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Speaker 1: What Up? I am Dramas and this is the Street

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

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Speaker 1: philosophy remix for the hip hop generation. Now we are

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Speaker 1: combining philosophy with lyrics and quotes from some of the

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Speaker 1: greatest who ever grace a microphone. 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 on the

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Speaker 1: stoic principle of wisdom right. And I know this could

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Speaker 1: mean a few different things, but kind of centered around

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Speaker 1: the idea of learning right and always being able to

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Speaker 1: learn something right. I pulled this quote from Kendrick Lamar

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Speaker 1: that I thought really tapped into this whole idea of

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Speaker 1: wisdom and what it truly means to be wise. Right now,

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Speaker 1: Kendrick says, quote, my whole thing is to inspire to

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Speaker 1: better people, to better myself forever in this thing that

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Speaker 1: we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

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Speaker 1: And I want to focus on a line that he

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Speaker 1: says in there. Right, he says to better myself forever. Right,

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Speaker 1: he doesn't say better himself until he's recognized as one

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Speaker 1: of the greatest. He doesn't say to better himself until

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Speaker 1: he's reached this goal. Right, He talks about the idea

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Speaker 1: of it being a never ending process, the ability to

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Speaker 1: better oneself being never ending. Right. The idea is that

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Speaker 1: the work never stops. The beautiful thing about us as

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Speaker 1: human beings, right, we are always learning, We are always evolving,

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Speaker 1: and you have to embrace that. Right. You have to

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Speaker 1: get comfortable with not knowing everything, and you have to

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Speaker 1: develop this appetite for knowledge, right, and for bettering yourself

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Speaker 1: and for growing as a human being. And this concept,

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Speaker 1: you know, it relates perfectly to a quote from one

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Speaker 1: of the Stoics. Now, this is from Seneca, and he says, quote,

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Speaker 1: as long as you live, keep learning how to live. Right,

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Speaker 1: Let's focus in on that, right, keep learning how to live.

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Speaker 1: Meaning once again, it is a never ending process. We

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Speaker 1: never quite you know, have this thing called life figured out? Right,

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Speaker 1: and then the second we do, something comes and knocks

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Speaker 1: us on our ass and shows us that we don't

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Speaker 1: know as much as we thought we did. Right, things

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Speaker 1: are always evolving. Right, Like again, the beauty of life

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Speaker 1: all share in It is the idea of endless potential

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Speaker 1: as a human being, right, the potential for endless growth,

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Speaker 1: and the fact is that you know, things have always

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Speaker 1: and will always continue to change. Right. Like we've all

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Speaker 1: kind of probably heard in passing somewhere the quote that

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Speaker 1: is evolve or die, right, And obviously that sounds a

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Speaker 1: bit extreme, you know what I mean. But I don't

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Speaker 1: think it means die in the literal sense, and maybe

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Speaker 1: it can in certain circumstances, But it's the the idea

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Speaker 1: that life is always moving, it's always progressing in some

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Speaker 1: sort of way, it's always changing, and if you try

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Speaker 1: and fight against that, you will quickly be left behind. Right.

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Speaker 1: There's no way to fight against the change that inevitably

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Speaker 1: happens in this world, you know. And as uncomfortable as

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Speaker 1: it may be, as as scary as it may be,

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Speaker 1: you know you have to embrace this change and understand

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Speaker 1: that it is a beautiful and necessary part of life,

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Speaker 1: and it is the opportunity for you as a human

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Speaker 1: being to grow and to experience something new and something fresh. Right.

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Speaker 1: Like for me, when I think about my career, I've

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Speaker 1: even getting into radio some years ago, right, And I

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Speaker 1: I still dressed in my best, right. I still wanted

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Speaker 1: me in my career. I began to get a little

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Speaker 1: opportunities because people would tell me, oh, well, dramas looks

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Speaker 1: when you embrace change, when you allow change to happen,

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Speaker 1: when you are all about your evolution, all about your growth,

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Speaker 1: you are in fact inviting new things into your life,

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Speaker 1: writing that next chapter of your book, of your story,

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Speaker 1: and it all comes with new experiences. But you have

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Speaker 1: to embrace the idea that you will never stop learning

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Speaker 1: who was like pushing against you know, something like TikTok

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Speaker 1: dancing on it, and blah blah blah. Right, But the

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Speaker 1: you fight against it, you wouldevertab will become a dinosaur

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Speaker 1: And that's a terrible fate to think about, especially when

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Speaker 1: all it took was you developing a bit more of

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Speaker 1: an open mind and allowing yourself to explore something outside

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Speaker 1: of your norm. Now, with that in mind, we've heard

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Speaker 1: and how you can make this your mantra for today. Well,

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Speaker 1: right back. All right, So we have heard from man

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Speaker 1: can make it your mantra for today. And I think,

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Speaker 1: first and foremost, one of the simple things that I've

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Speaker 1: challenged myself to, and I would, you know, suggest you

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Speaker 1: making a commitment to would be the idea of learning

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Speaker 1: something new every day, right. And it could be something

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Speaker 1: as simple as listening to a podcast, right or watching

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Speaker 1: might be. But something to challenge myself towards continuous progress. Right.

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Speaker 1: And I get it, we're all busy, we all have

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Speaker 1: challenging yourself instead of watching mindless TV, challenge yourself to

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Speaker 1: Because what I've always recognized and realized is that whether

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Speaker 1: having the discipline to do so, you're gonna find yourself,

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Speaker 1: you know, growing outside of your your comfort zone and

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Speaker 1: which I think is what we should all be striving for. Right.

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Speaker 1: it a point to embrace a new challenge in that area,

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Speaker 1: you know, whether it be something small like just learning

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Speaker 1: you know, make a bigger leap in your life, you know,

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Speaker 1: maybe completely jumping ship into something else. But having those

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Speaker 1: conversations with yourself and understanding that the minute you are

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Speaker 1: best version of yourself. And eventually, as you become too

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Speaker 1: comfortable in that relationship, the excitement, the spark, it all

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Speaker 1: a perfect analogy for what happens in our everyday lives.

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Speaker 1: Right and again, think about it. Change is inevitable, and

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Speaker 1: embracing it is, in fact, the only way to truly live. Now.

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Speaker 1: With that said, we'll see you next time for your

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Speaker 1: daily shot of inspiration, your daily dose of ancient Stolk

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Speaker 1: philosophy mixed with hip hop lyrics and inspiration. And until then,

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Speaker 1: I am Dramas and this is the Street Stoke Podcast.

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