Could You Do This? | Do Your Job
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What are the four key Stoic virtues discussed in the podcast?
Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, designed to help bring those four key Stoic virtues, courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom into the real world. Hey there, just a heads up. I'm gonna be on tour this fall. You can see me in Australia, in New Zealand, in October, in August. I'm mixing my months up here, but in August, you can see me in Chicago, in Minneapolis, in Detroit. Then I'll be on the East Coast sometime in November and December. Anyways, grab tickets to that, dailystoiclive.com. Hope to see you there. Could you do this? Nobody likes to do it. Nobody likes to wait. Nobody likes to have to defer. Nobody likes to be overlooked or taken for granted or yoked to somebody else. It's been said that the most difficult instrument in the orchestra is second fiddle.
Can you imagine being Marcus Aurelius? He was chosen to succeed Hadrian... But first, he had to learn under Antoninus. Except that Antoninus lives for another two decades. Think of the patience, the humility, the self-control, the endurance. It's frustrating to have to wait for six months, let alone six years. And nearly 36% of Marcus's life was spent waiting for Antoninus to retire or pass away. But not only does Marcus Aurelius put up with this, he uses it. He understood that power and responsibility were heavy things, that it was actually a gift to delay them. It was time with family, time to be normal. He understood that it was a complex job he was taking over and that every minute of prior experience was a benefit, that every lesson was priceless.
Life is going to ask you to wait sometimes. There will be people ahead of you. There will be things you have to learn. You're going to have to play second fiddle. And to be able to do this will require all of the stoic virtues. It will take wisdom to see that waiting is not wasted. It will take courage not to quit or complain. It will take justice to keep giving your best, even when the spotlight belongs to someone else. It will take discipline to hold your ego in check, to resist resentment, to keep showing up. That's the question then. Could you do that? Could you wait without becoming bitter? Could you serve without being seen? Could you prepare without knowing exactly when your moment will come? You know, when I was working on the Stoic Virtue series, I thought it'd be like a four-year series.
Why is waiting considered a necessary part of life?
Instead, it was like a six-plus-year series. Stuff takes what it takes, and you got to learn how to be patient. And patience and waiting, as I said, requires all those virtues, courage, discipline, justice, wisdom. If you want to grab a signed copy of the box set, you can. I will link to that in today's show notes. I hope you check it out.
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How did Marcus Aurelius exemplify patience and humility?
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Chapters
6 chapters
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What are the four key Stoic virtues discussed in the podcast?
0:00β2:32
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Why is waiting considered a necessary part of life?
2:32β3:24
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How did Marcus Aurelius exemplify patience and humility?
3:24β7:20
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What role does wisdom play in understanding waiting?
7:20β8:01
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How can courage help us in challenging situations?
8:01β8:39
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What does it mean to serve without being seen?
8:39β10:23
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