Mastering High Performance | Paul Rabil PT1
04 May 2024
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This Is a Very Important Decision | Show, Not Tell, What You Know
03 May 2024
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This Is The Most Important Virtue | Ask DS
02 May 2024
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The Ordinary Brilliance Of President Harry S. Truman | David Roll
01 May 2024
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You Can’t Escape This
01 May 2024
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It’s A Practice | Taylor Swift Used Stoicism To Beat The Music Industry
30 Apr 2024
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It Can Make You Better | Show, Don’t Tell
29 Apr 2024
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How To Balance Ego With Striving | LinkedIn Talk
28 Apr 2024
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Build The Life You Want | Arthur Brooks
27 Apr 2024
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These Are The Burdens Of Planet Earth | Things Happen In Training
26 Apr 2024
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If You Had The World Enough and Time… | Ask DS
25 Apr 2024
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Why Everything is F*cked | Mark Manson
24 Apr 2024
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Mark Manson is a three-time #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F...
This is How You Make Hard Situations Easier
24 Apr 2024
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Why Do It Alone? | Marcus Aurelius Advice For Becoming Unstoppable
23 Apr 2024
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You Can't Get Even | The Freedom Of Contempt
22 Apr 2024
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Amor Fati: Love Everything That Happens | Read By Ryan Holiday
21 Apr 2024
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Self-Reliance and the Confidence in Trusting Your Inner Wisdom | Mark Matousek
20 Apr 2024
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Mark Matousek is a bestselling author, teacher, and speaker whose work focuses on personal awakening...
What Do You Have To Show For It? | Our Sphere Of Impulses
19 Apr 2024
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This Is How To Capture The Magic | Ask Daily Stoic
18 Apr 2024
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How To Do Good For People | Congressman Tim Ryan
17 Apr 2024
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There’s a Difference Between Urge and Action
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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This is How You Make Hard Situations Easier | The Stoic Guide To Freedom And Power (From Epictetus)
16 Apr 2024
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How Many Are Left? | Impulse Control
15 Apr 2024
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Tom Segura Tours The Painted Porch
14 Apr 2024
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Tom Segura goes on a book tour of The Painted Porch to find the titles he is most interested in.✉️...
Why You Should Run Towards Your Fear | Martha McSally PT2
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Colonel (retired) Martha McSally was the 1st U.S. woman to command a fighter squadron in combat. She...
Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light | Reject Tantalizing Gifts
12 Apr 2024
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When You Wake Up Every Morning, Tell Yourself… | Ask Daily Stoic
11 Apr 2024
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Politics, Empowerment, And Never Giving Up | Senator Martha McSally PT 1
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Colonel (retired) Martha McSally was the 1st U.S. woman to command a fighter squadron in combat. She...
It Made Him Great
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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This is Why We’re Afraid | How Tim Ferriss Deals With Champagne Problems (Using Stoicism)
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Don’t Be Replaced | Test Your Impressions
08 Apr 2024
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Chasing Dreams And Risking It All In An Abandoned Ghost Town | Ghost Town Living Chapter 1
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brent Underwood is the owner of Cerro Gordo, an original boomtown silver mine, established in 1865. ...
How To Be A Supercommunicator | Charles Duhigg
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Duhigg is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School. He is a Pulitzer prize-...
Life Is Predictably Unpredictable | Trust But Verify
05 Apr 2024
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Knowledge | Ask Daily Stoic
04 Apr 2024
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Solving The Epidemic of Mental Illness Caused By Social Media | Jonathan Haidt
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern...
What Limits You?
03 Apr 2024
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The Anthem of (Y)our Dying Day + This Single Word Will Give You Back Your Life
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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You Have To Major In Your Majors | What Can Go Wrong… Might
01 Apr 2024
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The 9 Core Stoic Beliefs
31 Mar 2024
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Finding Purpose In An Abandoned Ghost Town | Brent Underwood
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan talks with American entrepreneur and ghost town miner Brent Underwood. They discuss identifying...
Don’t Worry What They Tell Themselves When You’re Away | There is Philosophy in Everything
29 Mar 2024
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It’s Better Than A Grave And A Hearse | Ask Daily Stoic
28 Mar 2024
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Finding Enough, Getting Sober, and Improving Your Life | Sam Parr PT 2
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Parr is the founder of The Hustle, which is one of the fastest-growing media companies in the co...
You're On Your Own, Kid
27 Mar 2024
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How To Make Zero Progress | Jocko Willink Reads Ego Is The Enemy
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Everything, Everywhere, All At Once | Say No To The Need to Impress
25 Mar 2024
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How Emerson Can Change Your Life
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Daily Stoic podcast, we're happy to bring you two excerpts from Lessons From ...
Balancing Purpose and Profit | Sam Parr PT 1
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Parr is the founder of The Hustle, which is one of the fastest-growing media companies in the co...
Which Approach Will You Take? | The Sign Of True Education
22 Mar 2024
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This Choice Can Change Everything | Ask Daily Stoic
21 Mar 2024
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Solve The Problem First
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yeah, it’s frustrating. Yeah, it was preventable. Yeah, you told them it was preventable, you warn...
