Break Out and Break Free

We live in the freest time in the freest places in the history of the world. Yet many of us feel far from free. We are slaves to vices and devices, to our schedules and our poor self-talk. We’re reactive. We look at the world through the lens of other people’s vision for success, often in things we have no interest in. We are chained down in a prison of our own making and it’s high time for us to break out, to break free. But how? The answer comes from Marcus Aurelius and the fact that it came from such a busy man with so many obligations and responsibilities should not be forgotten:If you seek tranquillity, do less. Or (more accurately) do what’s essential – what the logos of a social being requires, and in the requisite way. Which brings a double satisfaction: to do less, better. Because most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you‘ll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary?’This, Marcus said, was the simple recipe for improvement, for happiness, for freedom. Simple, but of course, not easy. Which is why we’ve set up an awesome, transformative 21-day challenge to help you do less and do it better. The Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge will help you earn freedom from:-Minor decisions-Inner turmoil-Bad habits-Wasting time-Complaining-Distraction-Grudges-Smartphone addictionWe’re going to break down your days and rebuild them for freedom. To maximize your impact and bring you closer to living your best life.“The challenge is the best investment I’ve made for myself so far this year.”- Eric Hokanson. Past participant. Participants will get:✓ 21 Custom Challenges Delivered Daily (Over 25,000 words of all new original content)✓ 21 Custom Video Messages From Bestselling Author Ryan Holiday✓ Printable 21-Day Calendar With custom daily illustrations to track progress✓ Group Slack Channel For Accountability and Community✓ Day 21 Wrap-Up Live Webinar With Bestselling Author Ryan HolidaySo much of what we think we must do, so much of what we end up doing is not essential. We do it out of habit. We do it out of guilt. We do it out of laziness or we do it out of greedy ambition. And then we wonder why our performance suffers. We wonder why our heart isn’t really in it. If you could do less inessential stuff, you’d be able to better do what is essential. The Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge will help you rip off the chains of obligation to things that are inessential and bring a sense of tranquility and purpose to your life. You’ll get a taste of that tranquillity that Marcus was talking about. A double satisfaction.[Learn More Here]See 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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• 0:06Ryan Holiday?

  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. Break out and break free. We live in the freest time in the freest places in the history of the world, yet many of us feel far from free. We are slaves, devices, and devices to our schedules and poor self-talk. We're reactive. We look at the world through

• 0:46Ryan Holiday?

  the lens of other people's visions for success, often in things we have no interest in. We are chained down in a prison of our own making, and it's time for us to break out and break free. But how? The answer comes from Marcus Aurelius, and the fact that it came from such a busy man with so many obligations should not be taken lightly. He said, "If you seek tranquility, do less, or more accurately, do what is essential, what the logos of a social being requires, and in the requisite way," which brings a double satisfaction: to do less, better. Because most of what we say and do is not essential, and if you can eliminate it, you'll have more time and more tranquility. "Ask yourself," at every moment,

• 1:31Ryan Holiday?

  he says, "is this necessary?" This, according to Marcus Aurelius, was a simple recipe for improvement, for happiness, for freedom. It's simple, but it's not easy, which is why we've set up this awesome transformative 21-day challenge to help you do less and to do it better. The Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge will help you earn freedom from pesky minor decisions, inner turmoil, bad habits, wasting time, from complaining, from distraction, from petty grudges, and of course, from smartphone addiction. We are going to break down your days and rebuild them for freedom to help maximize your impact and bring you closer to living your best life.

• 2:13Ryan Holiday?

  This challenge officially begins on July 8th, 2019, which means you must sign up before July 7th, 11:59 PM, or you cannot participate. So much of what we think we must do, so much of what we end up doing is not essential. We do it out of habit. We do it out of guilt. We do it out of laziness, and we do it out of greed. And then we wonder why our performance suffers. We wonder why our heart isn't really in it. If you could do less inessential stuff, you'd be better able to do what's essential. And the Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge will help you rip off the chains of obligation to things that are inessential and bring you more tranquility and purpose in your life. You'll not only get that tranquility,

• 2:56Ryan Holiday?

  but you'll get the double satisfaction of doing less better. So sign up now at dailystoic.com/challenge. Again, there's only a few more days to do this, so sign up now. You won't regret it. I'll be doing it there alongside you, alongside thousands of other Stoics from all over the world, and we will all be breaking free together, and it's gonna be awesome. dailystoic.com/challenge.