1 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: Yes, Yes, I am Dramos and this is the Street 2 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 1: Stoke Podcast bring you your daily dose of timeless stoic 3 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: philosophy remix for the hip hop generation. Now, with that 4 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: in mind, let's get things started with your daily shot 5 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: of inspiration. Now today, we're gonna be focusing all around 6 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: the stoic idea of taking action. And there's probably no 7 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: better person to have us kind of start off with 8 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,879 Speaker 1: on today's discussion than the legend himself fifty cent And 9 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: I pulled a quote from him. I believe this is 10 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: from his book The Fiftieth Law, if I'm not mistaken, 11 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: and the quote is, don't wait for them to tell you, 12 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: tell them. And I think point blank what Fittia is 13 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: saying here is you don't need anyone's permission, right. I 14 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: think so many times the biggest sort of hinderance that 15 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: we have, or the biggest burden that we carry, or 16 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: the biggest obstacle stands between us and actually doing something 17 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: we want to do. We're waiting for somebody to kind 18 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: of give us a coast sign, right, even in the 19 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: smallest way. We just want somebody to tell us that 20 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: our idea is a good one, right, And sometimes that 21 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: might come easily with those around you if they are 22 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: familiar with whatever it is that you're trying to do. 23 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:40,279 Speaker 1: But there are also oftentimes where you are amongst people 24 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: who have never done or don't have any experience whatsoever 25 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: in the area that you're trying to create something in right, 26 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: and those people are probably never going to give you 27 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: the cost sign that something is a good idea. So 28 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: you could be waiting forever and not taking action on 29 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: an idea, and life is just going to pass you 30 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: by as result. I think, at the end of the day, 31 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: the best thing you can do for yourself when you 32 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: come up with an idea, when you are excited by something, 33 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: just start taking action on it. Go down that road, 34 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: use the excitement as some fuel, and then kind of 35 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: pivot accordingly as needed. Right. And this leads perfectly to 36 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: a quote for one of the Stokes Epictetius where he says, 37 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: first say to yourself what you would be, and then 38 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: do what you have to. And I love that part. 39 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: Do what you have to. I think now it's probably 40 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: a good time for some tough love, right, because I 41 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: think I always am a bit cautious of not promoting 42 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: an unhealthy lifestyle. One that's a lack of balance, right. 43 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: The Stokes don't believe in being a workaholic and working 44 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: yourself to the bone, you know, not giving yourself what 45 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: you need on a spiritual even just a physical level 46 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: as a human being. But with that said, everything we 47 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: want is going to require some level of sacrifice. It's 48 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: going to require some level of difficulty, and you're going 49 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: to have to do that. Aren't necessarily the most fun. 50 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: You don't get to just sort of skip your way 51 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: down the path or the journey towards the dreams that 52 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: you have without running into some sort of obstacle, some 53 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: sort of difficulty, some sort of thing that you have 54 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: to overcome. Right, it's just a part of it. It 55 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: is inevitable, it's a part of building. Right. Sometimes it's uncomfortable, 56 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: sometimes it's difficult, it's just what you have to do, right, 57 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: do what you have to do. So you have to 58 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: develop that sort of tough skin, and of course within reason, 59 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: but developing tough skin and understanding that your path, your journey, 60 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: you taking action, is going to come with some really 61 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: difficult moments and you have to just embrace them and 62 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: push past them with the knowledge that you are building 63 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: something for your long term happiness right. And for me, 64 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: I always relate to quotes like this one because I 65 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: consider myself to be a master manifestor right like, I 66 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: have manifesting powers, and a lot of people in my 67 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: life will sort of remind me of this and at 68 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: times kind of speak in awe of the fact that 69 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: I can tell them I'm going to do something and 70 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden one day I'm there doing 71 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: it right. And it can seem like these crazy ideas 72 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: that nobody believes in, yet somehow, some way I'm able 73 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: to make a version of it happen. And when I 74 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: really stop to think about what is kind of like 75 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:19,679 Speaker 1: the secret sauce to making my ideas come to life? 76 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,679 Speaker 1: I think, first and foremost, it starts with a belief, right, 77 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: and within that belief, working backwards and laying out the steps, 78 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 1: and then literally just doing whatever I have to do 79 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: in order to accomplish those steps along the way. I 80 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 1: think it's a lot simpler than sort of people will 81 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: make it out to be right, And again, doesn't mean 82 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: that those steps aren't difficult at times, doesn't mean that 83 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: things don't go according to plan, but it really is 84 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: just you kind of saying to yourself what you want, 85 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: what you want it to look like, who you want 86 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: to work with, and then laying out the steps along 87 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: the way, and then just taking action on them. That's 88 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: literally these simple formula for manifesting anything that you want 89 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: in this life. And again it sounds easier said