Podcasts about Seneca

If you’ve ever walked around First Hill in Seattle, you might have noticed the Stimson Green Mansion on the corner of Seneca and Minor Avenue. The house is celebrating its 125th year. It used to be home to some of the most influential and first families of Seattle. Guest: Chris Moore - Executive Director of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Abby Armato - Public Programs Specialist of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Related Links: Stimson-Green Mansion - Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Stimson-Green Mansion - History Link Joshua Green - History Link First Hill Park - First Hill Improvement Association See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Running a business is lonely in a way that is hard to explain to people who haven't done it. Not obviously lonely. Quietly lonely. You carry things because you don't want to bring them home every time something goes sideways.This week I am recording from Chicago, at the TwoBrain Business Summit, inside a room with some of the best gym operators in the world. Yesterday we had sixty seconds to write down our core values. No preparation. No thinking time. What came out under pressure is what this episode is about.Plus what Seneca understood about the people around you that most people still haven't acted on — and why finding your room is not a lifestyle choice. It is a performance variable.Theme: Identity. One action. Ten minutes.Never Start Over Again is your weekly Monday reset — hosted by Rickard Long.

Most morning affirmations ask you to declare a future you wish for. The Stoics did the opposite. They began the day by recollecting what was already true.This is a short guided practice built from eight lines drawn from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and Seneca. No manifestation, no raising your vibration. Just eight reminders, a little silence between each, a brief rehearsal of one difficulty you expect today, and a single quiet plan to carry into it.Best listened to first thing, before you open your phone. Find somewhere to settle, and let the day start a little steadier. Free 7-Day Stoic Challenge: stoicchallenge.coThe Stoic Vault: stoicvault.com

My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Emily Wilson, the scholar and translator of Homer and Seneca, among many others. She tells me what tech bros get wrong about the classical world and what Cardi B can teach us about Aristophanes, as we discuss her new book, Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Emily Wilson, the scholar and translator of Homer and Seneca, among many others. She tells me what tech bros get wrong about the classical world and what Cardi B can teach us about Aristophanes, as we discuss her new book, Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcastsContact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Retirement planning is not about retirement.That's the provocation David opens with — and he means it. This episode isn't another checklist. It's a ground-up rethink of what the 5-to-10-year sprint before retirement actually demands: emotionally, philosophically, and financially.Starting with a question no financial podcast has the nerve to ask — is retirement even a biblical concept? — David works through everything from the psychology of stopping work to the hard mechanics of income portfolios, tax strategy, and the risks that blow up otherwise solid plans.If you've been coasting toward retirement on autopilot, this episode is the alarm clock.In This Episode0:00 — Cold OpenWhy the conventional framing of retirement is wrong, and what this episode is actually going to cover.~3:00 — Is Retirement Even a Biblical Concept?The word never appears in Scripture. The one exception in Numbers 8, what the parables actually teach about accumulation, and why the biblical model looks more like a pivot than a finish line.~9:00 — The Behavioral Trap: What Will You Actually Do?The identity crisis nobody warns you about, retirement depression, underspending vs. overspending, and five questions worth sitting with before you make any financial decisions.~15:00 — The Purpose Problem: Should You Even Fully Retire?The happiest retirees David has seen, the financial benefits of partial work, and why "retire to something" beats "retire from something" every time.~20:00 — Business Owner or Employee: The Decisions Are DifferentW-2 employees: catch-up contributions, pension options, the healthcare gap before Medicare, Social Security timing. Business owners: exit planning, retirement plan vehicles, tax-efficient value extraction, and the concentration risk problem.~26:00 — Accumulation vs. Distribution PortfoliosWhy the portfolio that built your wealth can destroy your retirement. Sequence of returns risk explained plainly — same average return, completely different outcomes.~29:00 — The Bucket StrategyThree buckets, three time horizons, one framework that eliminates panic selling. How Bucket One is your shock absorber and why Bucket Three can still be aggressive.~32:00 — Roth vs. Pre-Tax: The Great DebateIt's almost always "and," not "or." Tax diversification, the Roth conversion window, and why business owners have unique opportunities here.~35:00 — The Risks Nobody Wants to Talk AboutLongevity risk (you live longer than your money does) and long-term care (70% of retirees will need it). What hybrid products exist now and why waiting to have this conversation is itself a costly decision.~38:00 — Spend on Experiences While You Can + Legacy PlanningThe go-go, slow-go, no-go framework. Why retirees wait too long. Legacy basics: beneficiary designations, powers of attorney, donor-advised funds, and the "talk while you can" imperative.Key Takeaways

(May 29, 2026) Seneca leaders say the state has yet to follow through on the promises it made towards reconciliation; we head out for an evening paddle amid a chorus of spring peepers on Forked Lake in the central Adirondacks; we catch up with Adirondack paddlers who are through-paddling the 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail; and we take a look at the community calendar.

Seneca and Marcus Aurelius and Cato were all concerned about their declining institutions. But unlike us, as we read about these historical events, they did not know how they would end.

In this episode, I talk about heat, irritability, anger, and why being physically uncomfortable can quietly erode our Stoic practice if we're not paying attention.First, an announcement: after years of being asked, I'm officially opening applications for 1:1 Stoic mentoring and life coaching. This is a six-month mentorship for people who are serious about applying Stoicism deeply and consistently in their lives. It includes weekly calls, structured curriculum, support between sessions, and a small accountability group. I explain who it's for, what's included, and how to apply.Apply for 1:1 mentoring here: https://tannerocampbell.com/applyThe core topic of the episode, though, is anger — specifically how heat and physical discomfort make anger far more likely.I draw heavily from Seneca's On Anger, where he describes anger as a kind of temporary madness: a passion that overrides reason, destroys judgment, and pushes people toward destructive choices they later regret. I connect this to modern psychological research showing that heat increases irritability, hostility, and aggression.The basic point is straightforward: when we're physically uncomfortable, our threshold for frustration lowers dramatically. Small provocations escalate faster. We become less patient, less reflective, and more likely to lash out.But rather than treating this as an excuse, I frame it as a call for preparation.A Stoic does not pretend the body doesn't matter. The Stoic prepares rationally for predictable challenges. If you know extreme heat affects your mood and judgment, then planning ahead becomes part of your moral responsibility.I walk through some practical examples from my own life living in the UK during a heatwave:Buying bags of ice in advance.Staying hydrated constantly.Having contingency plans for cooler environments.Saving for a long-term cooling solution.Refusing to indulge self-pity or dramatics about discomfort.The point is not “be tough.” The point is “be prepared.”I argue that failing to prepare for predictable discomfort is itself a failure of Stoic practice because it unnecessarily increases the risk that we'll act irrationally toward ourselves or others.The Sage would not ignore heat to prove toughness. The Sage would plan, prepare, adapt, and endure intelligently.That's the real lesson of the episode: Stoicism isn't about pretending external conditions don't affect us. It's about anticipating their effects and choosing wisely despite them.---Listening on Spotify? Leave a comment! Share your thoughts.---I am a public philosopher, it is my only job. I am enabled to do this job, in large part, thanks to support from my listeners and readers. You can support my work, keep it independent and online, at ⁠https://stoicismpod.com/members⁠---Subscribe to A Little Wiser, a newsletter which explores philosophy more broadly than Stoicism and publishes multiple times a week.

