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"It's an exercise from Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus, who were both parents. They say, as you tuck your child into bed at night, say to yourself, 'they will not survive to the morning.' Imagining your child's mortality…it's torturous. It's the most painful thing in the world. It's conceiving of the inconceivable. It's the most awful thing you could do. And yet, why did they do it? It wasn't to create distance between them and their kids. It wasn't to not be connected or loving to their kids. It wasn't to write them off. On the contrary, it's about actually being there. It's about thinking, you don't know how many more of these you get. The Netflix or the email or the book you wanted to read—none of that matters more than this moment you have together right now."
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In a recent episode of the Daily Stoic podcast, Ryan Holiday is joined again by Rick Rubin. In part two of their interview, Ryan and Rick talked about the role of AI in creating art, why Rick is launching a new podcast, Rick's love of pro wrestling, and being one of a kind,
"If you make a song that sounds like the song that just played on the radio—yes, that's the current sound…but why bother making what's already out there? I remember at one point an A&R person telling me they were all excited because they found someone who was going to be the 'new Prince.' We don't need the new Prince, we have Prince. The 'new Prince' isn't going to be anything like Prince…Prince's music is very particular to him—that's part of what makes it great. When it goes through your filter and you find a way to do it in a way no one else does it…that's the kind of art that excites me the most."
"There is a rowdy strain in American life, living close to the surface but running very deep. Like an ape behind a mask, it can display itself suddenly with terrifying effect. It is slack-jawed, with leering eyes and loose wet lips, with heavy feet and ponderous cunning hands; now and then, when something tickles it, it guffaws, and when it is made angry it snarls; and it can be aroused much more easily than it can be quieted…And when it comes lumbering forth it can make the whole country step in time to its own frantic irregular pulse-beat."
"Concentrate every minute on doing what's in front of you with precise and genuine seriousness, tenderly, willingly, with justice."
The less attached we are to outcomes the better. When fulfilling our own standards—when doing the right thing—is what fills us with pride and self-respect, when the effort is enough, we are liberated.
Let that be your mindset today. Focus only on what's immediately in front of you. No strain, no struggle, no worry. Just one simple movement after another with just one goal: your best effort.
(For another Stoic lesson that will make you happier and more productive, watch this video!)
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