Mindset: Resilience & grit
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Resilience & grit
Podcast
Stoic perseverance, lesser-known Stoic texts, and decision-making models
The Daily Stoic
June 22, 2023
- Cato lost but gave everything — that is itself a Stoic victory.
- Musonius Rufus and new papyrus tech may expand the Stoic canon.
- Stoic rulers had options when persecuting Christians — and didn't use them.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Overcoming fear of rejection and self-judgment at VeeCon 2023
GaryVee
June 20, 2023
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
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- Why participation trophies train kids to fear failure
- High standards and self-forgiveness are not contradictory
- Envy of visible success ignores everything you can't see
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Conviction over fakery: building authentic personal brands
GaryVee
June 12, 2023
Identity & self-belief
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Communication
7
Resilience & grit
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- Why 'fake it till you make it' creates habits that destroy you later
- Real brand-building makes sales a byproduct — not a hustle
- Withholding feedback isn't kindness — it's a leadership failure
Resilience & grit
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Treating every day as a bonus: Stoic wisdom on mortality and judgment
The Daily Stoic
June 8, 2023
Resilience & grit
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Productivity & habits
7
Identity & self-belief
5
- Seneca's nightly death meditation turns every morning into a bonus
- Marcus Aurelius lost six children before choosing the disastrous Commodus
- Future generations will judge our blind spots just as we judge the Stoics'
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Facing hard truths: how founders bridge dreamland and reality
Y Combinator
June 7, 2023
Identity & self-belief
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Pivoting
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Resilience & grit
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- Self-deception after a growth stall is the most common way startups die
- You need a specific, articulable reason why you'll succeed where others failed
- Recruiting people who will genuinely disagree with you is the core survival skill
Resilience & grit
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How cultivating wonder builds resilience, creativity, and meaning
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
June 5, 2023
Resilience & grit
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Deep work & focus
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- Wonder is a mixed emotion available even when happiness isn't
- A four-stage cycle — openness, curiosity, absorption, awe — rewires your brain
- Wonder at work drives humility, innovation, and resilience in measurable ways
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Choosing role models and helping others become better
The Daily Stoic
June 5, 2023
Identity & self-belief
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Resilience & grit
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- You can choose whose children you want to be — regardless of lineage.
- A respected mental role model reduces moral error before it happens.
- Responding to betrayal with mercy can make others better, not just you.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Gary Vaynerchuk answers entrepreneurship and life questions from elementary students
GaryVee
June 2, 2023
Resilience & grit
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Motivation
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Founder interviews
5
- Being born with talent means nothing without relentless daily practice.
- Envy is the enemy of happiness — gratitude for what you have wins.
- Try your idea even when everyone around you says it won't work.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Accountability and gratitude as the path to happiness
GaryVee
May 30, 2023
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
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- Blaming others keeps you powerless — accountability is the only lever you control
- Billions lack clean water; most complaints reflect a perspective problem, not a real one
- The odds of being alive at all are 400 trillion to one — act accordingly
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
AI will make soft skills the only real competitive edge
GaryVee
May 28, 2023
Identity & self-belief
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Resilience & grit
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- AI frees humans from routine tasks for more meaningful work.
- "Fake it till you make it" breeds habits that eventually destroy you.
- Empathy and EQ become the only differentiators once AI owns IQ tasks.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Executing advice beats consuming it: Gary Vee on action and mindset
GaryVee
May 25, 2023
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
8
Founder interviews
5
- 99% of advice-listeners never execute — action is what proves anything
- Artificial timelines force bad decisions; let the right move emerge naturally
- Ignoring criticism requires equally ignoring praise — they're the same trap
Resilience & grit
Podcast
How a 109-year-old neighbour embodied stoic wisdom on living well
The Daily Stoic
May 24, 2023
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
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Origin stories
7
- Contentment and purpose matter more than the pursuit of happiness
- You control only which handle you grab on any situation
- Mixing generations deliberately is maintenance, not a nice-to-have
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Transform anxiety into power through avoidance awareness
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
May 22, 2023
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
6
- Avoidance, not anxiety, keeps you stuck — stopping the pattern creates choice.
- Map your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to recognize anxiety before it triggers avoidance.
- Align daily actions with your core values to reduce anxiety and reclaim meaning.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Find a way to use what life hands you
The Daily Stoic
May 18, 2023
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
7
Management
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- AI disruption is a stoic opportunity, not a threat to resist.
- Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations as a grieving parent mid-pandemic.
- The four Cardinal Virtues are inseparable — courage needs wisdom to matter.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
How to live without regret: lessons from 90-year-olds and radical accountability
GaryVee
May 17, 2023
Resilience & grit
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Communication
8
Founder interviews
6
- At 90, people only regret what they never tried.
- Radical accountability means owning your life without self-punishment.
- Kind candor — not harsh, not silent — is the highest-leverage leadership skill.