1 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: Yes, Yes, I am Dramas. 2 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 2: And this is the Street Stoic Podcast, bringing to your 3 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 2: daily dose of Tomless Stoke philosophy remix for the hip 4 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 2: hop generation. Now, with that in mind, let's get things 5 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: started with your daily shot of inspiration. 6 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: And today we've. 7 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 2: Been talking all about the stoic idea of practicing resilience 8 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 2: when faced with obstacles, failure, and or tragedy. And I 9 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 2: literally this is like the most obvious lyric that I 10 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 2: feel like I've probably used a part of before. 11 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: If I haven't, I should be ashamed of myself. 12 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 2: But it's Biggie In the song Juicy, Obviously, Biggie's kind 13 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 2: of talking about where he comes from, and right at 14 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 2: the beginning of the song he talks about where he's 15 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 2: dedicating this album to, right, and he says, quote, this 16 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 2: album is dedicated to all the teachers that told me 17 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 2: I'd never amount to nothing, to all the people that 18 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 2: lived above the buildings I was hustling in front of, 19 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 2: called the police omni when I was just trying to 20 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 2: make some money to feed my daughter. It's all good, 21 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 2: And all the dudes in the struggle, you know what 22 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 2: I'm saying. 23 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: It's all good. Baby Babee. 24 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 2: Obviously this is just a classic record, classic line right here, 25 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 2: but it's sort of him, I don't know, kind of 26 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 2: you know, in a fun way, rubbing it in the 27 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:37,839 Speaker 2: face of all the people that used to hate on him, 28 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: or all the people that used to do things to 29 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 2: kind of hold him back when he was in his struggle. 30 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: Right. And I love this other line that in one of. 31 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 2: The verses as he goes on I think it's the 32 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 2: third verse in the record, he says, we used to 33 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 2: fuss when the landlord dissed us no heat. Wonder why 34 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 2: Christmas missed us. Birthdays was the worst days. Now we 35 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 2: sip champagne when we're thirsty, damn. 36 00:01:58,640 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: Right. 37 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 2: I like the life I lived because it went from 38 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 2: negative to positive and it's all good. 39 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: And obviously ends it with if you don't know, now 40 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: you know. 41 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 2: But I think for me, I love this this sort 42 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 2: of reflection on how far he's come. 43 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: Right. 44 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 2: Obviously, he's getting ready to put out this album, right, 45 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 2: and it's sort of this victory lap almost for him, 46 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 2: right the moment where he really is about to kind 47 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: of have his coming out party as one of the 48 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 2: biggest music artists in the world. Right, And I love 49 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 2: sort of having that presence of mind to think about 50 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 2: all that he went through, you know, to get to 51 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 2: this point in life. I love sort of looking at 52 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 2: something like this and reminding ourselves that just because things 53 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 2: are one way now doesn't mean that they're always going. 54 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 1: To have to be that way. Right. 55 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 2: I love this quote from one of the stokes that 56 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 2: kind of piggybacks off of that statement just made Marcus Aurelius, 57 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 2: where he says, keep in mind how fast things pass 58 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 2: by and are gone, those that are now and those 59 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:04,839 Speaker 2: to come and again. It's this really mindset of focusing 60 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,839 Speaker 2: in on just how fast life passes us by, right, 61 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 2: And at certain times we wish life just slowed the 62 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 2: hell down just a little bit, right, so we could 63 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 2: savor some of the moments that we enjoy. 64 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: Right. 65 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 2: But on the other hand, the kind of you know, 66 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 2: blessing that is life where nothing is inherently good or bad. 67 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: Everything kind of has a positive situation to it. 68 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 2: Everything can have a positive advantage point, you know, depending 69 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 2: on the way you look at it. The idea of 70 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 2: the struggle, right, the moments that are really incredibly difficult 71 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 2: for us think about just how quickly life does in 72 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 2: fact go by, right, those moments will and netically just 73 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 2: be a blip on the radar of our life. Right, 74 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 2: They're not going to dictate our entire story, and at 75 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 2: some point in time we're going to look back on 76 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 2: them and sort of just. 77 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: Laugh at the idea of where we were. 78 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 2: And how far we've come in our life right now, right, 79 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 2: And you know, for me, I kind of having this 80 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 2: reflective moment in my own life. You know, recently, I 81 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,119 Speaker 2: was a bit stressed out about the way a few 82 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 2: different projects were going and how certain things were kind 83 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 2: of up in the air, and I wasn't really sure, 84 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 2: you know, what the rest of my year was going 85 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 2: to look like, or what the year coming up was 86 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 2: going to look like, you know, And I was a 87 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 2: little bit stressed thinking about that. And what's interesting to me, 88 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 2: you know, you kind of fast forward a month or 89 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: two later, I feel absolutely amazing, Like life feels like 90 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 2: it's better than ever, right, And neverbly, I'm going to 91 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 2: have more of those sort of stressful moments that kind 92 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 2: of keep me up at night. But I think the 93 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 2: beauty in sort of what I'm trying to get at, 94 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 2: or what I'm pointing out here, is the fact that 95 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 2: I moved through that difficult moment rather quickly, right, and 96 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 2: now I'm on the other side of it, right. And 97 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 2: it's understanding that life has those ebbs and flows, but 98 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 2: life is always moving, right, So what is happening to 99 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 2: us right now is not going to be our reality. 