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Speaker 1: Yes, Yes, I am Dramas and this is the Street Stoic.

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Speaker 2: Podcast, bring you your daily dose of timeless stoke philosophy

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Speaker 2: remix for the hip hop generation. Now, with that in mind,

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Speaker 2: let's get things started with your daily shot of inspiration.

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Speaker 2: Now today we are going to be focusing around the

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Speaker 2: idea of living with intention, right, and this is something

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Speaker 2: that The Stoic's really a huge foundation of all that

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Speaker 2: they talk about, right, the idea of intentional living. And

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Speaker 2: I pulled a quote from just one of my favorite

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Speaker 2: artists in general, Kid Cuddy, and it really just speaks,

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Speaker 2: I think, to this this whole idea. And he says,

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Speaker 2: my whole thing is just to put out positive messages

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Speaker 2: in the music, give people something that can change their lives.

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Speaker 2: And I think this is powerful on a number of levels.

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Speaker 2: But for me, it kind of speaks to the idea

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Speaker 2: that we as humans are always sort of in search

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Speaker 2: of purpose, right, whether we admit it or not. And

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Speaker 2: I think this is a natural thing, right, It's it's

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Speaker 2: kind of like the age old question of.

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Speaker 1: Like why are we here?

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Speaker 2: Right, and that is sort of the search that we

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Speaker 2: innately have as human beings to be a part of

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Speaker 2: something that feels bigger than ourselves, right, And I think

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Speaker 2: having a reason behind everything you do, you know, like

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Speaker 2: a real reason is you know, the start to kind

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Speaker 2: of scratching that itch right to feeling like you are

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Speaker 2: living a life of purpose and just living in fulfillment, right,

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Speaker 2: understanding that you are a part of something, right. And

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Speaker 2: I think that's why things like community are so powerful

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Speaker 2: in church and all these different things, because they make

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Speaker 2: us feel a part of something that is bigger than

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Speaker 2: just ourselves. And again, I think that's just inherently human,

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Speaker 2: you know, so much so that generations ago a bunch

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Speaker 2: of old white dudes, we're talking about this, and Seneca,

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Speaker 2: one of the Stoics, says, filling our life with activities

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Speaker 2: that lead us nowhere is destructive. They just make us

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Speaker 2: agitated and restless. We are always busy, but we have

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Speaker 2: nothing to show for it. Focusing on actions that are

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Speaker 2: consistent with our vision as opposed to activities that keep

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Speaker 2: us busy, will avoid these problems. And there's a lot

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Speaker 2: being said in sort of that small statement right there, right,

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Speaker 2: But it's the idea of making sure that the things

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Speaker 2: that you're taking action on.

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Speaker 1: Actually have some sort of deeper value to.

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Speaker 2: You than just the present moment, right that anything that

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Speaker 2: really has no weight to it, that is not adding

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Speaker 2: any value to life, or is not bringing you closer

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Speaker 2: to the vision that you have for yourself and your life. Like,

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Speaker 2: all of that is just a waste of time. And

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Speaker 2: I think so many of us we live restlessly, right

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Speaker 2: bouncing from one thing to another, you know, just doing

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Speaker 2: a bunch of random things to mindlessly past the be it,

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Speaker 2: you know, shopping.

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Speaker 1: Sprees or sort of this refusal.

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Speaker 2: Spend time alone with ourselves, and we're doing anything to

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Speaker 2: sort of block out that feeling that we're not living

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Speaker 2: with any sort of purpose or direction, right, We are

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Speaker 2: constantly just trying to fill the time with random things

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Speaker 1: Levels, superficial parts of our lives.

