Bari Weiss on the Power of Choice and Voicing Your Opinion | It’s Too Early To Quit On Yourself

<p><strong>​​</strong>Ryan reads today’s daily meditation and talks to author Bari Weiss about the pressure to be agreeable, the importance of calculating opportunity cost, the line between speaking up about social issues and staying silent, and more.&nbsp;</p><p>From 2017 until 2020, Bari was a staff writer and editor for the Opinion section of The New York Times. Before joining the Times, Bari was an oped editor at the Wall Street Journal and an associate book review editor there. Her first book, "<a href="https://geni.us/3BaEMu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to Fight Anti-Semitism</a>," was a Natan Notable Book and the winner of a 2019 National Jewish Book Award. She is the host of the <a href="https://t.co/ZJMU1Cz45D" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Honestly with Bari Weiss Podcast</a>.</p><p>For ONE WEEK ONLY, you can sign up and immediately begin the <a href="https://dailystoic.com/challenge" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2022 Daily Stoic New Year New You Challenge</a> at your own pace. It’s 3 weeks of actionable challenges, presented in an email per day, built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy. Just go to <a href="https://dailystoic.com/challenge" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/challenge</a> to sign up.</p><p><a href="https://blinkist.com/STOIC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blinkist</a> takes top nonfiction titles, pulls out the key takeaways and puts them into text and audio explainers called Blinks that give you the most important information in just 15 minutes. Go to <a href="https://blinkist.com/STOIC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blinkist.com/STOIC</a> to start your free 7 day trial and get 25% off of a <a href="https://blinkist.com/STOIC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blinkist Premium membership</a>.</p><p><a href="https://joinreframeapp.com/stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reframe</a> is a neuroscience based smartphone app that helps users cut