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Speaker 1: Yes, Yes, I am Dramos and this is the Street

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Speaker 1: Stoic Podcast, bringing your daily dose of timeless stoic philosophy

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Speaker 1: remix for the hip hop generation. Now, with that in mind,

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Speaker 1: let's get things started with your daily shot of inspiration.

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Speaker 1: Now today we are going to be focusing all around

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Speaker 1: the stoic idea of taking action, specifically through the lens

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Speaker 1: of getting out of your bubble and getting out into

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Speaker 1: the real world. The lyric that I pulled today, man,

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Speaker 1: we're going back into the nineties with this one is

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Speaker 1: for master Ace Incorporated.

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Speaker 2: The song is called Jeeps n Word.

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Speaker 1: But the lyric that I thought really pertained to today's

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Speaker 1: idea is rolling down my windows. Yeah, I have an

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Speaker 1: air conditioner, but I got a sound I want the

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Speaker 1: whole world to listen to. And the visual he's painting

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Speaker 1: is he has his windows down not because he needs

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Speaker 1: the cool air of the breeze, but because he wants

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Speaker 1: to share something with the world around him. And to me,

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Speaker 1: this is the idea of breaking out of your bubble

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Speaker 1: and truly sharing yourself and your talents and your gifts

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Speaker 1: with the world. And then sharing yourself with the world,

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Speaker 1: You're then inviting new experiences or new relationships, new possibilities. Right,

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Speaker 1: you putting yourself out there and sharing your gifts, or

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Speaker 1: just sharing in your humanness, right in your warmth, and

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Speaker 1: your ability to invite others in for a simple conversation,

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Speaker 1: be a social interaction. Right, all of the above, you

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Speaker 1: just putting yourself out there, getting out of sort of

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Speaker 1: digital era that we live in it and actually having

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Speaker 1: human interaction and interaction with the world around you, all

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Speaker 1: of which helps open new possibilities for you in your life.

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Speaker 1: And this leads to the stoic quote from Seneca where

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Speaker 1: he says, the living voice and the intimacy of a

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Speaker 1: common life will help you more than the written word.

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Speaker 1: You must go to the scene action.

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Speaker 2: And I think for me he's speaking.

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Speaker 1: To the idea of lived experience, the idea of putting

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Speaker 1: vulnerable in the world. Right when you step outside of

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Speaker 1: your house, of the comfort of your own home, you

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Speaker 1: And I think the world is a beautiful place, but

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Speaker 1: of course there's always going to be bad elements of

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Speaker 1: knowing that you're putting yourself out to whatever life chooses

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Speaker 1: to throw at you. And I think he's also speaking

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Speaker 1: to the fact that you can't just learn everything you

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Speaker 1: need to know from behind the computer screen.

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Speaker 1: We can do all the studying and the reading and

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Speaker 1: the end of the day, but none of it truly

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Speaker 1: matters unless we actually have some skin in the game

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Speaker 1: when it comes to taking action, right beyond just learning,

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Speaker 1: but then actually going out there and trying and being

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Speaker 1: exactly as you had planned them, right, having to learn

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Speaker 1: about things on the fly, having to adapt new ways

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Speaker 2: And I think for me how I kind of.

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Speaker 1: Relate to that, it's actually advice that I need to

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Speaker 1: be taking right because I have sort of created a

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Speaker 2: My interviews for the most part, are all digital.

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Speaker 1: They're all virtual via zoom these days, and my interactions

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Speaker 1: I'm not as in person social as I used to

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Speaker 1: And I think by design that has helped me out

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Speaker 2: Then I'm now applying to all.

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Speaker 1: That I do. Now we've heard from Mass to Ace Incorporated.

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Speaker 1: We have heard from Seneca. You've heard from myself and

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Speaker 1: my own challenges with this idea of taking action beyond

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Speaker 1: make it your mantra fort today. But first let's take

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Speaker 1: a quick break and then we'll be quy back. All right,

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Speaker 1: So today we have heard from Mass to Ace Incorporated.

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Speaker 1: We have heard from one of the stoic Seneca. I've

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Speaker 1: given you some insight into my own mindset around this

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Speaker 1: let's talk about how you can make it your mantra

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Speaker 1: for today. And I think we first have to be

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Speaker 1: asking ourselves are we truly living?

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Speaker 1: That is required to really live, to experience real life

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Speaker 1: living vicariously through all of these other people. And I

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Speaker 1: We don't have to leave the house to experience the world.

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Speaker 1: Unafraid to sort of go out there and take action

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Speaker 1: Living requires action, I should say right, And I think

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Speaker 2: I think that's the beauty of life.

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Speaker 1: As long as you're open to it, it's going to

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Speaker 1: take you to so many incredible, unexpected yet beautiful places that.

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Speaker 2: You're going to be grateful for now.

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Speaker 1: With that said, thank you so much for checking out

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Speaker 1: the Street Stove podcast.

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Speaker 2: Do your best to apply.

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Speaker 1: These concepts that we discussed into your everyday life, and

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Speaker 1: I will catch you next time. The Street Stoke Podcast

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