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Dr. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson on Developing Confidence and Finding Purpose | You Never Know What Someone is Going Through
The Daily Stoic
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on Wednesdays we talk to some
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You never know what someone is going through People are frustrating
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they fall short they fail us They do something that surprises or disappoints you But before you get angry you have to remember everyone is going through something Sometimes people are going through things they don't even know about NBA All-Star Kevin Love began suffering panic attacks several years into his career that severely affected his game
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Mental health is not something that gets talked about a lot in professional sports So
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for a long time love struggled with this private demon alone. It wasn't until he began to share his story publicly That he discovered that other players battled with all sorts of mental health issues Before that it didn't even occur to love that he wasn't alone
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that other players also had issues We all do this our
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natural absorption inclines us to assume that we're the only people to have a good reason to be tired angry Frustrated scared or hardened so we rob ourselves of the empathy of others We close ourselves off from the opportunity to become personally much more empathetic Both of which kevin love experienced when he started to share his struggle Seneca reminds us that a leader should grant pardon but ask for none That they should make excuses for other people because of what they're going through but not themselves Marcus Aurelius tried constantly to put himself in other people's shoes particularly those who sniped at him were made his life more difficult Tried to understand what made them act the way they did because
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he wanted to be able to forgive them Because he wanted to be able to offer them leeway for their failings to be able to make use of their
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strengths where possible And this is all a much better alternative to walking around either beating yourself up because you're the lone loser weakling or head case Or assuming the worst of everyone and granting no forgiveness or tolerance For not being at your level remember everyone is going through something
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They might not even be aware of that just as
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it took you a while to figure out what was troubling you So cut your fellow humans
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some slack grant pardon even if they struggle to do that for you in turn Hey, it's Ryan holiday welcome to another episode Of the daily stoic podcasts. I have been Starting to fool around with the next book. I started about a week and a half ago Laying out all the note cards I was starting to doubt myself.
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