Best theinnerstrategy #leadershstoicism Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 171 – Use Your Time Well 3:46

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Meta Description: Life isn’t short—wasted time makes it feel that way. Scott Smith breaks down Seneca’s call to use your minutes with intention and take back your days. 🎙️ Episode Summary “Life is long if you know how to use it.” — Seneca People say life is s…

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Ep 170 – Live Your Philosophy 3:30

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Meta Description: Talk is cheap. Scott Smith explores Epictetus’s challenge to live your philosophy so clearly that it’s visible without explanation. 🎙️ Episode Summary “Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.” — Epictetus Most people talk about their value…

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Ep 169 – Think For Yourself 5:53

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Meta Description: Popularity is not wisdom. Scott Smith unpacks Marcus Aurelius’s warning about following the crowd and shows how real leaders choose accuracy over applause. 🎙️ Episode Summary “The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know any…

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Ep 168 – Ignore the Noise 3:20

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Meta Description: Noise is the enemy of clarity. Scott Smith explores Seneca’s advice to ignore the crowd and build the stillness needed for strong decisions and focused leadership. 🎙️ Episode Summary “Be deaf to the noise of the crowd.” — Seneca The world is…

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Ep 167 – Leave It With Them 2:14

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Meta Description: Most of what weighs you down isn’t yours. Scott Smith breaks down Epictetus’s reminder to stop carrying other people’s opinions, emotions, and expectations—and reclaim your mental freedom. 🎙️ Episode Summary “Other people’s views and trouble…

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Ep 166 – The Power of Attention 5:51

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Meta Description: Attention is destiny. Scott Smith ties together lessons from Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus to show how focus shapes both thought and character. 🎙️ Episode Summary “The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.” — Marcus Aure…

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Ep 165 – The Prison of Comparison 6:13

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Meta Description: Comparison kills concentration. Scott Smith reveals how Marcus Aurelius’s warning against speculation helps leaders reclaim attention and peace. 🎙️ Episode Summary “Do not waste what remains of your life in speculating about your neighbors.”…

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Ep 164 – One Step at a Time 4:31

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Meta Description: Big goals often crush focus. Scott Smith shares how Marcus Aurelius and Seneca taught leaders to shrink the frame—finding power in the next step, not the entire climb. 🎙️ Episode Summary “Don’t let your reflection on the whole sweep of life …

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Ep 163 – Identity Before Action 4:24

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Meta Description: Before you decide what to do, decide who you are. Scott Smith explores how Epictetus reframed focus as identity in motion—action that flows from conviction. 🎙️ Episode Summary “First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you ha…

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Ep 162 – The Discipline of Doing 4:48

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Meta Description: Focus is a form of strength. Scott Smith unpacks Marcus Aurelius’s reminder that presence—not pressure—is what defines disciplined leadership. 🎙️ Episode Summary “Concentrate every minute like a Roman—on doing what’s in front of you with pre…

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Ep 161 – The Republic Within 3:18

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Meta Description: Liberty begins in the soul. Scott Smith reflects on how Zeno and George Washington saw self-mastery as the true foundation of a free society — and why every leader must first govern themselves. 🎙️ Episode Summary “Man conquers the world by c…

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Ep 160 – The Burden of Power 5:18

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Meta Description: Power tests character. Scott Smith examines how Marcus Aurelius and the Founders both saw leadership as a moral weight — a call to self-awareness, restraint, and wisdom in action. 🎙️ Episode Summary “The greater the power, the more binding t…

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Ep 159 – Courage and Conscience 3:36

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Freedom always carries a cost. Scott Smith explores how Seneca and George Washington both understood liberty as a test of conscience — a demand for virtue over comfort and discipline over ease. 🎙️ Episode Summary “Freedom can’t be bought for nothing. If you h…

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Ep 158 – Guardians of Our Own Mind 3:21

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Meta Description: Freedom fades when vigilance fails. Scott Smith explores how Epictetus, Archibald MacLeish, and the Founding Fathers remind us that liberty’s first battlefield is the mind—and that self-command is the highest form of freedom. 🎙️ Episode Summ…

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Ep 157 – The Price of Liberty 5:02

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Meta Description: True liberty isn’t granted—it’s grown. Scott Smith explores how Washington and Marcus Aurelius both saw freedom not as rebellion, but as self-rule. When you master your will, no tyrant can master you. 🎙️ Episode Summary “Liberty, when it beg…

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Ep 156 – Freedom through Acceptance: The Hymn of the Stoic Soul 4:05

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Ep 156 – Freedom through Acceptance: The Hymn of the Stoic Soul Meta Description: Acceptance is not surrender—it’s liberation. Scott Smith explores Cleanthes’ ancient hymn to Zeus and the Stoic idea that peace with destiny creates true freedom. 🎙️ Episode Sum…

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Ep 155 – Freedom from Fear: The Stoic’s Quiet Strength 2:23

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Ep 155 – Freedom from Fear: The Stoic’s Quiet Strength Meta Description: Fear is the enemy of freedom. Scott Smith explores how Stoic courage turns uncertainty into calm strength and reveals why fearless leaders lead freer lives. 🎙️ Episode Summary “If you wi…