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Speaker 2: And again, I think it is our effort because we

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Speaker 2: feel like something is missing, it's our effort to sort

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Speaker 2: of fill that void. And I think that's why so

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Speaker 2: many people feel unfulfilled or empty, because they're not slowing

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Speaker 2: down and really taking inventory of what they are, sort

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Speaker 2: you know, prioritizing and how it aligns with what they

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Speaker 2: discussions with myself around this, right, because I'm somebody who's

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Speaker 2: like a serial you know, business starter or a serial

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Speaker 2: like just idea person coming up with new ideas and

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Speaker 2: running with it. And every time that I have a

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Speaker 2: new idea or a niche, I've sort of now begun

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Speaker 2: of doing this activity this, you know, this business idea,

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Speaker 1: You know, where is it taking me?

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Speaker 2: Right?

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Speaker 1: And before that, you know, before I began to kind

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Speaker 2: The process and develop that sort of mindset of asking

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Speaker 2: down and listen. I think a part of it is

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Speaker 2: my creative process of trying things, but I also think,

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Speaker 2: you know, forcing myself to have to answer some of

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Speaker 2: those questions has also allowed me to avoid wasting time

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Speaker 2: or wasting other people's time. More importantly, right, even with

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Speaker 2: like something like djaying, I had to eventually sort of

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Speaker 2: the only place that it has in my life right

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Speaker 2: now for me that aligns with what I want for

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Speaker 2: myself in the long term is in this role of hobby. Sure,

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Speaker 2: I enjoy doing it, it's some great extra money, but

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Speaker 2: it's worth because it, again is not something that in

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Speaker 2: the long term aligns with how I see my life

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Speaker 2: playing out right, and I think that is living with purpose,

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Speaker 2: that is making decisions within intention in mind. Right now,

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Speaker 2: we have heard words from Kikuti, you have heard from

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Speaker 2: one of the stoic Seneca. I've given you some insight

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Speaker 2: into my own life and this whole idea of living

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Speaker 2: intentionally have applied it to my life. Now let's talk

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Speaker 2: about how you can make it your mantra for today.

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Speaker 2: The first's take a quick break and then we'll be.

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Speaker 1: All right.

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Speaker 2: So we're focusing around the idea of living with intention.

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Speaker 2: And we've heard the words of Kid Cutti, you know,

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Speaker 2: heard the words of Seneca talking about why so many

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Speaker 2: And I've given you some insight into my own life

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Speaker 2: about how I've begun to sort of have a vetting

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Speaker 2: for today. And I think at the end of the day,

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Speaker 2: like the easiest way and probably the starting point should

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Speaker 2: always be asking why, right, why am I doing this?

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Speaker 2: What is my intention behind it? What is the greater

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Speaker 2: And it's obviously perfectly normal as a human to want

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Speaker 2: think taking the time to really spend that time alone

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Speaker 2: right and figure out what would actually bring you purpose

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Speaker 2: of way to spend your time that would be valuable

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Speaker 2: and align with the way you see yourself living in

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Speaker 2: the future. The life that you want for yourself. Right Again,

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Speaker 2: it all starts with asking questions and taking that time

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Speaker 2: and what you're longing for at the end of the day. Now,

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Speaker 2: to summarize what we're talking about here, the idea of

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Speaker 2: and he's also said he's not just making music, but

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Speaker 2: he's put a purpose behind the music that he makes, right,

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Speaker 2: saying that his music, he wants it to have a

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Speaker 2: positive message. Right, So he's setting an intention for every

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Speaker 2: talk about Seneca, one of the stoics, right talking about

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Speaker 2: but being busy with things that actually fulfill you and

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Speaker 2: actually bring you closer to your purpose in this life.

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Speaker 2: And even for myself again, having to slow down, ask

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Speaker 2: focus of mine anymore. Right, I have to move it

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Speaker 2: I'm dreaming about. Right and again, it all starts with

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Speaker 2: that internal conversation about what you really want and listening

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Speaker 1: Now, with that said, thank you so much for checking

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Speaker 1: out the Street Stoke Podcast. Do your best to.

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Speaker 2: Apply these concepts that we've discussed, and see you everyday life,

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Speaker 2: and I'll catch you next time. The Street Stoke Podcast

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