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How Do You Know If You're A Good Leader? | What Marcus Aurelius Learned from His Father About Being a Good Man

How Do You Know If You're A Good Leader? | What Marcus Aurelius Learned from His Father About Being a Good Man

The Daily Stoic
Sep 5, 2023 11 min
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<p>You lead a large team. You are the head of a household. You have millions of followers or thousands of subscribers. And you often wonder,</p><p><em>Am I being a good leader? Am I doing right by my kids, my followers, my employees? Am I being a good steward?</em></p><p>It can be hard to know.</p><p>But from the Stoics, we get a fast and easy test for whether we’re doing a good job.</p><p>It’s this: <a href="https://dailystoic.com/this-is-our-duty/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Do you make people better</a>?</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's Daily Stoic video excerpt, Ryan shares the wisdom that Marcus Aurelius learned from his father about being a good person, and how we can incorporate the same advice into our lives.</p><p>🔨 Enroll in the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/leadership" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Leadership Challenge</a> by September 25th to develop your own ability to make other people better.</p><p>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a> for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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