I think about this twice a day. Every morning when I sit down to read & again when I begin to work, I say to myself, “Accept the initial agitation.” When you try to focus, Andrew Huberman explains, “the brain circuits that turn on first are of the stress system.” Meaning:

This video was inspired by Billy Oppenheimer, whom I once told: “Above all else, focus on acquiring knowledge & skills. Knowledge & skills are like gold—a currency you will transform into something more valuable than you can imagine." In this video, I explain how acquiring skills

From Billy Oppenheimer’s email. We can make excuses and point fingers or we can try to be great. But we can’t do both. Kobe and Saban.

Completed the series. After six years, the fourth and final book of The Stoic Virtues Series is done: "Wisdom Takes Work: Learn. Apply. Repeat." Available for preorder at dailystoic.com/wisdom. I'm excited for you to read this one.