It’s Going To Take More Than That To Stop You

Roosevelt is presented as an example of Stoic readiness under pressure. After being shot, he refused the hospital, gave the speech anyway, and turned the event into a moment of resolve. The email says that challenges are something a person can prepare for and grow through.

Reading notes

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• Roosevelt was shot on the way to a speech, but the thick speech in his pocket and eyeglasses case slowed the bullet.
• He refused to go to the hospital and insisted on giving the speech.
• He told the crowd that it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.
• The email says he had prepared his whole life for challenges.
• It tells the reader not to be cowed when something goes wrong.
• It recommends saying that it will take a lot more than the setback to stop you.
• It connects this attitude to amor fati: loving what happened and turning it into something memorable.