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Speaker 1: Yes, Hello, 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 generations. We are combining

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Speaker 1: ancient philosophy with lyrics and quotes from some of hip

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Speaker 1: hop's greatest who ever grace a microphone. Now, with all

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Speaker 1: that in mind, let's get things started with your daily

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Speaker 1: shot of inspiration. Today's stoic principle that we're gonna be

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Speaker 1: following is the idea of of taking action. And man,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna be touching the words from someone that I

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Speaker 1: think we'll be hearing a lot from. As the podcast

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Speaker 1: goes on, one of my own personal mentors, the late

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Speaker 1: great Nipsey Hustle, and I love this quote from him.

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Speaker 1: He said, quote, be a man of your word, do

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Speaker 1: what you say you're gonna do, Respect people the way

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Speaker 1: you would like to be respected. I love so many

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Speaker 1: different parts of this, but with the idea of taking action, right,

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Speaker 1: so much of what we've seen when it comes to

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Speaker 1: those that are held up being in media or society

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Speaker 1: as as successful, you know, but in turn do a

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Speaker 1: lot of shady things to get there. You know, That's

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Speaker 1: not what we're talking about. We're talking about this idea

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Speaker 1: of of taking action and making things happen. Right. It

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Speaker 1: doesn't mean to just sort of bulldoze ahead and step

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Speaker 1: on whoever you have to in order to get to

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Speaker 1: the top. Right, That's not what we're talking about here.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think there is a right way to

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Speaker 1: do this, sense, to implement this and to make things

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Speaker 1: happen without having to tear down others in the process. Right.

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Speaker 1: So more so this is about you know, taking action

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Speaker 1: and doing it as a stand up human being, right,

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Speaker 1: you know, showing people respect like Nip says, and and

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Speaker 1: also more importantly being a person of your word, right,

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Speaker 1: doing what you said you were going to do. Right,

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Speaker 1: And to kind of piggyback off of this, I mean,

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Speaker 1: let's kind of pull a quote from one of the stokes. Right.

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Speaker 1: It was Seneca who said quote action requires courage, not brashness,

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Speaker 1: creative application, and not brute force. Our movements and decisions

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Speaker 1: define us. We must be sure to act with the liberation, boldness,

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Speaker 1: and persistence. Those are the attributes of right and effective action.

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Speaker 1: Nothing else, not thinking or evasion or aid from others.

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Speaker 1: Action is the solution and the cure to our predicaments. Right,

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Speaker 1: And and seneca Is is piggybacking off of that quote

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Speaker 1: from Nip. Right, they're both talking about the same kind

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Speaker 1: of things, right, being deliberate with your actions, not using

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Speaker 1: brute force. It's about understanding the way of each decision

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Speaker 1: that you make, you know, and then acting accordingly. Right

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Speaker 1: Nip says, be a man of your word. Right. And

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Speaker 1: when you're thinking in that way, you're going to be

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Speaker 1: very careful about what you say you're going to do,

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Speaker 1: you know. And and the idea is, when you say

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Speaker 1: you're going to do something, you follow through on it. Right.

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Speaker 1: You make sure you do it to the best of

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Speaker 1: your ability. You take that action to heart. You understand

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Speaker 1: the weight that comes along with making a promise or

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Speaker 1: implementing a plan or an idea. Right, and especially if

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Speaker 1: that involves other people, you understand the responsibility that comes

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Speaker 1: along with working with others. And again, like Nip said,

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Speaker 1: you know, showing them the same level of respect that

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Speaker 1: you yourself would like to be shown. Right. I relate

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Speaker 1: to this, this whole concept we're talking about today. You

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Speaker 1: know so much to the core of who I am,

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Speaker 1: and my success I believe is attributed to my belief

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Speaker 1: in this right, my belief and wanting to do things

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Speaker 1: the right way, right, my belief in wanting to have

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Speaker 1: success and to take action but not to leave you know,

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Speaker 1: carnage and wreckage in my rear view mirror as a

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Speaker 1: part of me doing so right. And when I think

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Speaker 1: about how I kind of relate to this in a

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Speaker 1: practical sense and some experiences I've had in my life,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think about my my first job in radio.

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Speaker 1: You know, I was an overnight board operator midnight to

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Speaker 1: And for me, even though I had zero experience, and

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Speaker 1: I'd proved myself as someone who was not only trustworthy,

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Speaker 1: end of the day, experience can be taught but dignity

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Speaker 1: of course changed the course of my life. But it

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Speaker 1: all started with me being a person of my word,

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Speaker 1: to me and Listen, It's not always easy, right, Like

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Speaker 1: for me in the industry that I exist in, it

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Speaker 1: that are clawing to try and get your job. There

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Speaker 1: are people that will man tarnish your name the first

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Speaker 1: position that you are. Right. There are so many times

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Speaker 1: you know, But the reality is that would have just

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Speaker 1: made me, you know, be someone who wasn't trustworthy. Right.

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Speaker 1: One of the other biggest lessons that I've learned that

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Speaker 1: in the long run, people want to how higher and

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Speaker 1: work with people that they inevitbly want to hang out with, right,

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Speaker 1: So you being someone who is more so a human

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Speaker 1: to the top. Like that might work for a little bit,

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Speaker 1: opportunities in difficult times, are the ones who have proven

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Speaker 1: themselves to be stand up individuals that others want to

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Speaker 1: be around. And that's something that I've always kept in

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Speaker 1: mind throughout the course of my career and my ascension,

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Speaker 1: is man very cut throat and highly competitive, but it's

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Speaker 1: something I always reminded myself. Now, with that in mind,

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Speaker 1: then we'll be right back, all right. So we've heard

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Speaker 1: heard from Seneca, one of the stoics. I've talked about

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Speaker 1: it's all about slowing down, right. You know, we we

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Speaker 1: all have goals that we want to accomplish. But how

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Speaker 1: How intentional have you been with your word? I think

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Speaker 1: who you are and how you can improve and we

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Speaker 1: all can improve. Right, But again, how intentional have you

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Speaker 1: You know? When you you tell your boss you're going

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Speaker 1: to have that project in by Friday, do you deliver

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Speaker 1: Do you do under promise and over delivered? And the

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Speaker 1: You know, that's the type of person that gets the opportunities,

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Speaker 1: I've heard so many stories and we see this online

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Speaker 1: so much. People are saying, quit your job, quit your

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Speaker 1: also have to figure out, you know, what makes sense

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Speaker 1: rule of practices and never act off of emotion or adrenaline. Right,

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Speaker 1: give yourself a sleep to to think about it. Right,

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Speaker 1: but I think a healthy amount of caution should always

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Speaker 1: that's something that I always like to take with me.

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Speaker 1: I know that for me, many of my opportunities came

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Speaker 1: others want to be around. You will be surprised and

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Speaker 1: shocked at how much your experience really doesn't matter. If

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Speaker 1: you've proven yourself to be someone that others cannot only

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Speaker 1: because you've proven yourself to be a solid and respectful

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Speaker 1: get all that you're dreaming for now. With that said,

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Speaker 1: your daily dose of ancient Stoke philosophy mixed with hip

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Speaker 1: hop lyrics and inspiration. And until then, I am Dramas

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