Every parent has witnessed the power of this kind of empathetic slight of hand. Whether your kid was throwing a tantrum about cereal or crying from a skinned knee, distraction is a wonderful medicine. I love that story so much i built the whole second third of the new book, discipline is destiny,. The stoics believe that we're all born to fulfil a great destiny. And while not everyone's destiny is the same, everyone's destiny has to be achieved with self discipline and self control.