No One Can Trigger You

"There are things that just set you off. There are things that happened to you that you prefer not to think about. There are the things you asked repeatedly for someone to stop. There are the things that decent people are not supposed to do and say. And yet they happen anyway. So you get upset. You get triggered."Find out how you can avoid being triggered on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.***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 @DailyStoic: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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• 0:06Ryan Holiday?

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• 0:29Ryan Holiday?

  No one can trigger you. There are things that set you off. There are things that happen to you that you prefer not to think about. There are things you asked repeatedly for someone to stop. There are things that decent people are not supposed to do and say, and yet, they happen anyway. And you get upset, you get triggered. Although not ideal, it is at least understandable. We should be patient with other people when they are triggered. We should be patient with ourselves when we do. As Marcus said, "What matters when you fall or fail is to revert back to the training you know and to understand your human being." The problem is this extra thing we've started doing these days: blaming other people for triggering us, expecting the world to label every potential

• 1:13Ryan Holiday?

  frustrating thought or idea with a trigger warning. That's not reasonable, right, or fair. The Stoics knew that other people can't trigger us. We can only allow ourselves to be triggered. As Epictetus said, "We are complicit in the offenses we take. Our temper is ours to lose. No one can take it from us, and certainly no one can make us lose it. We have the power. We'll have far more luck and happiness in this life if we spend our time strengthening it than we ever will trying to soften up the world." One is a form of protection that's up to us. The other is a fantasy and a projection. So which will you choose? Thanks for listening to the Daily Stoic Podcast. If you could leave us a review

• 1:57Ryan Holiday?

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