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Power doesn’t wait for the perfect person to raise their hand. Someone will wield it. Someone always does. 📚 Looking for stories to teach your kids about Stoicism? Check out Ryan Holiday’s books: The Boy Who Would Be King and  The Girl Who Would Be Free: A Fable About Epictetus 👉 Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The ... Show More
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