than done, 90 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: because it is because some of those steps require a 91 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 1: great deal of difficulty and effort, and I think that's 92 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: what holds a lot of people back. But when you 93 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: can get past the sort of the present hardship, right 94 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: or the small moments where the obstacles present themselves, When 95 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: you get past that, you can recognize that anything is 96 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 1: possible as long as you develop the tough skin that 97 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: allows you to keep taking action regardless of what is 98 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: thrown in your way. Right now, we've been talking all 99 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: about the idea of taking action. Now let's talk about 100 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: how you can make it your mantra for today. But 101 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: first let's take a quick break and then we'll be 102 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: right back. All right, So, Tay, we've been talking all 103 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: about the stoic idea of taking action. We've heard from 104 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 1: fifty sent we have heard from one of the stokes 105 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 1: at Petitis. I've given you some site into my own 106 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: manifesting powers. Now let's talk about how you can make 107 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: it your monstra for today. And I think first and 108 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: foremost it's it's stop over complicating things, right. You have 109 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: to get the nonsense out of your mind that everything 110 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: is so much more difficult than it actually is. And 111 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: again that doesn't mean that there's not hard work involved 112 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: in whatever it is that you are chasing after. But 113 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,919 Speaker 1: you have to remind yourself that as long as you 114 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 1: have a plan and you continue to act upon it, 115 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: nothing is impossible. Right And obviously within reason, if you are, 116 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: you know, a middle aged man who wants to go 117 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: play quarterback for the New York Jets, it's probably not 118 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 1: going to happen for you at this point in your life, right, 119 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: I think you know father time has caught up with you. 120 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: But things within reason, whatever dream that you have that 121 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: is within some sort of actual physical, you know, tangible 122 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 1: reasonable shot of this world that we exist in, of reality, 123 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: that's all out there for you to get as long 124 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 1: as you take action. But again it requires you not 125 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: waiting for anybody to kind of co sign your journey 126 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: or to co sign your dreams. Right, you have to 127 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: dictate what it is that you want lay out the 128 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: plan and take action. Nobody else has to be involved 129 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: in that process, and nobody else's opinion or lack thereof, 130 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: should be involved in that process. Right, All of this 131 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: begins and ends with you and the actions that you 132 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: do or don't take at the end of the day. 133 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: So I think it's really just developing that mindset that 134 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: the world is not going to see you the way 135 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: that you want to be seen until you begin to 136 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: take actions that reflect that person. You want to be 137 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: a successful musical artist, well, until you begin to do 138 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: the things that a successful music artist does, the world's 139 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: not going to see you that way. You want to 140 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: be a lawyer, well, until you start taking the steps 141 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: towards getting a law degree, the world is not going 142 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: to see you as somebody who could be a lawyer. Right, 143 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: You first and foremost have to believe in it in 144 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: yourself and take that action towards it for everybody else 145 00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: to then understand where you're coming from and what it 146 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: is that you're trying to do. So to recap all 147 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: we've been talking about today, right, you have fifty sat saying, 148 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: don't wait for them to tell you, tell them he's 149 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: declaring I don't need your co sign, I don't need 150 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: you to see it. I'm going to tell you exactly 151 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: who I am and what I want, and you're going 152 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: to have to accept that, right. You're going to have 153 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: to see me the way that I see myself at 154 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: the end of the day. And epictetis one of the 155 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: stoves making it very simple. First say to yourself what 156 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: you would be, and then do what you have to right, 157 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 1: put in the hard work, declare what it is that 158 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: you want, make a plan, and put in all the 159 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: work that is necessary to make that plan come to life. 160 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: And even for me, I feel like I've been just 161 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 1: manifesting thing after thing, right even this podcast, and all 162 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 1: that I've been doing is declaring what I want, believing 163 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: that I can get it wholeheartedly, and then just working backwards, 164 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: writing down all the little steps that it's going to 165 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: take to bring this idea into the real world, and 166 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: not stopping until I've checked all of those little goals 167 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: off until we've reached the big one, which now one 168 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: of them right here again this podcast, me talking to 169 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 1: you right now. This was achieved by just following that 170 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: very simple formula of having an idea believing in myself 171 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 1: and taking action. Now it's up to you to do 172 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: the same if you really do want whatever it is 173 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 1: that you're claiming you want in this life. Now, with 174 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: that said, thank you so much for checking out the 175 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: Street Stoke Podcast. Do your best to apply these concepts 176 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: we discussed into your everyday life, and I will catch 177 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: you next time. The Street Stoke Podcast is a production 178 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: of Iheart's Michael Tura Podcast Network.