{"id":934,"date":"2017-08-02T00:34:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T00:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/?p=934"},"modified":"2017-08-02T00:34:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T00:34:58","slug":"youll-go-insane-expect-world-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/youll-go-insane-expect-world-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019ll Go Insane If You Expect the World To Be Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Book Twelve, as\u00a0Meditations<\/em>\u00a0is wrapping up,\u00a0Marcus<\/a>\u00a0writes \u201cIt never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.\u201d In another section, he writes, \u201cAmbition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do\u2026Sanity means tying it to your own actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

These were important reminders for our team when\u00a0The Daily Stoic<\/a><\/em>\u00a0book was released in October. We posted great numbers\u2014more than enough to hit the New York Times<\/em> List (weekly and monthly). We waited eagerly for the\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0to post them and when they did, guess who was nowhere to be found?<\/p>\n

It would be dishonest to say that that wasn\u2019t frustrating. Even having low expectations–having been snubbed before\u2014you still\u00a0expect<\/em>\u00a0the world to be fair or an organization to follow the rules they claim to follow (if you sell the most, you should be on the list). But you have to catch yourself. Following that line of thinking is a recipe for misery.<\/p>\n

Doing good work is what matters. Recognition and rewards\u2014those are just extra. To be too attached to results you don\u2019t control? It will not end well. It\u2019s always helpful to ask: Why do I care what these people think again? Why does their opinion matter to me? Understanding the words is not always enough, sometimes we have to really feel them\u2014to have their meaning\u00a0forced<\/em>\u00a0upon us. Think of that next time you experience life\u2019s unfairness. That it\u2019s just a reminder of your Stoic teachings and that you can become stronger for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Book Twelve, as\u00a0Meditations\u00a0is wrapping up,\u00a0Marcus\u00a0writes \u201cIt never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.\u201d In another section, he writes, \u201cAmbition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do\u2026Sanity means tying it to your own actions.\u201d These were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nYou\u2019ll Go Insane If You Expect the World To Be Fair<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/youll-go-insane-expect-world-fair\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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