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 90 It focuses specifically on Seneca's engagement with another earlier Stoic philosopher, Posidonius, who developed theories about the development of human disciplines and technology (artes), having to do with wisdom and philosophy. Posidonius postulates a golden age in which human beings lived in accordance with nature and were ruled over by the wise, and then a degeneration through greed, self-indulgence, and other vices into a lesser state in which they needed more and more technologies. Seneca argues that these were developed using human reason, but not right reason, from ingenuity rather than wisdom, and that while philosophers might have developed some of them, they did not do so as philosophers. In this letter, Seneca also outlines what the matters that wisdom and philosophy deal with are. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Seneca's Letters - amzn.to/2Myx6os

Watch the video episode here: https://youtu.be/_CKtK4ajc2M----The manosphere has been quoting the Stoics to young men for years. Marcus Aurelius. Epictetus. Seneca. The version they've been selling — anger as strength, dominance as virtue, emotion as weakness — is the exact opposite of what those philosophers actually wrote.In Meditations 11.18, Marcus Aurelius wrote in his private journal that gentleness is more manly than rage. Seneca, in Letter 63, wrote that we may weep but must not wail — and admitted he had been overcome by grief himself. Epictetus, in Discourses 2.10, said that the man who becomes a wild beast has lost something essential. Musonius Rufus argued in Lecture IV that virtue is the same in man and woman, and Cleanthes — Zeno's successor as head of the Stoic school — wrote an entire treatise titled On the Thesis that Virtue Is the Same in Man and Woman in the 3rd century BCE.This video walks through what the original Stoics actually said about being a man, why the manosphere reading of Stoicism is a misreading, and four traits of the Stoic version of manhood you can use to test whether you're actually living the philosophy.

All we can do is look forward. Not look back — or west — and pretend that Bailey Willams and the Harley Show never happened.Sure it's denial.Sure it fails to deal with the problem.But the pain is too deep.Let's just all get down to GMHBA stadium in Geelong and beat the Ca...oh wait, no Cats game this year to reserrect our season... damnit.SO IT'S TO THE BEANSTALK WE MARCH!!!Pony Up Orange Army. Take some stoic advice from Seneca via Sparrow, enjoy the latest tune from Ragnar, and reflect with reflections from Orca, and let's lift each other up and out of the Guildford Hotel gutter.Onwards and upwards in our quest for 10th on the ladder! Never Surrender.----To get in contact, drop an email, comment on Spotify or message on X.We love reviews or ratings.Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thesquinterspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube: NeverSurrenderByTheSquintersX: TheSquintersInstagram: gws_squintersFB: thesquintersTikTok: the.squinters

Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Can You Ever Forgive Me) and Jorma Taccone (The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, Little Fox and the Wild Imagination) headline a Seneca and Shawnee legend about how the raccoon got its eye mask and tail stripes. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here.

The four virtues serve as a compass for how to act, who to be, and how to respond in any situation.  Have we found anything better?

Joanna Stalnaker is a professor of French at Columbia University and also the author of the books The Rest Is Silence: Enlightenment Philosophers Facing Death and The Unfinished Enlightenment: Description in the Age of the Encyclopedia. Greg and Joanna discuss how Enlightenment figures faced death amid disbelief or tempered religious belief. Joanna says scholars have emphasized 18th-century death rituals more than philosophers' personal end-of-life writings, and she links her interest to growing up with atheist philosopher parents to her earlier work on Enlightenment description, and Rousseau's late writings.  Their conversation covers models like Socrates and Montaigne's, public scrutiny of deaths, last rites, and burial, and tensions between posterity and accepting oblivion. They discuss Hume's death and ambivalence about his reception, Diderot's Seneca-inspired reflections and critique of Rousseau's self-presentation, Voltaire's editing of Meslier and correspondence with Madame du Deffand, Buffon's gradual “ossification” view of dying, salons and letters' role in Enlightenment networks and women's participation, posthumous publication, and the value of literary form for understanding embodied philosophy and equanimity toward death. *unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.* Episode Quotes: On publishing a book against transhumanism 07:19: I published the book [The Rest Is Silence] that, in a certain sense, it's kind of a book against transhumanism or all these attempts to sort of survive, whether it be through technology or whether it be through spreading one's genetic material by having as many babies as possible. There's this—I see, in our current moment, a kind of denial of death through those various phenomena. Sorates is a model of enlightened death  04:53: Socrates is a model in terms of how to die, what one might call an enlightened death; how to die a philosophical death; and how to face death in a courageous manner, in keeping with one's philosophy. And that was a preoccupation for both David Hume and Voltaire. They were very aware that the public was watching their deaths and that there was great interest in how they would die and whether they would recant their beliefs on their deathbeds. They were thinking back to this model of Socrates, I believe. Can you separate philosophy from the way it is written? 39:04: One of the things that I want to insist on in my work is the fact that we need to take literary form and genre and style into account because it's very difficult. The philosophical ideas cannot be extracted from their form, and I, in this particular book  [The Rest Is Silence], was interested in the question of embodiment because my book is really about them attempting, acknowledging their coming deaths but acknowledging that they lived as bodies, as mortal bodies, and attempting to find a way to express that in writing. Show Links: Recommended Resources: Stoicism Epicureanism Michel de Montaigne Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-Century Philosophers by Carl L. Becker Denis Diderot David Hume Madame du Deffand Voltaire Boredom Adam Smith Guest Profile: Faculty Profile at Columbia University Profile for the Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities Guest Work: Amazon Author Page The Rest Is Silence: Enlightenment Philosophers Facing Death The Unfinished Enlightenment: Description in the Age of the Encyclopedia Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dr. Killeen reflects on a quote from Seneca that highlights the importance of clarity. In a busy dental practice, it is easy to confuse movement with progress. But without a clear direction, even productive days may not move you closer to what truly matters. Whether it is growth, better systems, stronger culture, or more balance at home, defining your current focus makes decisions simpler. It helps you prioritize what matters and filter out distractions. Pause and define your direction. When you know where you are headed, everything else starts to align.

