This Will Be Your Undoing… If You Can’t Stop | What’s In Your Way Is the Way

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🗓️ 28 June 2021

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Summary

“There is one thing at the root of the downfall of so many powerful people. There was Xerxes, enraged at the imprudence of the Greeks, whose anger drove him to overreach and underestimate his foe. There was Nixon, ranting and raving about his enemies, authorizing retaliation that he would come to regret, saying things on tape that would drive him from office.”

Ryan explains why anger is what you must get under control, and reads this week’s meditation from The Daily Stoic Journal, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members. You can listen to the Daily Stoic podcast early and add free on Amazon music download the app today
0:12.1	Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast each day. We bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoics
0:19.2	Illustrated with stories from history
0:21.2	Current events and literature to help you be better at what you do and at the beginning of the week
0:26.1	We try to do a deeper dive setting a kind of stoic intention for the week something to meditate on something to think on
0:33.1	Something to leave you with to journal about whatever it is you happen to be doing
0:37.6	So let's get into it
0:41.9	This will be your undoing if you don't stop
0:45.4	There's one thing at the root of the downfall of so many powerful people
0:49.6	There was Xerxes enraged at the imprudence of the Greeks whose anger drove him to overreach and underestimate his foe
0:56.7	There was Nixon ranting and raving about his enemies
1:00.1	authorizing retaliation that he would come to regret saying things on tape that would drive him from office
1:06.4	Even when anger hasn't utterly destroyed a person it still causes them massive problems
1:11.6	Ask Carrie Truman who sent his fair share of angry letters whether he wished he could have grabbed
1:16.7	Many of them back before they were delivered ask Elon Musk who has sent emails and tweets
1:22.9	He wishes he could take back ask Kanye West who lashed out at his wife publicly when she tried to get him help for his mental illness
1:30.8	The stoics knew that what we did out of anger in the rush of passion was almost always the wrong thing
1:37.3	Athena Doris an early stoic who tutored the emperor Augustus gave these parting words to his
1:43.6	Powerful student whenever you feel yourself getting angry Caesar he told them don't say or do anything until you've repeated the
1:52.3	24 letters of the alphabet to yourself
1:54.7	It's a simple rule before you do anything out of anger pause let it sit count go for a run sing that song Mr
2:02.5	Rogers liked go to bed read a book call a friend take a piss
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