1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: I See's Daily Game. It's a production of iHeartRadio. What's 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: up to Size Team? You're listening to The Daily Game 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: the compilation of motivational quotes I've collected over the years 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: that I've found inspiring and helped me through the game 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: of life. Today's quote comes from Marcus Aurelius, one of 6 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: the most highly respected Roman emperors and philosophers. He ruled 7 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: from one hundred and sixty one to one hundred and eighty, 8 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 1: but his words still rang true today. You have power 9 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: over your mind, not outside events. Realize this and you 10 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: will find strength. This is dope because really is telling 11 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: you the only thing you truly have power over is 12 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: what goes on in your brain. Everything around you, you 13 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: truly don't have control over it. And it kind of 14 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: connects to one of my things is, which is focus 15 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: on things you can't control. A lot of people spend 16 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: a lot of time thinking about things they have no 17 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: control over, and they labor and they go through all 18 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: types of anxiety over things they have absolutely no control over. 19 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: You can only focus on the things you can't control. 20 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: So say you live in a hurricane area, Well, you 21 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: can worry and worry and worry about the hurricane, but 22 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: you cannot control the hurricane. What you can control is 23 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: how well you prepare for the hurricane. So you can 24 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: control things in your mind. That's where you have control. 25 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: Now you say, okay, I can't control these outside things, 26 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: but what in my mind can I do? And what 27 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: can I control? So let me prepare for this. So 28 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: I guess basically, what Marcus is really getting down to 29 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: is that you have to relinquish a lot of power 30 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: and stop sweating a lot of things that we don't 31 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: control in life. A life is going to move around us, 32 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: and how we absorb them and how we take them 33 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 1: in and how we understand them, that's all we can do. 34 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: That's all you have is control over yourself. Even with 35 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: someone else in your life, you do not have control 36 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: over them. You might think you do, but you don't. 37 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: They have free will. You can only control yourself. So 38 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: that's deep. And once you give up the power and say, 39 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: you know what, no matter how much I wish or want, 40 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: I can't will that thing to happen. I can only 41 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: control myself, you probably will remove a lot of stress 42 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: from your life. But this is hard for some people 43 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: to excel. This has been another ice cold fact from 44 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: me iced tea, listening again tomorrow when I drop some 45 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: wisdom on your ass Till then, stay safe, stay smart, 46 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: and stay knowing that you and you alone are in 47 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: the driver's seat of your life. On the journey I 48 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: Sees Daily Gaming. It's a production of iHeartRadio, Final Level 49 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:17,279 Speaker 1: Entertainment and Oddity, an Asylum entertainment company. The show's executive 50 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: producer is Noel Brown. Supervising producer is Jordan run Talk. 51 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,359 Speaker 1: If you like what you heard, please subscribe and leave 52 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: us a review. 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