Things Are Won at the Beginning

<p>“Here we are at the beginning of a new year. On the one hand, today is just a day, no different than any other. Yet there is also something special about today because we are starting the year 2021. And as the expression goes, well begun is half done. In fact, the Stoics would express it a little differently, because to them, the beginning was the only thing that was up to us. As the philosopher Democritus said, ‘Boldness is the beginning of action. But fortune controls how it ends.’”</p><p>Ryan kickstarts the new year, and explains that we control how we start but not where fate takes us, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.</p><p><a href='https://geni.us/rXSm9R'><em>The Daily Stoic</em></a> is a $1.99 ebook right now (<a href='https://geni.us/DS199UK'>also Amazon UK</a>). Plus, <em>The Daily Stoic</em> <a href='https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book'>in our limited edition leatherbound</a> is available in the Daily Stoic store (you can also order <a href='https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leatherbound-signed-edition'>a personalized edition</a> as well!).</p><p>***</p><p>If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better.</p><p>Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href='http://dailystoic.com/signup'>http://DailyStoic.com/signup</a></p><p>Follow Daily Stoic:</p><p>Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/dailystoic'>https://twitter.com/dailystoic</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/'>https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href='http://facebook.com/dailystoic'>http://facebook.com/dailystoic</a></p><p>YouTube: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic'>https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic</a></p>