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Ep 190 – Temperance: Mastering Yourself First
Meta Description: Temperance is self-command, not self-denial. Scott Smith explores how Stoic restraint creates freedom, focus, and strength in leadership and life.🎙️ Episode Summary“No man is free who is not master of himself.” — EpictetusTemperance isn’t restriction. It’s control.In this episode, Scott Smith unpacks the Stoic virtue of temperance as the discipline of knowing when enough is enough. Without self-command, ambition turns into excess and freedom into dependency.Temperance shows up in restraint before burnout, moderation before collapse, and pause before impulse.Self-mastery is…
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