Now That You Know, Do Better | Wants Make You A Servant

<p>We look back on things we clearly messed up. We were too preoccupied. We were too harsh. We were wrong. We didn’t know.</p><p><a href="https://dailystoic.com/its-ok-to-stumble/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">And because we messed up, we feel guilty</a>. We regret what could have been. We’re mad at ourselves. <a href="https://dailystoic.com/the-question-to-ask-when-you-mess-up/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We wallow in pity or shame</a>.</p><p>Dr. Edith Eger, the Holocaust survivor, cut through all this with her graceful bluntness on the <a href="https://dailystoic.com/drs-edith-eger-and-marianne-engle-on-forgiving-over-and-over-again/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic podcast recently</a> (she’s <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dr-edith-eger/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">been on twice</a>, both episodes are must listens). “I’ll give you a sentence,” she said. “If I knew then, what I know now, I would have done things differently.”</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's excerpt from the <em>Daily Stoic</em>, Ryan explores why "the highest power is no power if you desire nothing." </p><p>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a> for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><p>See Privacy Po