Resilience & grit

Podcast

Robert Greene on six stoic concepts for a more fulfilling life

The Daily Stoic May 16, 2023

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• Neglecting what you control while resisting what you can't is wasteful madness.
• Fear of death operates as hidden anxiety, making you risk-averse without knowing it.
• Judge people by behaviour patterns, not what they say about themselves.

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Resilience & grit

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Practical optimism, merit, and building community in Web3

GaryVee May 14, 2023

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Motivation 8

Community building 6

• Optimism is a practiced choice, not a default personality trait
• Eighth-place trophies removed the feedback loop that builds resilience
• Bear markets are when the real Web3 building and learning happens

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Goal setting

YouTube

Using a vivid vision to set goals and overcome obstacles

Cameron Herold May 10, 2023

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Productivity & habits 6

• Write a 3-year vivid vision before worrying about how to achieve it.
• Expect obstacles — anticipating them strips their power to derail you.
• Fundamentals beat hacks: apply what you know before seeking the next tip.

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Goal setting

Podcast

Napoleon's mind: destiny, genius, and the will to act

Founders May 8, 2023

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Case studies 7

• Sacrifice everything — comfort, happiness, self-interest — to fulfill your destiny
• Luck is the ability to exploit accidents; genius is doing it consistently
• Someone will always pay the full price to win; don't underestimate them

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Identity & self-belief

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Business success does not require sacrifice — if you define it yourself

GaryVee May 2, 2023

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Resilience & grit 7

Motivation 5

• $800K/year is top 1% — no 19-hour days required
• Wanting money too fast is the real source of burnout
• Entrepreneurship is micro-losing; practise failure more

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

Emotional regulation: the Stoic case for training over panic

The Daily Stoic April 30, 2023

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• NASA trained panic out of astronauts through repetition, not willpower
• Feeling an emotion is fine — conflating it with dealing with it is not
• Logic defeats extreme emotions by forcing questions down to root causes

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Resilience & grit

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How stoicism and discipline helped actor Alexander Ludwig get sober

The Daily Stoic April 29, 2023

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Resilience & grit 9

Productivity & habits 8

Identity & self-belief 6

• Recovery is lifelong structure, not a destination—small daily practices prevent relapse
• Discipline redirects destructive energy into creative growth and building better habits
• Stoicism teaches you can't escape feelings by changing locations or circumstances

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Productivity & habits

Podcast

How to build better habits by not wasting your gifts

The Daily Stoic April 25, 2023

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Productivity & habits 9

Deep work & focus 8

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• Seneca and Wilde wasted their gifts by losing self-ownership.
• Reframe delays and setbacks as reps for practicing patience.
• Saying no to the inessential unlocks an emphatic yes to what matters.

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Resilience & grit

YouTube

Five principles for turning an adversarial boss relationship into a partnership

Dr. Grace Lee April 22, 2023

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Identity & self-belief 6

• Your boss rarely intends harm — your interpretation does the damage.
• Self-governance: acting from your values, not external imperatives.
• Repeated negative patterns across jobs signal internal triggers, not bad bosses.

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Identity & self-belief

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Gratitude, forgiveness, and intuition as foundations for happiness

GaryVee April 19, 2023

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Resilience & grit 6

• Gratitude — not money — is the real source of lasting happiness
• Forgiveness unlocks your own growth; it doesn't excuse others
• Gut intuition beats pure logic for spotting big opportunities early

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Identity & self-belief

YouTube

How to prepare yourself for a startup career as a student

Y Combinator April 14, 2023

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Identity & self-belief 8

Resilience & grit 7

Productivity & habits 5

• Learn to code now — coders hold the real power inside startups
• Ship low-stakes projects early to build the founder muscle
• True ambition means patience; startups take 7–10 years

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

How failure, philosophy, and creative restraint shaped Philipp Meyer's fiction

The Daily Stoic April 8, 2023

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Identity & self-belief 6

• Two unpublished novels and 15 years of failure preceded Meyer's first book.
• Success and the 'scene' are more dangerous to creative work than obscurity.
• AI averages human output — original artistic judgment is what it cannot replace.

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Identity & self-belief

YouTube

Practical optimism is a learnable skill, not a fixed trait

GaryVee April 7, 2023

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Resilience & grit 6

• Pessimism and optimism are both self-fulfilling — you find what you seek.
• "Keeping it real" is usually just a label for chronic negativity.
• One person went 80% more optimistic in five years through exposure alone.

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Resilience & grit

YouTube

How to stop over-protecting your kids and let them learn

GaryVee April 7, 2023

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Identity & self-belief 6

• Letting your kid fail — even go into debt — builds real resilience.
• Over-coddling signals you don't believe they can do it.
• Fear of judgment keeps new entrepreneurs isolated and stuck.

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Resilience & grit

YouTube

Accountability over blame: taking control of your outcomes

GaryVee April 6, 2023

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Motivation 6

• Blame culture is engineered — accountability is the antidote
• Dwelling never works; one year of accountability can undo decades
• You have more agency than you think — most obstacles are choices

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