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Ep 154 – The Courage to Stand Alone: Conscience and the Cost of Liberty 2:41

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Ep 154 – The Courage to Stand Alone: Conscience and the Cost of Liberty Meta Description: True liberty requires courage—the courage to stand alone when conscience calls. Scott Smith reflects on Gandhi’s and the Stoics’ lessons on moral independence and inne…

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Ep 153 – Liberty of the Mind: The Stoic Art of Inner Freedom 2:41

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Ep 153 – Liberty of the Mind: The Stoic Art of Inner Freedom Meta Description: Discover how Stoic leaders protect their peace through inner liberty. Scott Smith explores Epictetus’ wisdom on mental freedom and self-governance in leadership. 🎙️ Episode Summa…

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Ep 152 – The Discipline of Freedom: A Stoic View of Liberty and Leadership 2:55

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Discover why Stoic leaders believe discipline is freedom. Scott Smith explores liberty through restraint, character, and moral self-mastery. 🎙️ Episode Summary “None are more enslaved than those who think they are free.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Freedom i…

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Ep 151 – The Strength to Begin Again: The Stoic Reset 4:31

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎙️ Episode Summary Musonius Rufus wrote, “Practice in enduring hardships hardens us to them.” Falling behind isn’t failure—it’s practice. In this episode, Scott Smith shares how to turn setbacks into strength through the Stoic art of beginning again. Learn ho…

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Ep 150 – Define the Win You Can Live With 4:09

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎙️ Episode Summary Seneca said, “No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity.” Why? Because progress demands proof—and proof lives in action. In this episode, Scott Smith unpacks why defining a clear, controllable win each day is the foundation o…

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Ep 149 – The Long Game Is Today’s Work: Stoic Consistency 3:09

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎙️ Episode Summary Seneca reminds us, “It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it.” The long game isn’t about patience—it’s about consistency. In this episode, Scott Smith reframes success through the Stoic lens of daily discipl…

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Ep 148 – Control What You Can: The Stoic’s Path to Clarity 3:12

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎙️ Episode Summary Epictetus taught, “Some things are up to us, and some are not.” It’s one of the simplest—and hardest—truths in leadership. In this episode, Scott Smith breaks down the three circles of Stoic control: what you can Control, what you can Influ…

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Ep 147 – Stillness in Leadership: The Power of Calm Before Action 3:27

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎙️ Episode Summary Marcus Aurelius wrote, “The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” Stillness is not a retreat—it’s a weapon. In this episode, Scott Smith explores how true leaders use calm reflection to create clarity before they move. When the…

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Ep 146 – Discipline Is Freedom: The Stoic Edge 23:08

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎙️ Episode Summary Musonius Rufus taught, “If one accomplishes some good thing with labor, the labor passes, but the good remains.” Discipline isn’t about restriction—it’s about liberation. In this extended reflection, Scott Smith explores how discipline beco…

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Ep 145 – Adapt Without Losing Yourself 2:56

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎙️ Episode Summary Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism, wrote: “Well-being is realized by small steps, but it is truly no small thing.” Change is constant—but who you are doesn’t have to be. In this episode, Scott unpacks the Stoic balance between adaptat…

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Ep 144 – Virtue in the Real World: Leadership and Integrity 3:10

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎙️ Episode Summary Seneca said, “If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.” Direction matters more than speed. In this reflection, Scott explores what it means to lead with virtue in a world obsessed with velocity. Wisdom, coura…

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Ep 143 – Stillness Before Strategy: Leading from Inner Peace 2:47

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎙️ Episode Summary Epictetus wrote, “No great thing is created suddenly.” Stillness is not the absence of movement—it’s the foundation of wise movement. In this episode, Scott explores how stillness creates space for better strategy, deeper focus, and authent…

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Ep 142 – Clarity Amid Chaos: The Stoic’s Guide to Calm Action 5:08

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎙️ Episode Summary Marcus Aurelius once said, “If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.” In leadership, clarity isn’t found by adding more—it’s found by removing what doesn’t align. In a world that rewards speed and noise, the Stoic…

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Ep 141 – Becoming the Constant Amid Change: Virtue-Driven Leadership 2:28

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Marcus Aurelius urged, “Be a good man.” In Stoic leadership, virtue is the ultimate constant in a world of change. When everything else shifts—markets, teams, strategies—your integrity becomes the anchor that steadies others. 🧠 What You’ll Learn Today: How ch…

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Ep 140 – Leading Through Uncertainty: Stoic Calm is Contagious 3:09

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Seneca reminded us, “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” In times of uncertainty, Stoic leadership transforms fear into focus and calm into confidence. Leaders who cultivate stillness become the steady voice their teams trust in chaos. 🧠 Wha…

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Ep 139 – Letting Go to Lead Forward: Stoic Detachment in Action 3:09

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Seneca taught that craving more makes us poor. In Stoic leadership, letting go of what no longer serves—old roles, habits, or attachments—creates space for renewal and clarity. Effective leaders know when to release control so growth can begin. 🧠 What You’ll …

