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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.” — Epictetus
Temperance 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 quiet power.
🧠 What You’ll Learn Today
• Why temperance is about control, not denial
• Epictetus on self-mastery
• How excess weakens leadership
• Why restraint creates freedom
• Where temperance applies in daily life
🔍 Tags:
Stoicism, Temperance, Self-Control, Leadership, Discipline, Habits, Personal Growth, Inner Strategy
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The Stoic Inner Strategy is your daily shortform podcast—your blueprint for modern leadership rooted in timeless truths.
Hosted by Scott Smith, founder of Akhada Consulting, co-founder of ChatWorx, and host of The Outsourcing Blueprint podcast, this series blends ancient Stoic wisdom with real-world business strategy to help you lead with clarity, manage both your teams and yourself effectively, and move with purpose.
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