This episode turns Seneca's call to “hold every hour in our grasp” into something more concrete.Through Montaigne's habits of writing and walking, and Matt Haig's reflections on acceptance, we look at how attention can slow the feeling of life rushing past. The point isn't to seize time by force, but to notice what's here, accept what can't be changed, and live the hour instead of losing it.

Ryan Holiday argues that while AI can generate outputs, it cannot generate wisdom. Drawing on a story from Seneca about a Roman who used educated slaves to sound intelligent, he compares outsourcing thinking to outsourcing exercise: the value comes from becoming the kind of person who can do the work, not simply producing the answer. The conversation explores the difference between useful cognitive offloading and surrendering judgment entirely. Ryan explains that while tools like GPS may replace navigation skills without much consequence, writing, decision-making, and critical thinking shape the person on the other side of the process. AI, he argues, tends to amplify existing tendencies. People satisfied with mediocre work will settle faster, while people pushing for exceptional work can use AI to refine and challenge their thinking. Throughout the episode, Stoicism serves as a counterweight to both panic and hype. Change and uncertainty are constants throughout history, not exceptions. Ryan reflects on leadership, family, adaptability, and skepticism, arguing that in a world where AI can confidently produce both insight and nonsense, the ability to question, verify, and think independently becomes increasingly valuable.Key Takeaways:  You cannot outsource wisdom AI can generate answers, but judgment and understanding still come from doing the work yourself. AI amplifies who you already are People who settle for mediocre work will do so faster with AI. People who push for better work can use it to deepen and refine their thinking. Bullshit detection is becoming a core skill As AI produces increasingly convincing answers, skepticism and verification become essential. Change is not new The Stoics viewed uncertainty and disruption as constants of human life. AI may feel unprecedented, but humans have always had to adapt to major change. Agency matters more than ever You cannot control technological change, but you can control how you respond to it and how you choose to use it.   Ryan's website: ryanholiday.net Daily Stoic: dailystoic.com/podcast/ 00:00 Intro: You Can't Outsource Wisdom00:29 Meet Ryan Holiday02:03 The Dream Was To Work Less03:07 Who Actually Gets The Time?06:32 Leadership, Culture, And Family First08:38 How Will You Measure Your Life?10:11 The Stoic View Of Change14:44 AI Hallucinations And Shameless Confidence17:21 You Cannot Outsource Wisdom19:08 Cognitive Offloading Vs Real Understanding20:22 Ego, Flattery, And AI22:52 AI As Editor And Thought Partner24:59 Mediocre Vs Exceptional Work31:15 Why Bullshit Detection Matters38:06 Stoicism, Agency, And Adapting To Change43:31 The Debrief For more prompts, tips, and AI tools. Check out our website: https://www.beyondtheprompt.ai/ or follow Jeremy or Henrik on Linkedin:Henrik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/werdelinJeremy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyutley Show edited by Emma Cecilie Jensen.

Seneca: nu viața e scurtă, ci noi o facem scurtă. Vorbim (implicit) despre sinele fals, people-pleasing, amânare existențială și frica de întâlnirea cu sinele. Fraza care ține tot episodul: nu viața e scurtă; problematic e felul în care ne-o risipim.

This week is National Small Business Week — and before we get into strategy, David takes a moment to do something he thinks doesn't happen nearly enough: genuinely honor the people who build and run small businesses in America. Because it's hard. Really hard. And the numbers tell a story that most press releases never will.Then, in true Weekly Wealth fashion, he makes the turn: Small Business Week celebrates the business. But nobody's talking about the owner's financial future. This episode fixes that.

Seneca Foods Corp. v. United States

This episode examines anger through the lens of Seneca and Epictetus.Seneca warns that anger harms us first, clouding reason and undermining self-control, while Epictetus reframes wrongdoing as error rather than malice.Together, they suggest a practical response: pause, question the impression, and consider the cost of reacting.

Entrepreneurial self care isn't optional—it's the success mindset habit that separates remarkable success from burnout. In this episode, Tracy reveals the ancient practice that's saving modern founders from exhaustion and how to integrate it into your daily routine for sustainable productivity and authentic achievement. https://YourSuccessDNA.com This comprehensive episode reveals how Stoicism - the 2,300-year-old philosophy born from a shipwreck - has become the secret operating system behind today's most successful entrepreneurs. From Marcus Aurelius to Tim Ferriss, discover why ancient wisdom is solving modern business problems and how you can implement the same mental framework that helped a POW survive 7 years of torture. What if a 2,300-year-old philosophy was the secret weapon behind today's most successful entrepreneurs? In a world where 87.7% of entrepreneurs struggle with mental health, burnout rates are 60% higher than traditional employees, and stress levels run 2.5 times above average — the question isn't whether you need a mental framework, it's which one actually works. This video goes beyond the Instagram quotes and surface-level inspiration to deliver the complete architecture of Stoicism applied to modern business. By the end, you'll understand exactly why founders, CEOs, and visionary leaders are turning to this ancient operating system to navigate chaos, build resilience, and lead with clarity. From the painted porch of Athens to the boardrooms of today, Stoicism's influence spans Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus — three dramatically different men who mastered the same philosophy under radically different circumstances. In this deep dive, we break down how Stoic principles integrate into real entrepreneurial decision-making, emotional intelligence, leadership, and mental performance. Whether you're building your first business or scaling your tenth, this is the mindset framework designed for the actual conditions of entrepreneurship. Hit play and discover how Stoicism doesn't just help you survive the grind — it helps you master it.

