Stoic Coffee Break

Be awesome and support this podcast on Patreon! “The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.”—Marcus AureliusLast week I talked about asking for help. This week I want to delve into asking a bit further. Guess CultureI grew up in a Guess Culture. And what is a Guess Culture? A Guess Culture is one where the social rules are so ubiquitous that everyone knows them, or is expected to know them. It usually happens when most people around you hold the same beliefs about how things should be. When a culture is very homogeneous, for example, a religious majority, it’s easy to just assume that everyone knows the social rules. Outsiders who are new to a city, or even country, often find themselves flummoxed as they try to navigate all these unwritten rules that everyone else seems to know.Ask CultureOn the other side, there is Ask Culture. This is where asking is encouraged, and guessing is considered rude. It happens in families o