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Seneca defines wisdom as clarity, not intelligence. Scott Smith explains how right understanding reduces stress, sharpens judgment, and helps leaders make decisions that stand the test of time.

🎙️ Episode Summary

“Wisdom is a right understanding.” — Seneca

Wisdom isn’t intelligence. Wisdom is clarity.

In this episode, Scott Smith explores Seneca’s definition of wisdom as the ability to discern what is good, what is bad, and what simply is. Much of our stress, he argues, comes from confusing those categories.

Through a personal story about learning to drive and the Stoic idea of pre-deciding, Scott shows how clarity of values allows leaders to respond calmly under pressure instead of reacting in panic.

Wisdom doesn’t help you win the moment.
It helps you choose what will still be right a year from now.

🧠 What You’ll Learn Today
• Why wisdom is clarity, not intelligence
• Seneca’s definition of “right understanding”
• How pre-deciding your values reduces stress
• Why reputation, money, and comfort aren’t true goods
• How Stoic wisdom strengthens leadership decisions

🔍 Tags:
Stoicism, Seneca, Wisdom, Leadership, Decision Making, Clarity, Stress Management, Stoic Philosophy, 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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