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Urgency isn’t created by events but by judgment. Scott Smith explains the Stoic discipline of assent and why strong leadership begins by governing what we accept as true.
🎙️ Episode Summary
“The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation…” — Seneca
Urgency doesn’t come from events.
It comes from judgment.
In this episode, Scott Smith explores the Stoic discipline of assent—the faculty that governs what impressions we accept as true before acting on them.
The Stoics taught that assent itself isn’t error. Error comes from unexamined assent. When impressions are accepted without reflection, urgency rushes in, narrowing judgment and pulling leaders out of the present and into imagined futures.
Strong leadership doesn’t eliminate urgency.
It governs what it agrees to.
This episode reframes urgency not as pressure, but as a test of judgment—and shows why disciplined assent is central to calm, effective leadership.
🧠 What You’ll Learn Today
• The Stoic meaning of assent
• Why urgency forms before action
• How judgment shapes pressure
• Seneca on delay and expectation
• Why governing assent preserves clarity
🔍 Tags:
Stoicism, Assent, Seneca, Leadership, Judgment, Urgency, Mental Discipline, Inner Strategy
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