It’s Time To Change

You could argue that Meditations is Marcus Aurelius’ daily philosophical battle with himself to overcome this natural fear of change, to avoid getting trapped in a velvet rut, to not get complacent. Even into old age, Marcus was talking to himself firmly, pushing himself to do better, to not try to stay the same as he always was. It’s why he was famously seen leaving the palace as an old man, trying to learn, as he said, “that which I do not yet know.”They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different outcomes. There's nothing more disheartening than a person who refuses to grow, turn a new leaf, or take a leap of faith into the unknown. Here we are at the end of one year and the beginning of another. Are you going to go in 2024 trying to cling to who you were? Even though it’s stopped working, just because it’s comfortable? Why not start 2024 by actually taking the steps to create a better life? To actively step toward being the person you know you can be? That’s why we created the 2024 New Year New You Challenge. It’s a set of 21 actionable challenges—presented one per day—built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy. Our goal is to help you make 2024 your best year yet.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail🏛 Check out the Daily Stoic Store for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.📱 Follow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, FacebookSee 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?

  Bienvenidos a la edición de la semana de la每日 Stoic. Cada viernes, te traemos una meditación inspirada por los antiguos estoicos, algo que te ayude a cumplir con esas cuatro virtudes estoicas de coraje, justicia, temperance y sabiduría. Y aquí en la semana, nos enteramos de los temas mismos. Intervemos a filósofos estoicos, exploramos a largo plazo cómo estas ideas estoicas pueden ser aplicadas a nuestras vidas y a los problemas desafiantes de nuestro tiempo. Aquí en la semana, cuando tienes un poco más de espacio, cuando las cosas se aceleran, asegúrate de tomarte un tiempo para pensar, para ir a caminar, para sentarte con tu diario

• 0:49Ryan Holiday?

  y, lo más importante, para prepararte para lo que puede traer la semana de adelante.

• 0:57Ryan Holiday?

  Es hora de cambiar. Hemos estado así durante un tiempo, hemos estado en este camino durante bastante tiempo. Nos hemos acostumbrado a nuestras rutinas, nos hemos vuelto cómodos. Esto es natural, es lo que los humanos, en realidad todos los sistemas, tienden hacia. Homeostasis, plateau, complacencia. Tiene sentido, pero también es terriblemente, terriblemente triste. Porque es un corto viaje de levantarse a luchar contra el cambio, tratando de mantener todo igual. Cuando en profundidad sabemos que el desafío y la alteración son cómo crecemos y mejoramos. ¿Frenado por el cambio? Preguntó Marcus Aurelius a sí mismo.

• 1:39Ryan Holiday?

  Pero, ¿qué puede existir sin él? ¿Qué está más cerca de la corazón de la naturaleza? ¿Puede haber un proceso vital que se produzca sin que algo sea cambiado? ¿No puedes ver, dijo, que es solo lo mismo contigo y es igual de vital? Se podría argumentar que la meditación es la lucha filosófica diaria de Marcus Aurelius con sí mismo para superar este miedo natural al cambio, para evitar quedarse atrapado en una granja. Fue él diciéndose a sí mismo de no complacerse. Y incluso en la edad de la vieja, Marcus estaba hablando firmemente con sí mismo, empujándose a sí mismo para hacerlo mejor, para tratar de no quedarse el mismo que siempre fue. Por eso fue famoso verlo salir del palacio como un anciano tratando de aprender, como dijo, "Eso que aún no sé."

• 2:24Ryan Holiday?

  They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different outcomes. There's nothing more disheartening than a person who refuses to grow, to turn over a new leaf, or take a leap of faith into the unknown. And here we are at the end of one year and the beginning of another. Are you going to go into 2024 trying to cling to who you were, even though it stopped working just because it was comfortable? Why not start 2024 by actually taking the steps to create a better life, to actively step towards being the person you know that you can be? And this is what we had in mind as we were creating the 2024 New Year, New You

• 3:07Ryan Holiday?

  Challenge. The idea, as I was sitting there with the team trying to come up with these Stoic-inspired challenges, was to set me up, to set them up, to set you up, so that whatever happens in 2024 and beyond, you can say, "This is precisely what I trained for." And that's what we have been training for, right? For the last five years, thousands and thousands of Stoics all over the world have joined me in the New Year, New You Challenge that we do here at Daily Stoic. We started it way back before COVID-19 was a thing, before the world was as crazy as it is right now. And the idea was like, how do we set it up so the first three weeks of the year, 21 consecutive challenges, one per day, built

• 3:52Ryan Holiday?

  around the best in Stoic wisdom, could set us up so we could make better decisions next year, so we could be tougher for next year, so we could have plans for the next year, we could have better habits, we could just be who we want to be in the year. And so as we sit here on the eve of this new year, which is going to be here before you know it, think about the downsides of not taking control of your life. Think about what it would cost you to not live up to your potential next year, about not changing your ways. Think about all the things that are out there that you are not prepared for, and what just a little investment, a little effort towards rectifying that. Could bring you. Don't let it happen. Run some war games. Seek out some challenges. Have some fun with me and fellow Stoics. Keep growing. Don't stay the same. Don't betray

• 4:35Ryan Holiday?

  your potential. Demand more of yourself in 2024. And one of the ways you can do that is by joining me in the Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge. And you can head over to dailystoic.com/challenge. And remember, if you sign up for Daily Stoic Life now at dailystoiclife.com, you get this challenge, plus all the other challenges we're going to do in the year, plus all our old ones, plus a bunch of other awesome stuff. You get that totally for free. So I'll see you soon. We're going to start on January 1st. So sign up now. Grab your spot. dailystoic.com/challenge.

• 5:15Ryan Holiday?

  Thanks so much for listening. If you could rate this podcast and leave a review on iTunes, that would mean so much to us and it would really help the show. We appreciate it. And I'll see you next episode.