It’s Hard Work

<p>Marcus Aurelius wasn’t magically Marcus Aurelius. Cato wasn’t <em>born that way.</em> All their virtues–their assiduous self-control, their patient wisdom, their commitment to justice, their courage at critical moments–this didn’t just happen. It wasn’t a biological freak event.</p><p>It was the result of hard work.</p><p>🎓 Sign up for the Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge to create better habits in 2023:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjZHbnM4TWpreUNyN3l4dVFFVVVJWDhJemZsZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsbWZicEdQSl9xMndXSGNCNU01SndIRl8xV2tadC02bHc2RDRVS19YM181YUVKSU95c05QMERZNjJOUHpYRmZySHRlbUlwZnA2eG9JdE5la3k0QmdYZWtLeXBZNmRWdThxdU8xdkFUaG9PM19rZ1NKSQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdailystoic.com%2Fchallenge&amp;v=THCpkFIA3E0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://dailystoic.com/challenge</a></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-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</