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Here's how not to be all about business Marcus Aurelius had workaholic Tendencies. Even if he hadn't had the most important job in the world, we get the sense that he would have treated his work. That way. He was one of those all in types when he discovered philosophy. He slept on the floor and practice poverty to his mother's frustration when he found an author. He liked he Dove deeply into their work and when he became emperor, he was available around the clock. He hardly ever took extended time off in his idea of
Was attending philosophy lectures people who love what they do where themselves down doing it. He wrote the even forget to wash and eat yet. He also seemed somehow to know that this was unhealthy because in another spot in meditations, he says that in life, you can't be all about business. He knew that we needed balance in our lives outlets for our stress and our passions, whether they were sports or hunting or journaling or taking walks Outdoors, even meditation or reflection was a way to do that away as he
he said to reach utter Stillness the comedian Nate bargatze has talked about this. He said there's nothing I can do that can shift my brain from stopping work except golf. He said it's how much Focus has to go into golf. It's the only time I feel like I'm not thinking about comedy or career. You just go out there. You almost forget you have a phone you forget everything. It's unreal as discussed in Stillness is the key Elite Performance is best when balanced out with hobbies and Leisure.
Churchill found solace painting and laying bricks for William Gladstone Prime Minister of England. The generation before Churchill was chopping down trees for Seneca. It was writing philosophical letters to friends and family members for Epictetus. Perhaps we can infer it was lifting weights for Marcus Aurelius. It was hunting and possibly wrestling for John Cage. It was mushroom hunting for David Sedaris. It was walking back roads in picking up trash for Herbert Hoover. It was fishing reading boxing swimming puzzles coding.
In journal and golfing whatever it is. You need to have something takes your mind off work. You can't be all about business. If you like the podcast that we do here and you want to get it via email every morning. You can sign up at Daily stoic.com / email.
