The Stoic Campfire

Stephen Gordon

We often do not have time to sit and ponder in our fast-paced world. Historically, the campfire has served as a place where anyone can sit and think about anything. We will discuss my successes, failures, ideas, and thoughts all within the purview of stoicism and faith. https://linktr.ee/The.Stoic.Campfire read less

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Episode 8: How to Earn Respect as a Leader

Episode 8: How to Earn Respect as a Leader

The biggest misconception about earning respect is assuming you can walk into a situation and earn it. Rather, you must first hand craft yourself and improve yourself, so that first you can respect yourself. Then from there, you hold to your core values and tenants. Some will love you for this, some will hate you. Either way, you will still earn respect.

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Episode 8: How to Earn Respect as a Leader

Episode 8: How to Earn Respect as a Leader

The biggest misconception about earning respect is assuming you can walk into a situation and earn it. Rather, you must first hand craft yourself and improve yourself, so that first you can respect yourself. Then from there, you hold to your core values and tenants. Some will love you for this, some will hate you. Either way, you will still earn respect.

Episode 7: The Difference from Being a Great Leader vs a Good Leader.

Episode 7: The Difference from Being a Great Leader vs a Good Leader.

One of my listeners requested that I speak a little more on leadership, I spoke from my lessons learned and a few areas that I have found success in.

Episode 6: The Journey

Episode 6: The Journey

In today's episode, we look at one of my favorite books from the perspective of stoicism. Peter Krief's The Journey is one of the best introductions to philosophy and Christianity that I think one could ask for.

Episode 5: Leadership & How to be a Virtuous Leader

Episode 5: Leadership & How to be a Virtuous Leader

In our modern society, we are often presented with many moral dilemmas and we have often seen many leaders not act virtuously. In this podcast, we will go over how to be a virtuously leader while also considering the words of many of the great stoics.

Episode 4: Leadership & Command Presence

Episode 4: Leadership & Command Presence

At the request of a close friend, I did a quick episode on Command Presence, where we talked about various methods and stoic perspectives.

Episode 3: Self Worth

Episode 3: Self Worth

What is Self Worth? Why should we value ourselves? Why should we care about what we think of ourselves? Today we take a deep dive into this question and do our best to answer this question from the purview of Religion and Stoicism

Episode 2: Stay in the Present

Episode 2: Stay in the Present

In today's episode, we talk about the Importance of Remaining in the Present. Often times in our fast-paced world we miss the present. We spend time everywhere else, but here and now.

Episode 1: Stoicism and Christianity

Episode 1: Stoicism and Christianity

In Today's Episode, we Talk about Stocism and the Apostle Paul. We briefly go over the relationship between the two.