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Ep 368 – The Urge to Be Understood
Stoic leadership teaches restraint with reputation. Scott Smith explains why leaders cannot manage every opinion or interpretation others hold.🎙️ Episode SummaryMarcus Aurelius lived under constant judgment, criticism, misunderstanding, and competing interpretations of his motives.Stoicism teaches leaders to distinguish between their conduct and another person’s opinion of that conduct. In this episode, Scott Smith reflects on the urge to be understood and the quiet temptation to manage every version of ourselves that exists in someone else’s mind.For founders and executives, this is a…
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