Your Saturday Stoic Review — Week of October 3 - 9

​ ​ PASSAGE OF THE WEEK: It's these choices that add up to make you, you. You are the sum of one small choice stacked upon one small choice stacked upon one small choice, ad infinitum. If your life were a painting, these choices would be the brushstrokes that compose it. In other words, your life is defined by your choices, by your discipline. Which is why, as we have said recently, discipline is destiny. — You Struggle With This Everyday (Listen) YOUTUBE TAKEAWAY OF THE WEEK: In one of the most watched videos on the Daily Stoic YouTube Channel this week, Ryan Holiday shares some Stoic strategies for improving your mental health and your mental wealth. He talks about things like taking walks, living with virtue, being present, asking for help, and not suffering imagined troubles: "We suffer more in imagination than in reality…Most of the things that we're anxious about, that we torture ourselves about, that we dread, that we catastrophize in our head—they never actually end up happening. Sure, bad stuff does happen in life, but our nightmares are usually worse than reality. Don't suffer unnecessarily. Don't borrow suffering from the future." Watch the full video: What Stoicism Can Teach Us About Mental Health​ PODCAST TAKEAWAY OF THE WEEK: ​ In one of the most listened to episodes of the Daily Stoic podcast this week, Ryan Holiday talked to Robert McKee, a teacher and mentor to screenwriters, novelists, playwrights, poets, documentary makers, producers, and directors around the world. The two talked about Robert's latest book Action: The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page, and Game, the elements of a good story, winning the battle for attention, and why Robert's lectures and seminars are without flash and frills: "If you need frills, you really have to question whether the content of what you have to say is really worth it. Why do you need all this performance and spectacle? What's coming out of your mouth should be captivating to people. If it isn't, all the spectacle in the world isn't going to help." Listen to the full episode: Robert McKee on the Power of Storytelling​ WHAT RYAN HOLIDAY IS READING: "In life and business, the person with the fewest blind spots wins. Removing blind spots means we see, interact with, and move closer to understanding reality." — Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts by Shane Parrish YOUR STOIC WEEKEND REMINDER: It's OK to cry. When Marcus' tutor died, he cried uncontrollably. He wouldn't allow anyone to try to calm him down or remind him of the need for a prince to maintain his composure. "Neither philosophy nor empire," Marcus's stepfather Antoninus said, "takes away natural feeling." The same goes for you. No matter how much philosophy you've read. No matter how much older you've gotten or how important your position or how many eyes are on you. It's OK to cry. You're only human. It's okay to act like one. (For more on this idea, watch this video!) THIS WEEK'S BEST SOCIAL MEDIA POST: ​ EMAIL OF THE WEEK: ​If You Want To Be Powerful (Listen) Today's email is sponsored by LMNT, the maker of electrolyte drink mixes that help you stay active at home, work, the gym, or anywhere else. Everyone needs electrolytes, whether it's athletes, for a diabetic or ketogenic diet, or just people trying to stay healthy. LMNT's electrolytes are key for relieving hunger, cramps, headaches, tiredness, and dizziness. We really like the combination of effective nutrition with tasty flavors (the mango chili is great!). LMNT is offering Daily Stoic subscribers a FREE LMNT Sample Pack with any purchase. Your Sample Pack includes 8 packets of LMNT (2 citrus, 2 raspberry, 2 orange and 2 raw unflavored). To claim this exclusive deal you must go to drinkLMNT.com/dailystoic. Give LMNT a try today.​ ​ ​ ​Unsubscribe | Update your profile | 906 Main Street #274, Bastrop, Texas 78602 ​info@dailystoic.com is not a monitored email