In this episode, Carl explores a surprising idea from Seneca: The real shortcut to riches isn't earning more—it's learning to want less. Drawing from Seneca's writings and his own experience, Carl unpacks why more money rarely leads to a lasting feeling of “enough,” and how our desires quietly expand along with our income. This isn't about rejecting money, but about asking a deeper question: How will you know when you have enough—and what happens if you never decide?Want more from Carl? Get the shortest, most impactful weekly email on the web! Sign up for the Weekly Letter from Certified Financial Planner™ and New York Times columnist Carl Richards here: https://behaviorgap.com/ 

In this volume of Strange Mysteries, Steve Stockton explores ten accounts that defy conventional logic. We journey from the "ghost island" of Hy-Brasil to the silent, radio-dead heart of the Mexican desert. We'll examine the startling 2026 findings on Martian organics, the bizarre "space pancakes" of Eagle River, and the mechanical, plant-like entities that once stalked a Florida citrus grove.These stories aren't just folklore—they are the physical ripples left behind by the unexplained. Whether it's an ancient satellite orbiting our poles or a modern airliner that effectively became invisible to the world, tonight we look at the facts that remain when the skeptics have gone home.The kettle is hot. The door is locked. Let's begin.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-persons-mysteries--5624803/support.

Greg Jenner is joined in ancient Rome by Professor Mary Beard and comedian and actor Patton Oswalt to learn all about Emperor Nero.Nero has gone down in history as one of Rome's most infamous rulers – the villain in any number of films and television programmes, and the man who fiddled while the eternal city burned. He was also emperor during a number of momentous moments in the history of ancient Rome, including the revolt in Britain led by Iceni warrior queen Boudica. But does he deserve his notorious posthumous reputation?This episode explores the man and the myth, examining Nero's complicated path to the imperial throne, his relationship with famous philosopher Seneca the Younger, his murderous behaviour towards the women in his life, and the numerous plots that swirled around him. Along the way, we take a look at the more ridiculous moments in Nero's life, including the athletic games he founded, the festival to himself that he instituted, and his numerous dramatic appearances on the stage.This is a radio edit of the original podcast episode. For the full-length version, please look further back in the feed.Hosted by: Greg Jenner Research by: Aimee Hinds Scott Written by: Dr Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Dr Emma Nagouse, and Greg Jenner Produced by: Dr Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow and Greg Jenner Audio Producer: Steve Hankey Production Coordinator: Gill Huggett Senior Producer: Dr Emma Nagouse Executive Editor: Philip Sellars

DOS, 0x1A4, Seneca the Younger, Outlook, Copy/Fail, cPanel, QR, Ruby, Go, Talkie, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-577

EPISODE SUMMARYIn this special annual episode, host and CFP David Chudyk steps away from financial strategy to do something he calls "the forbidden" — talk about himself. This episode is designed as a first step for anyone considering working with David as their financial advisor. He shares his background, his philosophy on money and life, who he works best with, and what makes his practice unique.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODEDavid's origin story — growing up in New York and the money mindset he developed early in lifeHow his career evolved from tennis director to Nationwide Insurance agency owner to independent CFPWhy he joined Parallel Financial in 2019 and what that means for his clientsThe behavioral finance philosophy that drives every client relationshipWho David's ideal client is — and who might be a better fit elsewhereWhat the "fit meeting" is and why the "nice person test" is non-negotiableThe difference between delegators, collaborators, and do-it-yourselfers — and why it mattersHow his CFP designation, long-term care certification, and Value Builder advisor credential work togetherWhy risk management is the most overlooked part of financial planningHow to take the next step and schedule a no-cost vision callKEY TIMESTAMPS00:00 — Intro: Why David does a "Get to Know Me" episode once a year 02:00 — David's background: growing up in New York, early money beliefs 06:00 — Career journey: tennis director, financial services, Nationwide agency 11:00 — Going independent: joining Parallel Financial in 2019 14:00 — The Weekly Wealth Podcast origin story 17:00 — David's philosophy: behavioral finance and why returns aren't everything 21:00 — Who David works with: ideal client profile 25:00 — Delegators, collaborators, and do-it-yourselfers 28:00 — Credentials and what makes the practice different 32:00 — The Value Builder advantage for business owners 36:00 — Accountability: what working with David actually looks like 39:00 — How to take the next step: the vision call(Update timestamps to match your final edit)QUOTABLE MOMENTS"I think the right financial advisor is one of the most important relationships you'll ever have — not because of the returns, but because of what a real plan actually does for your life.""How we handle our money should positively impact our lives and the lives of those around us.""My ideal client isn't someone in financial trouble. It's someone who's done really well and knows they could be doing even better with the right strategy and the right person in their corner.""Thinking about completing estate planning documents and actually completing them are not the same thing.""Most people don't fail financially because they don't make enough money. They fall short because they never had a real plan or the right person helping them execute it."RESOURCES & LINKSSchedule your free 10-minute Vision Call: weeklywealthpodcast.com/vision Chudyk Financial Services and Insurance Group: cfsig.net Weekly Wealth Podcast: weeklywealthpodcast.com Parallel Financial — Registered Investment Advisor, Greenville, SC Value Builder System — Business valuation and sellability planningABOUT DAVID CHUDYKDavid Chudyk is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with Parallel Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor based in Greenville, SC. He is also the owner of Chudyk Financial Services and Insurance Group (CFSIG) in Seneca, SC, and holds the Certified Long-Term Care (CLTC) designation and the Certified Value Builder Advisor credential. David has held his CFP designation since 2006 and has been insurance licensed since the early 2000s. He is the host of the Weekly Wealth Podcast and believes that how we handle our money should positively impact our lives and the lives of those around us.DISCLAIMERThe information presented on this podcast is for general educational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, legal, or tax advice. Parallel Financial is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a Registered Investment Advisor. Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training, nor does it constitute an endorsement by the SEC. All investing involves risk, including the potential loss of principal. Please consult a qualified financial professional before making any financial decisions.

