Stoic Coffee Break

188 - Do What You Can

May 24, 2021

Learn about the art of improvising and making the best of your circumstances using examples from Jason Bourne and professional poker players. Embrace what you have and work with it, focusing on personal characteristics and accepting challenges. Take action instead of wishing for change and address difficult situations with strategies.

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Embrace and appreciate what you have instead of wishing for things to be different.

Focus on what you can do in a situation rather than wishing for things to change.

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Embracing What You Have

The episode discusses the importance of embracing the things we have and accepting them as they are. The host gives examples of how embracing what you have can lead to positive experiences and outcomes. For instance, the host shares his experience of embracing his shaved head and enjoying the perks that come along with it, such as collecting hats and the reactions he gets at Blacklight parties. He also mentions a friend who embraced her prosthetic leg and adorned it with LEDs, finding ways to have fun and not let it hold her back. The key message is to stop wishing things were different and instead appreciate and make the best of what you have.

Introduction

2min

Doing What You Can with What You Have

2min

Embracing What We Have and Working With It

3min

Taking Action Instead of Wishing for Change

2min

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”— Theodore RooseveltWhen you find yourself in a challenging situation, how much time do you spend wishing things were different than they are? Do you get stuck in thinking how it’s not fair? What if instead of wanting to things to be other than what they are, we worked with what we have? What kind of change could you have in your life and in the lives of others if you instead focused on what you could do? How much time and frustration would you save yourself?Today I want to talk about how taking action, even if it’s just a small one, can help get you on the path of moving through challenges.

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