1 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 1: Yes, Yes, I am Dramos and this is the Street 2 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: Stoic Podcast, bring you your daily dose of timeless stoic 3 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: philosophy remix for the hip hop generation. And with that 4 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: in mind, let's get things started with your daily shot 5 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: of inspiration. Now today we are going to be focusing 6 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: all around the stoic idea of taking action. And for me, 7 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: what came to mind today a song that's been really 8 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: inspiring me as I kind of dug back into his catalog. 9 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: It's from Russ and it's called do It Myself. And 10 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: I've been using this as like my song to kind 11 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: of hype me up when Adore slams in my face, 12 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: when somebody I'm working with disappoints me and falls short. 13 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: I use this as a reminder that I am capable 14 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: of bringing everything that I want in this world to life. 15 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: And this song is is Russ sort of declaring that 16 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: you know in this record, And fair warning if you 17 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: got the kids in the car, if I want to 18 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: earmuffs or press paws on this till they get out, 19 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: because this is not a clean quote here, right. But 20 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: Russ song do it Myself. He says I don't need her, 21 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: I don't need him. Bucket, I'll do it myself. No 22 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: one's got this, no one's got that, bucket. I'll do 23 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: it myself. Everyone's scared, everyone pussy fucket. I'll do it myself. 24 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: Everyone watch, just keep looking, Bucket. I'll do it myself. 25 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: And I don't think I've used that many F bombs 26 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: in a podcast in a long time. But this quote, 27 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: to me is powerful if you could look past the 28 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: sort of not safer work part of it. Right first 29 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: and foremost, I want to make it clear that we 30 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: all need help along the way at some point in time. 31 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: Right So this isn't to say that we should never 32 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: ask for help, never look for help, and think that 33 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: it's sort of possible to just do absolutely everything yourself. 34 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: But I think the point that I'm trying to make 35 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: here when we talk about the idea of taking action, 36 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: is recognizing that everything, first and foremost, it has to 37 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: start with us taking the steps towards what we want. 38 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: We can't sit back and expect somebody to save us. 39 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: We can't sit back and expect somebody to just hear 40 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: one of our good ideas and then all of a 41 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: sudden they just go run with it. And we could 42 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: reap the benefits of it. Right, everything first and foremost 43 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: starts with us. I mean, even the idea of asking 44 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: for help. That's an action that you first and foremost 45 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: need to take. And this leads perfectly little quote from 46 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: one of the Stokes Epictetus, where he says God laid 47 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: down this law saying if you want some good, get 48 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: it from your self. And I love this this quote 49 00:02:55,919 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: because I think oftentimes the excuse you'll hear from a 50 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: lot of people, and I've been there myself, is they 51 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,959 Speaker 1: are waiting for somebody to give them an opportunity. Oh, 52 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: I have this idea, but nobody wants to give me 53 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: a shot, or people thinking somebody, you know, somebody already 54 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,959 Speaker 1: started an idea, they had similar, so now they can't 55 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: do it, or they they sort of aren't able to 56 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 1: see the finish line, or aren't able to see the 57 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: steps clearly, so they sort of just give up before 58 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: even starting. At the end of the day, you have 59 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: to take action on your ideas, and you're more than 60 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: capable of doing so. Right, I think we all sort 61 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: of get caught up in this idea that we have 62 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: to have it all figured out, we have to be 63 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: this expert or else we should even bother trying. The 64 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: reality is you're going to stumble along the way, But 65 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: in that stumbling, you're going to learn. In that stumbling, 66 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: you're gonna get closer and closer towards whatever it is 67 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: that you're striving for. But it first and foremost starts 68 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: with the belief in yourself and then following that up 69 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: with action. Like I relate to this so deeply, and 70 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: it's literally the sort of building block of my career. 71 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: You know, I've made myself a person of many talents, right, 72 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: and I adapted and learned certain skills because I never 73 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: wanted someone else to dictate whether or not I could 74 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: do something right. And I know somebody like Nipsey Hustle, 75 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: whoever reference a lot, talks about this why he learned 76 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: how to, you know, be his own engineer and use 77 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: the software and all these different things because he never 78 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: wanted to slow down his creative idea when somebody said 79 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: it can't be done. He already had enough experience that 80 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 1: he knew that it could be or he could figure 81 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: out a way to do it himself right. And I 82 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 1: think that's what russ Is is talking about. And then 83 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: even Atpictitis on a more kind of spiritual level, it's like, 84 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: whatever you want, you can get it from yourself, right, 85 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: And that's not to say you might not need a 86 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: