00:00There is an ancient truth that echoes across time.
00:03If the universe has dealt you eight parts of wealth, you will never force it to become ten.
00:10The Stoic philosopher Epictetus taught us the dichotomy of control.
00:15We suffer because we demand the world to be exactly as we want it, rather than accepting it as it
00:21is.
00:22We chase that extra share of wealth, of status, of validation, things completely outside our control.
00:30And in doing so, we lose our peace.
00:33And what if you do grasp that extra share?
00:37The ancients warn us.
00:40Even if nine parts reach your hand, if it is not in accordance with nature, gold will turn to firewood.
00:48Seneca reminded us that wealth and poverty are merely what Stoics call preferred indifference.
00:54They do not define your worth.
00:56Fortune is fickle.
00:58It gives and it takes away.
01:00If you tie your happiness to gold, you will be burned when it inevitably turns to ash.
01:06Poverty and wealth, success and obscurity, these are often dealt by the hand of fate.
01:13The Stoic response is not passive surrender, but amor fati.
01:18A passionate love of your fate.
01:20Do not fight the reality you are given.
01:22A life spent battling the uncontrollable is a life wasted.
01:27Instead, find profound power in the present moment.
01:32Find joy in ordinary days.
01:34In Stoicism, there is only one true wealth, virtue.
01:39You cannot always choose your financial destiny, but you have absolute control over your character.
01:45Live your ordinary days with gratitude.
01:48Practice kindness.
01:50Do good, not for a reward, but because it is the right thing to do.
01:56When you build your life on the solid ground of virtue, your path clears naturally.
02:02You become untouchable by bad luck, because you have realized that a good mind is the greatest fortune of all.
02:10Stop fighting your fate.
02:13Rise above it by mastering your mind.
