How Much Longer Are You Going To Wait?

“We all know professional procrastinators. You know, those people who constantly put stuff off. Who always have some new plan in the works to improve their health, their finances, their work, their friendships, their relationships. I’m ready to start eating better, they say… after the holidays. I’m ready to settle down… soon. I’m ready for my next big project… I just have to do something else first.”Ryan explains why you can’t wait to become better, you have to take action now, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast. There’s only 48 hours left to join our New Year, New You Challenge. We created this challenge to help you create a better life, and a new you in 2021. Take control this year. Stop putting it off. Sign up for the challenge at https://dailystoic.com/challenge.***If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better. Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/signupFollow Daily Stoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/dailystoicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailystoicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dailystoicSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. 📢 Share | ⚙️ Manage Subscription

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• 0:04Speaker 00

  Welcome to The Daily Stoic, where each day we read a short passage designed to help you cultivate the strength, insight, wisdom necessary for living the good life. Each one of these passages is based on the 2,000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at DailyStoic.com.

• 0:28Ryan Holiday?

  How much longer are you going to wait? We all know professional procrastinators. You know those people who constantly put stuff off, who always have some new plan in the works to improve their health, their finances, their work, their friendships, their relationship. "I'm ready to start eating better," they say, "after the holidays. "I'm ready to settle down soon. "I'm ready for my next big project. I just have to finish something else first." We know these people because we are these people. Every one of us wants to improve, wants to be better, wants to live better, have better habits, think better. Many of us even know exactly how to do this. We just can't actually bring ourselves to do it.

• 1:11Ryan Holiday?

  To that end, the great Stoic Epictetus has the perfect question for you today. "How much longer are you going to wait to demand the best for yourself, to demand the best of yourself? You know you deserve better. You know you're capable of better. You have plans to do this. You intended to do it, but you haven't done it yet. What's it gonna take? When are you gonna stop talking about philosophy and start embodying it? When are you gonna start fulfilling that potential that's just sitting there?" Well, what about right now? Because it's possible. This year, 2021, we're putting it to you here. Stop putting things off. Don't wait until tomorrow. Don't wait until Monday. Start now. Someone has to take control, and that someone is you. There are just 48 hours left to join

• 1:56Ryan Holiday?

  our New Year, New You Challenge, and we created this because we are all struggling with procrastination, with self-doubt, with bad habits, with a potential that's not fully realized.

• 2:09Ryan Holiday?

  And it's time this year to do something about it. Let's take control and let's stop putting things off. Let's demand the best for ourselves. The Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge is a set of 21 actionable challenges presented one per day, built around the most timeless Stoic wisdom. And our goal is to help you make this year your very best. This year's challenge is all new content guided by thousands of responses to all the times we've done these challenges before. Every year, this year, this one in front of you can be best. You can join people who are doing this as well. Look, some people are going to hire a personal trainer in January, but here you have a chance to get step-by-step instruction and encouragement from Marcus Aurelius, from Seneca, from Epictetus

• 2:52Ryan Holiday?

  to become a new you for a new year and a new decade, one that could help you create a whole new world. You can help stop procrastinating on your dreams, learn new skills, quit harmful vices, make amends, learn from past mistakes, have more hope for the new year, and so much more. These are 21 challenges designed to set up potentially life-altering changes for this year and beyond. And think about it, what would getting rid of one bad habit be worth? What would one new positive element of your routine be worth? What would it be worth to be a more positive person, to become part of a better community? To be connected with people like yourself who are struggling, who are striving, who are trying to get better? Well, here's your chance.

• 3:34Ryan Holiday?

  You get 21 custom challenges, over 30,000 words of content, that's almost a full book, weekly check-in calls with me, daily audio meditation from me, principal 21-day challenge, and a group Slack channel for accountability. And look, don't wait. Marcus says, "You could be good today, instead you choose tomorrow." Let's do this now, let's do it together, I'll be there alongside you. You can sign up at dailystoic.com/challenge. We'd love to have you. We've done this for tens of thousands of people over the years. It's gonna be awesome. It's our most popular thing, but everyone waits, they put it off, and then they regret it. Sign up now, dailystoic.com/challenge. Can't wait to see you, and I'll see you on the other side.