DOS, 0x1A4, Seneca the Younger, Outlook, Copy/Fail, cPanel, QR, Ruby, Go, Talkie, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-577

DOS, 0x1A4, Seneca the Younger, Outlook, Copy/Fail, cPanel, QR, Ruby, Go, Talkie, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-577

DOS, 0x1A4, Seneca the Younger, Outlook, Copy/Fail, cPanel, QR, Ruby, Go, Talkie, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-577

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Congratulations to Janilex and Kevin of Atabey Restaurant & Lounge, now open for lunch and dinner in Downtown Ithaca! The pair are also co-owners of La Bamba Cuisine in Cortland, and they've been preparing for over a year to open on the corner of Seneca and Aurora Streets in the building that used to hold Collegetown Bagels and Ooy's Deli. First Look: Atabey brings Puerto Rican flavors to Downtown Ithaca Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

Riccardo Azzali"Il gatto che mi ha spiegato l'universo"Mondadori Editorewww.mondadori.itUna storia appassionante che unisce il rigore di un saggio alla leggerezza di un romanzo, ricordandoci che a volte le risposte più luminose alle domande più profonde possono arrivare anche da chi, in apparenza, sta solo dormendo accucciato sul divano.Per Leonardo Brezzi, giovane e brillante fisico teorico, conoscere l'universo vuol dire osservarlo attraverso la lente di un telescopio oppure analizzarlo con un'astrusa equazione scritta su una lavagna. La sua missione è sempre stata quella di cercare un ordine nel caos del cosmo, fidandosi dei numeri più che delle sensazioni; Leonardo, infatti, considera ogni fenomeno, il tempo, lo spazio, la materia, la vita stessa, come un problema da risolvere. Finché un mattino come tanti, il suo pelosissimo gatto bianco, Epidoro, decide di infrangere la regola più semplice dell'universo: quella secondo cui i gatti non parlano. Ed Epidoro non si limita a parlare: ragiona, osserva, collega, provoca. Cita Sartre, Seneca, Einstein, smonta ogni certezza di Leonardo, gli fa domande personali che pesano come macigni per poi leccarsi una zampetta come se niente fosse. All'inizio la razionalità del fisico combatte con questa nuova realtà surreale in cui Epidoro si dimostra molto più saggio, colto e arguto del suo padrone. Poi, però, piano piano Leonardo si arrende all'evidenza e il gatto per lui diventa un mentore, un Virgilio che lo costringe a vivere davvero gli interrogativi sull'universo che aveva sempre studiato con distacco, a immergersi e conoscere in prima persona la fisica quantistica o l'idea di tempo, il concetto di libero arbitrio o il nulla, l'entropia che disordina ogni cosa e la necessità umana di dare un senso al cosmo e alla nostra esistenza. Il gatto che mi ha spiegato l'universo è un libro in cui filosofia e scienza non sono esercizi astratti del pensiero, ma saperi vitali, strumenti fondamentali che ci insegnano a scoprire e vivere le meraviglie dell'universo. Riccardo Azzali è un fisico teorico appassionato di filosofia ed è anche uno dei divulgatori italiani più seguiti; nel suo profilo “filosofiascienza” ogni giorno, con uno stile semplice e diretto, prova a illustrare al suo pubblico le grandi domande che per millenni hanno incuriosito le menti dei maggiori scienziati e filosofi della storia. Nel 2025 per Mondadori ha pubblicato L'accademia delle grandi domande.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Read my new book, The Price of Becoming. www.LearningLeader.com/Becoming The Learning Leader Show with Ryan Hawk This is brought to you by Insight Global. If you need to hire one person, hire a team of people, or transform your business through Talent or Technical Services, Insight Global's team of 30,000 people around the world has the hustle and grit to deliver. My guest: David Epstein is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Range and The Sports Gene. A former investigative reporter at ProPublica and senior writer at Sports Illustrated. His new book is called Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better. Notes   Be part of "Mindful Monday" -- Text Hawk to 66866 Key Learnings The easier move is to let it go. David found a factual error in Ryan's new/my new book. David was supposed to read it and write a blurb on it - but went further and challenged a factual error. The kind move, what great leaders actually do, is being willing to point things out, even if it could cause a little friction.  There is such a thing as too much autonomy. After Range became mega viral, David optimized for autonomy. He individualized his whole life. He no longer was writing about what others assigned him. A year later, he realized there is a thing as too much autonomy. He missed the structure of a work day, the deadlines, the annoyances of working with other people's schedules. This total freedom ended up feeling terrible. "The great thing about being committed by your own choice is that you can stop wondering how to live and start living."  This quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi hit David when he was on a dating app for book topics, just swiping and swiping. That day he said, "I'm really interested in constraints. I need some myself. I'm writing a book proposal on this." Two weeks later he was 10 times more interested because he decided to dive into it. Cal Newport says "system shutting down" at the end of his workday. It seems silly, but when you have all that freedom, you need something to close the workday so you can recover and be ready for the next day. Your brain is made for preventing you from having to think whenever possible. Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham says thinking is energetically costly. So when your calendar is too open, all you'll do is what's convenient. Your brain will be lazy. The path of least resistance. The mere urgency effect: when schedule and structure is too open, people do things that seem urgent even if they're unimportant. When you're too unstructured, you end up doing huge volumes of low value stuff just to have checked off doing something. What David's workday looks like now:  Batching work: people at work check their email on average 77 times a day. The way people are usually doing that is they're toggling all the time between email and something else. When you do that, it lowers your productivity and massively increases your stress. David doesn't start his day with his inbox. He'll check it at the end of the workday because emails can take him away from the most important work at the beginning of the day.  Stress + Rest = Growth. The workday ends when David's son gets home. When writing, you have to program in rest, just like you would if you were an athlete in training.  