The Daily Stoic

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March   31st

YOU’RE  A   PRODUCT OF  YOUR    TRAINING

“Chasing    what    can’t   be  done    is  madness.    But the base    person  is  unable  to  do  anything    else.”

—MARCUS AURELIUS,   MEDITATIONS,    5.17

dog that’s allowed to chase cars will chase cars. A child who is never given any boundaries will
become spoiled. An investor without discipline is not an investor—he’s a gambler. A mind that isn’t in
control of itself, that doesn’t understand its power to regulate itself, will be jerked around by external
events and unquestioned impulses.
That can’t be how you’d like tomorrow to go. So you must be aware of that. You must put in place
training and habits now to replace ignorance and ill discipline. Only then will you begin to behave and act
differently. Only then will you stop seeking the impossible, the shortsighted, and the unnecessary.