90 Minutes of Stoic Discipline | 34 Short Lessons for Doing the Hard Thing

Ninety minutes of short Stoic lessons on discipline: focus, habits, self-control and doing the work in front of you. There are 34 chapters, read in a steady voice over calm ambient music. Each one takes a single Stoic idea and turns it into something you can do today. There is a short pause with music between chapters, so you can stop and act on it, or just let it play. Chapters 0:00 Strength Comes From Repetition 2:42 Be Early 5:26 Check Your Reasons 8:06 Eat With Intent 10:51 Comfort Is a Slow Trap 13:28 Hold the Line When Angry 16:06 The Opinion Trap 18:45 Take the Criticism, Keep the Lesson 21:26 Close the Doorway to Distraction 24:03 Guard Your Hours Like Gold 26:53 Finish What You Start 29:32 Finish Strong 32:13 Set Your Own Deadline 34:51 Build the Pillar Before the Roof 37:39 Learn From Those Ahead 40:18 Silence the Noise 42:56 Stop Scrolling, Start Building 45:39 Pick Your Standard and Keep It 48:26 Keep the Small Promise 51:06 Do Not Wait for Perfect Conditions 53:44 Work Is Not Your Enemy 56:18 The Story You Tell About the Event 59:00 The Discipline of Attention 1:01:36 Respond, Do Not React 1:04:18 Be Hard to Distract 1:06:59 Train the Body, Train the Will 1:09:43 Shrink the Task Until It Is Easy to Start 1:12:20 Find Satisfaction in the Effort 1:14:58 Small Wins Add Up 1:17:37 The Evening Review 1:20:14 What Is Up to You 1:22:55 Practise Being Alone 1:25:28 Sit With Boredom 1:28:07 Slow Down to Go Faster Subtitles: the words are on screen, and closed captions are available.