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Your Possessions Are Not Your Identity

Your Possessions Are Not Your Identity

The Daily Stoic
Oct 12, 2022 3 min
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<p>It’s very easy to associate our possessions and our positions with our identity. There’s even an expression to that effect: <em>The clothes make the man. </em>When we have a powerful job, we feel powerful. When the market is hot, we feel like we have a knack for investing. When we are number one in our space, in our industry, in sales, we’re very into checking and monitoring the rankings. When people are saying nice things about us, we revel in it, because of course it’s all true and deserved.</p><p>📕 Ryan Holiday's new book "<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/discipline" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discipline Is Destiny</a>" is out now! We’ve extended the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/discipline" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pre-order bonuses for the next week</a>—among them is a signed and numbered page from the original manuscript of the book. You can learn more about those and how to receive them over at&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/discipline" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dailystoic.com/preorder</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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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