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Ep 206 – Stillness Before Action
Meta Description: Stillness restores judgment under pressure. Scott Smith explains why Stoic stillness is alignment—not rest—and how restraint brings clarity back to leadership decisions.🎙️ Episode SummaryStillness is often misunderstood.In this episode, Scott Smith reframes stillness not as rest or withdrawal, but as alignment. Under pressure, leaders are pulled toward outcomes, opinions, and things outside their control—causing judgment to thin and action to lose proportion.Drawing on Epictetus’ reminder that valuing what lies outside our control diminishes our own, Scott reflects on…
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