It’s Ok To Break | Ask DS

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<p>When Marcus Aurelius heard that his beloved teacher Fronto had lost a grandchild, he sent him a letter. Perhaps, if you believe in the stereotype of the unfeeling Stoic, you might expect that this letter was intended to buck his friend up, or attempted to remind the grieving Fronto that loss was a part of life and something we had to be prepared for.</p><p>In our recent <a href="https://dailystoic.com/professor-martha-nussbaum-on-humanitys-obligation-to-protect-animal-rights/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">interview with Professor Martha Nussbaum</a> on the <a href="https://dailystoic.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic podcast</a>, we talked about this exchange.</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's Ask Daily Stoic, Ryan answers questions from a conference of tech and e-commerce entrepreneurs after a talk he gave in downtown Austin. The topics that he covers include how Ryan manages his time between writing books and creating content,&nbsp;why he searches for wisdom from a wide variety of sources, and how we can balance our decisions with the context that we are making them in.</p><p>📕 You can learn more about the tragedy and triumphs of Marcus Aurelius’ life as well as those of Cicero’s in<em> </em><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/ryan9?_pos=1&amp;_sid=2615fcf54&amp;_ss=r&amp;variant=40308614267034" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius</em></a>.</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>