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Episode 350: Letting Go of What You Can't Control · Positively 365: Inspire, Motivate, Support

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Positively three hundred and sixty five, a podcast
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  Speaker 3: I tried to control everything about my day today, my schedule,
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  Speaker 3: my mood, other people. Turns out the only thing I
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  Speaker 3: successfully controlled was my stress level, and not in a
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  Speaker 3: good way. Welcome to this week's episode of Positively three
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  Speaker 3: sixty five, where peace begins when control ends. I'm your host,
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  Speaker 3: Joe Wattis, and today we're talking about releasing what's outside
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  Speaker 3: your control and reclaiming your energy. But before we dive
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  Speaker 3: into all that, we have our trivia question of the day.
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  Speaker 3: Are you ready for it? Here? It is what ancient
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  Speaker 3: philosophy focuses heavily on accepting what you cannot change. We
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  Speaker 3: Welcome back. Do you know the answer to this week's
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  Speaker 3: trivia question? The question was what ancient philosophy focuses heavily
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  Speaker 3: on accepting what you cannot change. The answer is stoicism.
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  Speaker 3: Stoic philosophy teaches that peace comes from focusing on your responses,
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  Speaker 3: not on the external outcomes. Now you know, control feels
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  Speaker 3: safe until it isn't. You can plan carefully, do everything
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  Speaker 3: right and still face uncertainty. That's not failure, that's life.
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  Speaker 3: Letting go doesn't mean giving up. It means trusting yourself
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  Speaker 3: to handle whatever comes next. Energy grows when you stop
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  Speaker 3: fighting and you accept everything that is outside of your control.
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  Speaker 3: To close out this week's episode on Stoicism, I have
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  Speaker 3: a quote from the Stoic philosopher Epictetus. He said, it
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  Speaker 3: is not what happens to you, but how you react
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  Speaker 3: to it that matters. So today I challenge you loosen
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  Speaker 3: your grip just a little. You might be surprised how
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  Speaker 3: much lighter you feel. Thank you for spending this time
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  Speaker 3: with me on Positively three sixty five. Breathe easy, trust yourself,
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  Speaker 3: and as always, stay positive.
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  Speaker 1: until next time, stay positive today and every day three
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  Speaker 1: hundred sixty five days a year.
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