helping hand along the way. But again, it all starts 87 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,679 Speaker 1: with you and you deciding to take action. Once you've taken, 88 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 1: you know, that first step, that first step towards whatever 89 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: it is that you want, then you can fine tune 90 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: it with somebody else who's an expert, but at least 91 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: start it with yourself, right, And again, it all starts 92 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: from you. You are the beginning, middle, and end of 93 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: everything that you want to do. Right, it all revolves 94 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: around you and your ability to take action and to 95 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: at least try to do something to get closer to 96 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: where you want to be. That's what it all comes 97 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: down to. At the end of the day, everything starts 98 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: and ends with you. Now, with that said, we've heard 99 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: from Russ, we have heard from Epictetus, you have heard 100 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 1: from myself around this idea of taking action. Now let's 101 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 1: talk about how you can make it your mantra for today. Well, 102 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 1: first let's take a quick break and then we'll be 103 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: right back. All right, Today we are talking all about 104 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: the stoic idea of taking action. Now we have heard 105 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: from Russ, we have heard from one of the Stokes Epictetus. 106 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: I've given you some insight into how I just pick 107 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 1: up random skills to make sure that I can always 108 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: try and at least do my best to bring an 109 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 1: idea to life. Now, let's talk about how you can 110 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: make it your mantra for today. And I think first 111 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: and foremost, it just starts with you asking a question, 112 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: what can you do to become more self sufficient in 113 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: your dream or in your journey in general? Right, all 114 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: the excuses that you're giving yourself as to why you 115 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 1: are not where you want to be, what responsibility can 116 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: you take in that You can't just sit on your 117 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: hands and accept that things are the way they are 118 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: and it just is what it is. Right, that's never 119 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: going to get you to where you want to be, 120 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: and you're always going to be stuck in place. You 121 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: have to take the first step. It all starts with you. 122 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: It all starts internally with you and your ability to 123 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 1: take action on the things that you want. Right, if 124 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 1: you are an artist and nobody's given you an opportunity, well, 125 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: what things can you do to get in front of 126 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: the people who can give you said opportunity, right, Can 127 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 1: you record some demos yourself? Can you go network at 128 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: an event? Can you figure out who represents a certain person, 129 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 1: then now you can try and figure out a way 130 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: to meet them. What events can you go to to 131 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: pay maybe run into this person and build a relationship 132 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: with them or rapport? What can you do? You are 133 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: not owed anything by anyone. Everything starts with you first 134 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: lighting the fire, deciding what you want and taking those 135 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: first steps out there towards getting it. And to recap 136 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: all we've been talking about, I mean, Russ is going 137 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: to the extremes here, right, because Russ is somebody who recorded, engineered, 138 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: wrote saying, you know, made all the beats everything for 139 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: his projects. Right. And this is him, you know, sort 140 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: of declaring that in do it myself, that he doesn't 141 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: need anybody, right. And again I think this is more 142 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: to get us hyped up on our own greatness rather 143 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: than to be taken literally. But it's recognizing that he 144 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: has all the power in himself. And epictetis right saying 145 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: that if you want some good, get it from yourself. 146 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: Stop looking for some external savior, stop thinking that you 147 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: need somebody else. To come and save you, or that 148 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: you're not good enough on your own. If you want something, 149 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: get it from yourself first and foremost. And again, this 150 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: is how I've lived my life. I've modeled my career. 151 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: I have picked up so many random little skills along 152 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: the way just so I can not have to rely 153 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: on people so much. Again, that doesn't mean I don't 154 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: ask people for help when it comes to polishing it, 155 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: to actually getting it across the finish line, to getting 156 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: it to where I want to be. But I understand 157 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: that I have the power in me to at least 158 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: first and foremost bring an idea to life, and then 159 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: from there we can figure out how to make it better. 160 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: But the power lies within me. I'm not going to 161 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: rely on anybody else to help me bring my ideas 162 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: to life at the end of the day, and that 163 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: is the philosophy that you have to adapt for yourself, 164 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 1: the mentality that you have to adapt. Everything starts and 165 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: ends with you. You just first and foremost have to 166 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: take action. Now, with that said, thank you so much 167 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: for checking out the Street Stoic podcast. Do your best 168 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: to apply these concepts that we discussed into your everyday life, 169 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: and I will catch you next time. The Street Stoke 170 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: Podcast is a production of Iheart's Micola podcast network.