computer as I would have spent running lines or auditioning for musicals if I had just had the courage to follow the path that I really wanted. So how can Stoicism help you get better at taking risks? Well, the Stoics are very big about reminding us of our own mortality. We're all going to die, and that's something that we just have to accept.

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