100 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 2: You know, maybe as soon as tomorrow. Right, things change 101 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 2: so damn quickly. Your circumstances can change so quickly. One 102 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 2: little yes that you get can and nevite have a 103 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 2: gigantic impact on your life moving forward. And I think 104 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 2: that's again something you have to appreciate about life, is 105 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 2: just how quickly things move. The idea that we're never 106 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 2: going to be stuck in the same situation forever, and 107 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 2: one day we're going to be reflecting back and kind 108 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 2: of almost laughing at it, or at the very least 109 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 2: just sort of reflecting on how far we've come in 110 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 2: this life thus far. Now, with that said, all this 111 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,799 Speaker 2: talk about practicing resilience, we've heard from the legendary Biggie Smalls. 112 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: Of course, we've heard from one of the stoics, markets Aurelius. 113 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 2: I've kind of talked about how I've been trying to 114 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 2: practice this idea of just sort of letting go of 115 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 2: it and understanding this is the natural rhythm of. 116 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 1: Life and it will pass. This too shall pass. 117 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 2: Now let's talk about how you can make it your 118 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 2: mantra for today. But first let's take a quick break 119 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 2: and then we'll be right back. All right, So today 120 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 2: we're talking all about the stoic idea of practicing resilience 121 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 2: from faced with obstacles, failure or tragedy. From one of 122 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 2: the greats, Biggie, we have heard from one of the Stokes, Marcusarelius. 123 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 2: Have you used some insight into my own life? Now 124 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 2: let's talk about how you can make it your mantra 125 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 2: for today. And I think again, as with anything, it's 126 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 2: just stopping, slowing down for a damn second and just 127 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 2: getting your mind right, think about whatever it is that 128 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 2: you are stressing about, whatever situation kind of has you 129 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 2: feeling a bit uneasy currently, right, and if you don't 130 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 2: have anything beautiful, just kind of save these tools for 131 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 2: next time when it happens and sort of just sit 132 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 2: there and ask yourself, like, what can I tangibly fix 133 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 2: right now? 134 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: Like what legitimately right? Not like what do I want 135 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: to fix? 136 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 2: What can I fix in my imagination, But what things 137 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 2: can I actually correct right now? Then go out and 138 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 2: do your best to take care of those things and 139 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 2: for everything else, even if it's stressing you the hell out, 140 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 2: you have to then just get to a place of 141 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 2: acceptance and just say, hey, I just have to ride 142 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 2: out this part of my life now to recap all 143 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 2: we've been talking about today. Again, this sort of introspection 144 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 2: from somebody like Big, particularly during this time period right 145 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 2: when Juicy, which is about to be his first big hit, 146 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 2: right and he's in the studio prior to even knowing that, 147 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 2: but recognizing that his time has arrived, and dedicating the 148 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 2: album to all the people that he felt like were 149 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 2: holding him back back in the day when he was 150 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 2: just trying to feed his daughter, right, having the presence 151 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 2: of mind to kind of playfully almost rub it in 152 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 2: their face, but at the same time saying it's all good, right, 153 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 2: and reflecting on just how difficult his upbringing was, right, 154 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 2: saying that Christmas missed us right, birthdays was the worst days, right, 155 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 2: and reflecting that now he gets to live this lavish lifestyle. 156 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: That he always dreamed about. Right. 157 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 2: Again, this is somebody who is recognizing the ebbs and 158 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 2: flows of life and is taking the time to congratulate 159 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 2: themselves on how far they've come, and again just understanding 160 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 2: the fact that life is always moving right and that 161 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 2: it's okay. You don't need to hold a grudge, you 162 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 2: don't need to be angry at life, angry at the world. Right, 163 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 2: your situation can change, and it will inevitably change, and 164 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 2: you can look back on those you know, previous difficult 165 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 2: times with fondness or use them as a learning lesson. 166 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 2: And what Marcus really has said right keeping in mind 167 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 2: how fast things passed by and are gone, and that 168 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 2: goes for everything right again, we wish our vacations were 169 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 2: a little bit longer, We wish that our you know, 170 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 2: time off lasted just a bit longer. But with that 171 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 2: same sort of logic, that means that the negative times 172 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: in our life they're going to pass us by rather 173 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 2: quickly as well, and of course sometimes quicker than others. 174 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:36,079 Speaker 2: But inevitably every storm will pass. It's a part of life, 175 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 2: and you just have to accept the parts of it 176 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 2: that you can't control and kind of ride out that 177 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 2: wave which we've been talking about, and even myself kind 178 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 2: of reflecting on a time period, you know, just a 179 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 2: couple months ago where I was very stressed out to 180 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 2: the point that was affecting my sleep a bit. Being 181 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 2: able to look back on it now, it's almost silly 182 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 2: to think that I allowed myself to get that stressed 183 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 2: about it, that it affected sort of my physical health 184 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 2: to a degree. Not shamming myself, but using it as 185 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 2: a learning lesson to remind myself, like, yeah, this might 186 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 2: be a darker period, it might be a period of 187 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 2: confusion of uncertainty, but as with anything else, the answer 188 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 2: will inevitably come right. 189 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: Life always keeps on moving. 190 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 2: You just have to accept what you can't control that 191 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 2: you just have to ride out this particular moment until 192 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 2: a new one emerges for you, and it always will 193 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 2: because life continues to move forward. Now, with that said, 194 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 2: thank you so much for checking out The Street Stoke 195 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 2: Podcast for your best to apply these concepts that we 196 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 2: discussed into your everyday life. 197 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: And I'll catch you next time. 198 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 2: The Street Stoke Podcast is a production of Iheart's Mike 199 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 2: podcast Network.