Daniel Kahneman said writing "Thinking Fast and Slow" was the worst few years of his life. David had lunch with Kahneman and praised the book. Kahneman said, "Never again." He said it was so isolating. He was used to working with a partner or multiple partners and colleagues. He felt so isolated that he said he'd never write a book again, or if he did, he would write it with somebody else. And that's what he did. And David could empathize with that.  David made a one-page architectural outline for how "Inside the Box" would look. If it's not on that page, it is not in the book. He wrote as small as possible to try to defeat his own system. The book's 20% shorter than his other two. He thinks it's much tighter writing. He was so much more efficient that he doesn't feel nearly as burned out. After a mega hit book, two things matter: (1) A lot is out of your control, and (2) Identify as a craftsman. David's colleague at Sports Illustrated told him, "If a book about genetics and vampires comes out the same day, you're screwed, and there's nothing you can do about it." He was right. But David very strongly identifies as a writer now, as a craftsman. He's taken fiction writing courses just to learn about craft. With Inside the Box, he did a structural experiment that he found so engaging because he was focused on the craft itself, not just the commercial outcome. "Docendo discimus" - by teaching, we learn. This is a quote from Seneca. If people think they're going to have to teach certain material, they organize it more coherently in their own mind. They start pulling out main ideas and attaching different ideas together. Teaching it is even better, but just making someone think they're going to have to teach it makes them learn in a much more coherent way. Narrative values: the recurring themes that give coherence to a life. David went back and looked at his life and identified: curiosity, open-mindedness, diligence, and resilience. Now that he's started telling his story in that way, it shows up everywhere. But going forward, he also wanted some things in his story that he didn't have. So he identified forgiveness in particular because that has not been a strong suit for him. Ben Helfgott: the only living Olympian to have survived a concentration camp. Almost everybody in his family was killed in the Holocaust. He just preached forgiveness all the time. When David saw what Ben did, these petty grudges he's holding are nothing. You're just poisoning yourself when you hold these grudges. So David decided he wanted forgiveness to become one of his narrative values.  Herbert Simon won the highest award in computer science, psychology, and the Nobel Prize in economics. His quote serves as the epigraph of the book: "It is a myth, widely believed but not less mythical for that, that people are most creative when they're most free." Simon coined the term "satisficing." It's a combination of satisfy and suffice. It means having good enough decision rules. He contrasted that with maximizing. From a mountain of psychological research, it is almost always bad to be a maximizer. Maximizers are less happy with their decisions, less happy with their lives, more prone to regret. There's not much evidence they actually make better decisions most of the time. Simon was a proactive satisficer. He said you need three sets of clothing: one on your back, one in the wash, and the next one ready to wear. He simplified all the decisions in his life so he could save cognitive bandwidth for the really important ones. He famously said, "The perfect is the enemy of the good." Choose when to choose. Choose when to save and when to use your cognitive bandwidth.  Good enough doesn't mean you have low standards. It means you're saving your bandwidth for the most important things. "How you do anything is how you do everything" is completely wrong. This is one of David's least favorite quotes. It's wrong. Herbert Simon did the same mundane thing, the same breakfast every day, the same socks, so he could crush it in his work. He wasn't doing everything the way he was doing his work. The Fredkins Paradox: We spend the most energy on the least important decisions because we agonize when the options are really similar. General Magic: They invented the smartphone in 1990. The iPhone would not exist without them. They had infinite degrees of freedom. They could do anything. When the device came out, it didn't solve a clear customer problem. It had a 200-page manual. They sold 3,000 units in the first six months. Meanwhile, people inside General Magic who bit off much smaller chunks had success. One low-level engineer started Auction Web. His bosses said no, too small. He left and changed the name to eBay. Another created Graffiti. He said "I'm going to solve a clear customer problem. Busy professionals want contacts and calendars on the go." He did just a calendar, contacts, and a memo pad. That was the Palm Pilot. By doing way less. By doing something, not everything. Tony Fadell (the "podfather"): "If you don't have constraints, make up constraints."  Bill Gurley said, "We have a saying in venture: more startups die of indigestion than starvation." When Tony co-founded Nest, he made his team work inside a literal box. He made them prototype the box before they had the product. If it didn't fit in that box, it was not a priority. Reflection Questions What area of your life has too much freedom right now? Where could you add a constraint (a deadline, a ritual, a boundary) that would actually make you more productive or creative? If you had to pick three narrative values that run through your life story, what would they be? Are they the ones you want, or do you need to add an aspirational value like David did with forgiveness? What's one decision you're maximizing (trying to find the perfect choice) when you should be satisficing (good enough and move on)? How much time and energy would you free up if you applied Herbert Simon's approach? More Learning #310 - David Epstein: Why Generalists Will Rule the World #582 - Cal Newport: Obsess Over Quality #660 - James Clear: The 4 Laws to Behavioral Change Podcast Chapters00:00 The Price of Becoming - Ryan's New Book 01:15 Meet David Epstein 02:39 The Fact Checker: What Great Leaders Do 04:27 Dedication Easter Eggs 05:50 The Problem With Too Much Autonomy 10:47 Why You Actually Need Constraints 12:29 Batching Work: The 77 Email Checks Problem 17:20 Lunch with Kahneman: Thinking Fast and Slow Was Miserable  22:18 What To Do After A Viral Book 27:07 Docendo Discimus: By Teaching, We Learn  29:13 Why Leaders Should Regularly Teach 31:09 Desirable Difficulties 31:56 Narrative Values: The Themes That Define Your Life 34:31 Adding Forgiveness As an Aspirational Value 36:13 Chips on Shoulders vs. Proving People Right 39:10 Herbert Simon: The Man Who Won Everything 40:20 Satisficing Over Maximizing 42:40 Choosing When To Choose 44:29 Good Enough Doesn't Mean Low Standards 46:13 Why "How You Do Anything" is Completely Wrong 47:25 General Magic: Do Something, Not Everything 52:49 One Year From Now: What Are You Celebrating? 54:54 EOPC

