The Daily Stoic This Is What You Must Be Chasing | Marks Of The Good Life
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Oct 20, 2025 Wisdom is more than just being smart or creative; it requires cultivation and application. Historical examples illustrate how wisdom can shape our lives. The importance of virtue is highlighted as a source of meaning, with Stoic principles guiding us toward a meaningful existence. Ryan discusses practical responsibilities, like protecting loved ones, and the idea that true life's meaning is found in our actions. The cardinal virtues are presented as essential for a fulfilling life, inspiring listeners to reflect on their own moral journeys.
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Wisdom Is More Than Smarts
- Wisdom combines knowledge, intelligence, creativity, humility, patience, curiosity, and empathy into a deeper capacity to see further and go deeper.
- Ryan Holiday argues wisdom is distinct from intelligence and must be cultivated through study and practice.
Actively Cultivate Wisdom
- Cultivate wisdom through teaching, formal study, wide reading, and confronting painful experiences.
- Reflect and process those experiences slowly to transform them into usable wisdom you can share.
Life Insurance As Responsibility
- Ryan describes thinking about life insurance and wanting his family taken care of if anything happens to him.
- He shares his wife's joke and his practical concern as a personal example of responsibility.