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Ep 138 – Adaptability Is Strength: Stoic Lessons on Flexibility 2:56

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Confucius said, “The green reed bends in the wind.” True leadership adaptability is grounded in Stoic resilience—standing firm in values while shifting with conditions. Flexibility isn’t weakness; it’s wisdom. In modern leadership, adaptability is what transf…

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Ep 137 – Managing Change: The Stoic Leader’s Constant Flow 2:22

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. Heraclitus wrote, “No man ever steps in the same river twice.” Managing change begins with accepting motion. In Stoic leadership, stability doesn’t mean standing still—it means moving with awareness and purpose. 🧠 What You’ll Learn Today: - Why resisting chan…

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Special Sunday Drop – Stand Like a Rock: Principles in a Changing World 5:06

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. It’s been a heavy few weeks. From the Michigan church attack to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the world feels shaken. In times like this, the noise is deafening—opinions, outrage, and division everywhere. Thomas Jefferson once said, “In matters of princi…

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Episode 136 – The Discipline of Presence – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders 4:08

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Episode Summary Marcus Aurelius urged: “Do every act of your life as though it were your last.” Leadership isn’t about someday—it’s about how you show up now. Presence is the discipline that makes every other discipline possible. 🧠 What You’ll Learn Today: …

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Episode 135 – The Price of Comfort – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders 2:47

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Episode Summary Seneca wrote: “It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” Comfort can come at the cost of strength. Leaders who chase ease over growth trade resilience for softness. 🧠 What You’ll Learn Today: Why cravi…

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Episode 134 – Leadership Is Borrowed, Legacy Is Chosen – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders 3:08

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Episode Summary Marcus Aurelius reminded us: “You could leave life right now.” Leadership is temporary—titles don’t last, influence fades. But legacy is chosen. Leaders borrow authority for a time, but what they build with it outlasts them. 🧠 What You’ll Le…

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Episode 133 – The Strength of Restraint – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders 2:45

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Episode Summary Conquering others may win battles, but conquering yourself wins freedom. Restraint is strength—the deal you didn’t force, the anger you didn’t unleash, the words you chose not to speak. Leaders prove their strength not in reaction, but in re…

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Episode 132 – Fortune and Control – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders 2:02

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Episode Summary Epictetus said: “Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.” Leaders waste more energy fearing what might happen than facing what is. True freedom comes from focusing only on what we can con…

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Episode 131 – The Power of Perspective 2:24

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Episode Summary Plutarch observed: “What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” Perspective shapes leadership. Challenges can be threats or teachers—depending on how we see them. Perspective isn’t soft. It’s power. 🧠 What You’ll Learn Today: Why pe…

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Episode 130 – Endurance Over Excitement 3:04

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Episode Summary Cleanthes, an early Stoic, said: “Endure and renounce.” Leadership isn’t built on excitement—it’s built on endurance. Excitement fades. Endurance lasts. And endurance is rare, which makes it valuable. 🧠 What You’ll Learn Today: Why excitemen…

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Episode 129 – The Courage to Be Unpopular – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders 2:23

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Episode Summary Marcus Aurelius reflected: “We love ourselves more than others, but care more about their opinions than our own.” Leadership requires courage—the courage to stand for principle even when it costs approval. 🧠 What You’ll Learn Today: Why lead…

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Episode 128 – Wealth of Time – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders 1:56

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Episode Summary Seneca said: “Nothing is ours, except time.” Money can be made again. Titles come and go. But time is the one wealth we can’t recover. Leaders who guard their time guard their true treasure. 🧠 What You’ll Learn Today: Why time is the only no…

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Episode 127 – The Burden of Tyranny – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders 2:36

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Episode Summary Epictetus taught: “No man is free who is a slave to his fears.” Tyranny doesn’t only come from governments—it comes from within. Fear is the most common tyrant in leadership. True freedom begins where fear ends. 🧠 What You’ll Learn Today: Wh…

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Episode 126 – The Economy of Words – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders 2:44

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Episode Summary Zeno, the founder of Stoicism, said: “Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.” Words carry weight. For leaders, one careless remark can undo months of trust. In a world filled with noise, Stoicism calls us to value silence and spe…

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Episode 125 – Fortune Favors the Prepared – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders 4:21

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Episode Summary Seneca said: “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” Success rarely comes down to chance—it comes from relentless preparation. Opportunities appear for everyone, but only those who are ready can seize them. Don’t chase luc…

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Episode 124 – The Cost of Anger – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders 4:35

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Episode Summary Marcus Aurelius wrote: “The consequences of anger are far more severe than its causes.” Anger feels powerful, but it erodes trust, clouds judgment, and damages leadership far more than the moment that sparked it. Strong leaders don’t deny an…

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Episode 123 – The Anchor of Values – A Daily Insight for Modern Leaders 2:57

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We'd love to hear from you! Click this link to text us feedback or to share your thoughts. 🎧 Episode Summary Markets shift. Strategies evolve. But values anchor leaders when everything else feels unstable. The Stoics held virtue as the only true good—and modern leaders need the same grounding. When values are clear, decisions stay steady no matter …

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