Your Standards Are For You | You’re a Product of Your Training

<p>One of the things that separates us from other people—indeed that has been responsible for our success—is our ability to be strict and <a href="https://geni.us/eNWBo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">self-disciplined</a>. Where other people are fine making excuses or taking shortcuts, <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dont-just-settle-for-a-shortcut-do-the-work/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">we are not</a>. Where other people wing it or do what’s easiest, taking the path of least resistance, <a href="https://dailystoic.com/do-whats-right-not-whats-easy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">we don’t</a>. That’s really the essence of Stoicism and why those of us who have committed to doing the hard work have been able to get so much out of it.</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's Daily Stoic excerpt reading, Ryan discusses how and why the work that we do and the intention that we put into it defines who we are.</p><p>✉️&nbsp; 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 Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-i