Resilience & grit

Podcast

How Taylor Swift and Marcus Aurelius turned setbacks into fuel

The Daily Stoic April 30, 2024

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Resilience & grit 10

Identity & self-belief 6

• Losing her masters pushed Swift to become the biggest pop artist alive
• Stoicism is a daily practice — falling short doesn't mean failing
• Adversity is the condition for full potential, not just an obstacle to survive

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Identity & self-belief

Podcast

How to balance ego with striving across every career stage

The Daily Stoic April 28, 2024

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Identity & self-belief 10

Resilience & grit 7

• Humility is a competitive advantage, not a weakness — at every stage.
• Measuring by an inner scorecard beats chasing external validation.
• Amor fati: failure is an invitation to rebuild, not a verdict on you.

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Identity & self-belief

YouTube

Gary Vaynerchuk on VeeFriends, resilience, and not caring what others think

GaryVee April 24, 2024

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Resilience & grit 7

• YouTube Kids is the new Saturday morning cartoons — win there or lose
• On bad days, the discipline is silence, not motivation
• Not caring what people think started in fifth grade and still takes practice

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Productivity & habits

Podcast

How comfort, abundance, and scarcity brain undermine modern decision-making

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life April 22, 2024

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Productivity & habits 9

Resilience & grit 5

• Your brain is wired to want more even when you already have enough.
• Social media and slot machines exploit the same three-part addictive loop.
• Tracking why you pick up your phone reshapes behaviour without willpower.

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

Amor Fati: love everything that happens

The Daily Stoic April 21, 2024

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• Edison's factory burned, destroying $23M in assets—he smiled and rebuilt within weeks.
• Boxer Jack Johnson faced hatred yet joyfully outmaneuvered opponents with cheerful composure.
• Transform adversity into fuel by choosing gratitude for what you cannot control.

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Resilience & grit

YouTube

Success is built brick by brick, not in a single breakthrough moment

GaryVee April 18, 2024

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Resilience & grit 9

Identity & self-belief 7

• Every 'big moment' is just another brick — not the breakthrough.
• Patience and friendship beat transactional urgency every time.
• Your feed, your negativity: the algorithm is you.

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

Finding happiness in hard times: two pieces of advice that stick

How I Work April 17, 2024

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Identity & self-belief 6

Mental health & wellbeing 5

• You can't wait for life to be easy to decide to be happy.
• 'This too shall pass' applies to good moments too — stay present.
• Failures build compassion; give yourself the break you'd give others.

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Identity & self-belief

YouTube

How to live a happier life: wisdom, self-awareness, and practical optimism

GaryVee April 15, 2024

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Identity & self-belief 9

Resilience & grit 6

• Anger in old age almost always traces back to unlived choices.
• Humility eliminates fear of judgment — and unlocks genuine decisions.
• Practical optimism requires action; manifesting without work is delusion.

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

Using journaling to master impulse control

The Daily Stoic April 15, 2024

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Productivity & habits 6

• Watching your heroes age out is a preview of your own exit.
• Write the angry thing down first — the page absorbs what people cannot.
• Impulse control means processing feelings somewhere other than other people.

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Identity & self-belief

Podcast

Don't be replaced: staying yourself through success

The Daily Stoic April 8, 2024

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Identity & self-belief 9

Resilience & grit 7

• Fame turned Hemingway into a worse version of himself
• Marcus Aurelius fought 'Caesarification' — power corrupting the self
• Epictetus: treat every impression as counterfeit until tested

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Resilience & grit

YouTube

How Cameron Herold recovered from three career burnouts

Cameron Herold April 6, 2024

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Resilience & grit 9

Work-life balance 8

Communication 5

• Scored 435 on a stress test — above 250 means 90% heart attack risk
• Three burnouts share a common cure: physical health and hard work boundaries
• Accepting the to-do list never ends is what finally freed his evenings

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Identity & self-belief

YouTube

Fifteen laws that separate top performers from everyone else

Dan Martell April 6, 2024

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Identity & self-belief 9

Resilience & grit 8

Goal setting 6

• Vague aims cost you 20 years; specific vision cuts that to three.
• Discipline is self-love — without it, wealth implodes from the inside.
• Strategic incompetence beats being the smartest person in the room.

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Resilience & grit

YouTube

Process over outcome: Gary Vaynerchuk on mindset, content, and NIL

GaryVee April 1, 2024

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Resilience & grit 8

Social media 7

Identity & self-belief 6

• Why loving the process more than the win is Gary's edge
• Volume content only works when quality underpins it
• NIL critics who love capitalism are just hypocrites

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Identity & self-belief

YouTube

Seven Habits Dan Martell Used to Rewire His Mind for Success

Dan Martell March 29, 2024

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Identity & self-belief 9

Productivity & habits 8

Resilience & grit 7

• Toxic environments and vices block the brain from absorbing success habits.
• Daily reading, journaling, and JFDI action compound into identity change.
• A thousand-day commitment turns ambitious dreams into inevitable outcomes.

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

Stoicism as daily practice: living philosophy in ordinary moments

The Daily Stoic March 29, 2024

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Identity & self-belief 8

• Socrates taught philosophy by how he lived, not lectured.
• Cato trained indifference to judgment by inviting it daily.
• Resilience in ordinary moments is harder than courage in crisis.

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