Sep 7, 2026 · 40 min · 9 segments
**Sometimes you can do everything right and still lose.** You can prepare properly and still fail. Treat someone well and still be left. Work hard for an opportunity and receive no answer. So how do…
You can do everything right in life and still get the outcome that you didn't want.
For example, you could be training really well, eating well, and you could still get injured.
You could be treating your partner really well and looking after them in the relationship.
You could do all the prep is possible for you to do, and you still may not get the job.
A lot of the things that we care about most in our lives are things that aren't within our control completely.
There are certain things that we can control, there are things we can influence, and there are things that are out of our control.
And it seems to be one of the fundamental problems of being a human being, I suppose, is that We often look at the things that we can't control and let them affect us and dwell on them for too long.
It's a philosophy that really interests me and I think is commonly misunderstood online as well.
it's asking the question of how do we live well when reality isn't fully cooperating.
Some of these things I've discussed on the podcast, whether that's in conversation with other people or myself, things like control, responsibility, acceptance, emotion, and perspective on your situation.
And many of the conversations I've had on this podcast do relate back to that philosophy.
So what does Stoicism actually teach us and is it a good way to live? And also a good question to add on to that is where can Stoicism go wrong and how is it misinterpreted in the modern world? Before stepping into the first of the practical takeaways from this episode, I just want to look into where Stoicism comes from, and it's going to be very, very brief.
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