Why They Do This

They come from all over the world. They have little in common. And, for some reason, instead of beginning the New Year by making resolutions, they begin by taking on a set of actionable challenges. Some of the challenges are physical. Some are mentally challenging. Some spur them to practically investigate and overcome internal adversities. Others have them take on external adversities out in the real world. Some of the challenges are completed in a single day and others over the course of the year. Every morning, the email arrives in your inbox, and it presents you with an opportunity to prove who is in charge. To do the harder thing. To take on the challenge. To not follow the drift of least resistance. To get in the habit of choosing the more difficult option. This is your last chance to start 2024 with the habit of showing yourself who is in charge. Sign up for the New Year New You Challenge TODAY!✉️ 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 Día Stoico. Cada viernes nos traemos una meditación inspirada por los antiguos estoicos, algo que os ayude a cumplir con esas cuatro virtudes estoicas de coraje, justicia, temperance y sabiduría. Y aquí en la semana pasada, nos sumamos a un profundismo en esos mismos temas. Intervemos a filósofos estoicos, exploramos a largo plazo cómo estas ideas estoicas pueden ser aplicadas a nuestras vidas y a los retos y problemas de nuestro tiempo. Aquí en la semana, cuando tenéis un poco más de espacio, cuando las cosas se han detenido, asegurados de tomarte un tiempo para pensar, para ir a caminar, para sentarte con tu diario

• 0:49Ryan Holiday?

  y, lo más importante, para prepararos para lo que puede traer la semana que viene.

• 0:56Ryan Holiday?

  ¿Por qué hacen esto? Vienen de todo el mundo, tienen poco en común y, por alguna razón, en lugar de comenzar el año nuevo haciendo resoluciones vagas, empiezan tomando a cabo un conjunto de retos actionables. Algunos de los retos son físicos, otros son mentalmente desafiadores, algunos los impulsan a investigar y a superar las adversidades internas, otros los hacen tomar adversidades externas en el mundo real. Algunos de los retos se cumplen en un solo día y otros durante el curso del año. Pero en cada caso, estos retos presentan una elección entre, como hemos dicho, hacer lo menos difícil o lo más difícil. Estas personas eligen el otro, el partido más duro, como dice Epictetus. Pero, ¿por qué lo hacen a sí mismos?

• 1:40Ryan Holiday?

  Bueno, es porque saben que lo que Seneca dijo es verdad, que las únicas personas a que pena son aquellos que no han experimentado dificultad porque no saben lo que son capaces de hacer. Lo que estoy hablando es de las miles de estoicos de los últimos cinco años. All over the world have come together and joined us in the Daily Stoic New Year New Year Challenge, 21 actionable challenges presented one per day, built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy. I'll give you some testimonials. A guy named Eric said it was the best investment he'd made for himself the last year. Daniel said that the challenge is awesome and he really loved the interaction with the group. It was the overwhelming support that he said was amazing. Mark said that he loved the fact that the daily challenges engage not only your mind, but your body and spirit.

• 2:22Ryan Holiday?

  Jessica said she loved the course. She was going to be sad when it ended. She said, me, Ryan was doing an amazing job. So thanks, Jessica. She's glad it was worth the money, as she said. And Sean says he still has the challenge hanging on his fridge. It's a daily reminder of simple, relevant tasks to help keep this alive in his life. Shannon said she loves the challenge, picks her question every move she makes. And Mary said that she kicked off an avalanche of change through the Daily Stoic Challenge. It was a unique experience and she said it saved her a ton of money that would have gone to a shrink. So I love that. And look, that's the idea. Every morning for the first 21 days of the year, this email arrives in your inbox. It presents you an opportunity to prove who's in charge, to do the harder thing, to take on the challenge, to not follow the path

• 3:04Ryan Holiday?

  of least resistance, and to get in the habit of choosing the more difficult option. I love that. It's why I do the Daily Stoic Challenge every year, and I'd love you to join us. There's just a couple days left to sign up. You can start 2024 with the habit of showing yourself who's in charge. You can do that by signing up right now for the Daily Stoic New Year, New Year Challenge at dailystoic.com/challenge. I'll see you in there, folks.