In this side quest from the Hospicing Modernity's Magic series, I make the case that Synchromysticism is modernity's best available form of omen logic. And that getting good at it is one of the more reliable ways to get good at magic. We'll cover Seneca's distinction between the candle and the comet The rise and decline of synchromysticism as a subculture. Jung on the I Ching and psychoid archetypes. The Māori concept of wairua. And the practical toolkit. Show Notes Chris Knowles on Cosmic Connections: Mystical Practices & Reality's Hidden Language. Wearing Jung's Skin Like A Pelt. Jake Kotze on The Higherside Chats.

Jeff Gould (“America's Storyteller”) sits down with Thadeus Amadeus Giedd for a conversation that starts light—misheard names, funny mix-ups, and Jeff's signature “JEFFARDY” question board—and gradually deepens into faith, leadership, fatherhood, and the power of living with intention. Thadeus, the longtime organizer behind TEDxSiouxFalls, shares what he believes makes a truly great TEDx talk: it's not a lecture—it's a story arc. The best speakers don't try to cram in everything they know; they deliver one unforgettable insight, one unexpected moment, and one powerful takeaway in just 15 minutes. From there, Thadeus opens up about the ideas shaping his life right now—especially his love for Stoicism (Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Seneca) and how he's combined its virtues—courage, wisdom, justice, and temperance—with what he believes Stoicism lacks most: love. For Thadeus, letting Christ into his life didn't replace the discipline of Stoicism—it completed it. The conversation also turns personal as Thadeus talks candidly about depression, identity shifts, and how becoming a father changed him. Jeff and Thadeus explore modern parenting styles, the difference between gentleness and permissiveness, and the importance of accountability—especially the humility of admitting when you're wrong. Later, the interview shifts to leadership lessons from a recent men's summit featuring John Maxwell and Tim Tebow. Thadeus shares what stood out most: Maxwell's idea of making an impression from afar but creating impact up close, and Tebow's consistent message of living with urgency and intentionality—waking up each day asking, “How do I be a vessel today?” They close with a surprisingly emotional final moment: Thadeus gets one question to ask Jeff, and he chooses a question about memory—if Jeff could relive one day, what would it be? Jeff's answer lands like a quiet gut punch: a return to a simple moment at the table with his mother, fully present, noticing what he couldn't appreciate at the time. The episode ends with a shared reminder that gratitude and attention are not optional if you want a meaningful life. A funny, thoughtful, faith-forward conversation—anchored in story, grounded in real life, and full of practical takeaways. #JeffGould #AmericasStoryteller #PodcastInterview #ThadeusGiedd #TEDx #TEDxTalk #Leadership #Stoicism #FaithAndLife #ChristianPerspective #IntentionalLiving #Parenthood #LifeLessons #PersonalGrowth #Storytelling00:00 Introduction and Name Confusion 04:10 Exploring Biblical Parables 06:59 The Role of TEDx Talks 09:45 The Application Process for TEDx Talks 12:43 What Makes a Good TEDx Talk? 14:57 Stoicism and Love in Life 18:05 Parenting Perspectives and Lessons Learned 24:10 Exploring Connections with Influential Figures 27:10 Reflections on Wealth and Influence in Heaven 29:11 Making Impressions vs. Impacting Lives 32:06 Navigating Personal Struggles and Mental Health 35:57 The Power of Authenticity and Generosity 38:11 Dream Lunch with Heroes and Influencers Learn all about America's Storyteller on his website: https://www.ilikethatstory.com

In this episode, I chat with Mark Forstater, the producer of over 30 films, including Monty Python and the Holy Grail. He is the author of a number of books, including The Spiritual Teachings of Marcus Aurelius, The Spiritual Teachings of Seneca, and The Living Wisdom of Socrates, as well as books on yogic philosophy and Daoism. His most recent book, The 7th Python: A Twat's Tale, documents his experience of working with the Pythons, and a protracted legal battle that he found himself fighting, and winning, decades later.Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Highlights* How did you get into Marcus Aurelius and Seneca? What motivated you to adapt them for modern readers and what are the main ideas that you take from their writings?* You've also written about Socrates, how do you feel he compares with the Stoics as a guide today?* What, if anything, do you think that working in movies can teach us about how the mind works?* Have you found Stoic ideas helpful during stressful periods in your own life? During your legal battles for example?* Could you imagine there being another movie about Marcus Aurelius?Links* Goodreads profile* The Spiritual Teachings of Marcus Aurelius* The Spiritual Teachings of Seneca* The Living Wisdom of Socrates* The 7th PythonThanks for reading Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life at donaldrobertson.substack.com/subscribe

This episode is a gentle return to practice for anyone who's drifted or struggled to begin.Seneca and the Stoics remind us that growth starts with effort, but becomes easier—and even rewarding—once it takes hold.The aim isn't perfection, but steady progress: correcting judgments, strengthening character, and moving a little closer each day.

A stoic philosopher assembles a coven of middle aged single women in her Manhattan apartment building, she is working for an uber-wealthy family and feeling “wide and well," when she is suddenly drawn into a mysterious romance that takes her into the world of possible art thieves, weapons dealers and double agents, one of whom she happens to be falling for. This all goes down while she desperately tries to reconcile her beloved Epictetus and Seneca with her increasingly emotional choices. Okay, maybe you haven’t heard that one. That’s understandable, because Maria Semple’s new novel, Go Gentle, just came out this week. Semple is the bestselling author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette and Today Will Be Different, both set in Seattle. And Semple will be appearing at Town Hall Seattle on Saturday, April 18th. Guest: Maria Semple, author of Go Gentle Relevant Links: Maria Semple with Ken Jennings at Town Hall Seattle on April 18th The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness by Sharon Lebell Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a tragedy. Too many people, Seneca says, reach the end of life with nothing to show for it but a number.

Seneca once observed that "he who follows the herd, follows no one." We see this spirit clearly in the heated rivalries of the South, where men would sooner see the "other team" lose to the devil himself than see them succeed.In Alabama, we call it a tradition; in the digital age, we call it life. But to the Stoic, this is Tribalistic Hedonism. It is the surrender of reason for the intoxicating, hollow pleasure of the pack. This rivalry has morphed beyond the stadium, infecting our workplaces and our screens. When you allow your tribe to become your savior, you have traded your personal virtue for the collective madness of the mob.Choose your own path. Do not let the "us versus them" mentality blind you to the humanity of your neighbor. War Eagle, or Roll Tide—but keep your reason intact.#Stoicism #TheSundaySmoke #Tribalism #ReasonOverPassion

This episode reflects on the Stoic call to care for your own soul.Marcus Aurelius warns that misery comes not from ignoring others, but from neglecting the activity of our own mind.Seneca adds that a well-formed soul—guided by reason, courage, and discipline—becomes independent of fortune, because its true wealth lies within.

Daredevil Michelle Khare lives life to the extreme in Challenge Accepted, amassing more than 6 million followers and more than 1 billion views. Across the show, you'll see Michelle attempt everything from Tom Cruise's Deadliest stunt to Harry Houdini's water torture cell to trying to earn a black belt in taekwondo in only 90 days.This episode is brought to you by:Fin powerful AI Agent for all your customer service: Fin.Ai/TimMonarch track, budget, plan, and do more with your money: Monarch.com/Tim Momentous Fiber+ 3-in-1 formula with soluble fiber, insoluble fiber, and Solnul® resistant starch: LiveMomentous.com/TimAG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement: DrinkAG1.com/TimTIMESTAMPS:[00:00:00] Start.[00:00:24] Challenge Accepted: The logline and why breakdowns stay in the edit.[00:03:05] Growing up in Shreveport, LA: Friday night movies, the AFI Top 100, and interning on Snitch.[00:06:15] Podcasting: While “easier” than writing books, it's a heck of a lot more work than meets the ear.[00:21:24] Quality over quantity: 8–10 episodes a year, scarcity as strategy, and building a defensible moat.[00:31:47] “Hard choices, easy life.” — Jerzy Gregorek, calling the FAA 300 times, and why no one copies you when the barrier is insanity.[00:35:32] Dartmouth to Google.org: the Fermi estimation faceplant and not getting the job.[00:37:10] BuzzFeed as graduate school of the internet.[00:40:37] Work for someone else first: My case against starting a company right out of school.[00:47:28] The stolen book: Michelle pulls out a battered 2016 copy of The 4-Hour Workweek and reads her fear-setting chart aloud.[00:51:10] “I've never designed my own rubric of success” — the nightmare, the repair plan, and what Michelle was putting off out of fear.[00:56:59] Practicing poverty: studio apartment, stripped-down life, moonlighting for a year, then the three-month-savings leap.[01:06:58] Kebab-shop destiny: meeting stunt coordinator Steve Brown in L.A. — now he does Avatar and straps Michelle to planes.[01:09:04] Surface area for luck: Bill Gurley, Kevin Kelly's sleeping bag, and Seneca on voluntary discomfort.[01:12:44] Coach, mentor, cheerleader: the three-person Formula One team you actually need.[01:17:20] The art of the cold email — and cold-calling the FBI tip line to meet “The Hollywood Guy.”[01:21:55] Michelle's three-paragraph, six-sentence formula for emails that open any door.[01:26:15] My cold email playbook: the “via” trick, include your damn cell number, and why “Yo, Ferriss” is an auto-archive.[01:36:24] The fake Tim Ferriss Podcast phishing scam: Zoom calls, screen access, and hijacked Facebook pages.[01:40:58] Emailing Hank Green, Brandon Sanderson's unpublished novels, and why your first cold emails are just practice reps.[01:46:37] Michelle's storytelling syllabus: Survivor, Snyder's Save the Cat, and peer review of whatever went viral last week.[01:48:44] The magic of Jeff Probst, and dissecting the bones of storytelling.[01:53:12] John McPhee's red-ink writing class at Princeton.[01:58:38] Six Thinking Hats broke Michelle's pessimism; Radical Candor taught her how to give feedback.[02:07:20] The slinky org chart: Seven full-timers that balloon to 50 for a shoot, then compress right back.[02:21:21] Scope creep, saying no to big checks, and why Michelle has never hit creator burnout.[02:30:34] My No Book teaser: 850 pages on renegotiating commitments and getting back on the wagon.[02:33:31] The Mindy Kaling manifesto: @MindyKalingFan, The Office, and shattering expectations for Indian women in entertainment.[02:40:38] Wishlist shout-out: Norland College, where Mary Poppins meets Secret Service.[02:42:48] Episodes Michelle would pay to relive.[02:47:40] Episodes Michelle would pay to skip.[02:52:15] Seven marathons, seven continents, one week.[02:57:10] Free Solo, Alex Honnold in the creepy van, and things both of us would never do.[03:00:38] Books gifted most: Radical Candor, The Great CEO Within, and Adam Grant's Originals.[03:01:21] Michelle's billboard.[03:02:45] A primetime Emmy run and parting thoughts.*For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast.For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsorsSign up for Tim's email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Discover Tim's books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissYouTube: youtube.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferrissSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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My Stoic Journaling Program is now 25% OFF with code "BREKKIE". Sign up at https://stoicjournaling.com. -- In this episode, I explore a growing concern: will AI eliminate human work, and if it does, what happens to our sense of purpose? I start by acknowledging the reality in front of us. AI is rapidly improving across creative and technical domains. Tasks that once required human skill are now being automated or reduced to minimal input. This is not speculation. It is already happening. Many forms of labour and many learnable skills are being replaced or compressed by technology. From there, I push the question further. If this trend continues, we may face a future where traditional employment becomes rare or unnecessary. That raises a deeper issue. If our culture has been built around work as the primary source of meaning, what happens when that work disappears? To answer this, I turn to Seneca and his writing on leisure. For the Stoics, leisure is not idleness. It is not the absence of work. It is the presence of directed attention toward what matters: self-examination, philosophical development, and contributing to others through wisdom and character. The problem is not that we may lose jobs. The problem is that we are not prepared to live well without them. I argue that we have confused employment with purpose. Stoicism makes a clear distinction. A person can lose their job and still live a purposeful life. What matters is whether they are being useful to others, improving themselves, and acting in accordance with reason. That work does not require a paycheck. I also acknowledge the uncertainty ahead. Economic systems may change. New structures like universal basic income may emerge. Or something else entirely. But rather than speculate too far into the future, the Stoic focus remains on preparation. We can begin now by asking what our purpose would be without our current job, and whether we can start moving toward that purpose today. The core idea is simple. Job work may disappear, but meaningful effort will not. Stoicism gives us a framework for living well regardless of economic conditions. The question is whether we are ready to use it. Listening on Spotify? Leave a comment! Share your thoughts. I am a public philosopher, it is my only job. I am enabled to do this job, in large part, thanks to support from my listeners and readers. You can support my work, keep it independent and online, at ⁠https://stoicismpod.com/members⁠ Looking for more Stoic content? Consider my 3x/week newsletter "Stoic Brekkie": ⁠https://stoicbrekkie.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We like to think we're free and other people aren't. Seneca flips that idea completely. The people in control may be the most trapped of all.Today's episode is an excerpt from The Tao Of Seneca produced by Tim Ferriss' Audio. Get the free PDF at tim.blog/seneca