How to be an Honorable Leader and Combat Imposter Syndrome | Admiral Bill McRaven
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan speaks with Admiral Bill McRaven about the nature of being a Stoic, imposter syndrome when bein...
You Can’t Change What Happened, But… | 13 Ways A Stoic Challenges Themselves Every Day
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With a business partner, some investors, and his life savings, Brent Underwood bought the abandoned ...
Do This While You Can | The Portable Retreat
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s funny, over here at Daily Stoic, we do these challenges throughout the year (maybe you’ve j...
It's Time To Get Clean | Kentucky Wildcats Basketball
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this weekend episode of the Daily Stoic podcast, Ryan talks with Kentucky Wildcats Men's Basketba...
Seasonality and Understanding Pseudo-Productivity | Cal Newport PT 2
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan continues his conversation with computer science professor and bestselling author, Cal Newport....
Every Day Is A Chance For This | The Present Is All We Possess
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
That was the purpose behind Stoicism, behind the journaling, and the reading, and studying of this p...
Don’t Rush Through This | Ask DS
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Seneca makes the point, however, that what we are really rushing towards—with all deliberate speed...
Slow Productivity and Anticipating Consequences | Cal Newport PT 1
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first half of this two-part conversation, Ryan talks with computer science professor and best...
You Gotta Be Able To Do This
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus Aurelius was, of course, an incredible man. He endured more than most people. He had more pow...
You Don't Want To See This | The Stoic Guide To Freedom And Power (From Epictetus)
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
That obnoxious person. That contractor who ripped you off. That slow driver. That overly enthusiasti...
Everybody Is Doing Their Job | Think About It From The Other Person's Perspective
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
That obnoxious person. That contractor who ripped you off. That slow driver. That overly enthusiasti...
Are You Spending This Wisely? | Lives Of The Stoics ( Antipater the Ethicist )
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today is that day many dread—the day the clocks spring forward. Yes, in the middle of the night, y...
Changing the World with Civility and the Core of Stoicism | Alexandra Hudson
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan speaks with author Alexandra Hudson about how to navigate pragmatic situations through civility...
Everybody Wants To Rule The World | Don't Unintentionally Hand Over Your Freedom
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For as long as there have been groups of people, people have wanted to be in charge of those people....
You Aren’t Killing Time. Time Is Killing You | Ryan Holiday Answers On Ego And Mentorship
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Seneca reminded himself that death is not this thing in the future, but something that is happening ...
Can You See This In It?
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Seneca was exiled to what he felt was a rock in the middle of the ocean. He hated it. He thought it ...
Why Reflection is a Super Power | Lt Colonel Mike Erwin
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Holiday is joined by Lt Colonel Mike Erwin. Together they discuss the central practice of journ...
Do Not Miss This Reminder | This Single Word Will Give You Back Your Life
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spring is the most beautiful of the seasons. Suddenly, after a dreary winter, the colors come back. ...
No One is Self-Made | What Expensive Things Cost
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus Aurelius opens Meditations reflecting upon what he has learned from various influential indiv...
How To Remain Calm | 9 Tips From The Stoics
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's weekend episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan reminds us How To Remain Calm When ...
Robert Greene and Ryan Holiday on Ego and Power | LIVE in LA
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This discussion between Ryan Holiday and Robert Greene took place in September of 2023 at the Wilshi...
Are You Too Much Of A Coward? | Where Philosophy Begins
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s good that you’re tough. It’s good that you’re a fighter—maybe even trained in wrestli...
Whatever You Call It, Steer Clear | Ask DS
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus Aurelius called it a few different things. His translators varied even more in their interpre...
You Can Always Possess This
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This tradition of warrior Stoics continued up through and past Admiral Stockdale, who would test Epi...
Why Humans are Wired for Status, Not Happiness | Morgan Housel PT 2
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan continues his conversation with Morgan Housel, they discuss the power of storytelling, how huma...
It’s Producing Something Good | 20 Inspiring Moments Of Stoicism
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The regular person in us is frustrated by all this. But the Stoic in us knows that this is leading u...
Stop Expecting This | Cultivate Indifference
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At this point, you should have a pretty good understanding of human nature. That’s why we read his...
Reading And Learning From The Stoics | Austin Central Library
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s weekend episode of the Daily Stoic podcast, Ryan talks with over 150 employees fro...
The Curse Of Success | Morgan Housel PT 1
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan speaks with author Morgan Housel in the first of a two-part conversation to discuss his near de...
You Don’t Get a Choice | Circumstances Have No care For Our Feelings
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Certainly, Marcus Aurelius would have related to the sentiment. Floods. Plagues. Wars. A troubled so...
When The World Got Still | Ask DS
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It was anxiety inducing and scary, but there was also a stillness in it. Because you were forced, ag...
Remind Yourself Of This
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It doesn’t always feel like it. Not when you’re regularly screwing up. Not when you keep losing ...
Why Stoicism is Having a Modern Resurgence | Mick Mulroy (PT 2)
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan speaks with Mick Mulroy in the first of a two-part conversation about the simplicity of Stoicis...
You Ain’t Got Time | 10 Habits That Made Marcus Aurelius Great
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
People are out of their minds and always have been. You get the sense in Seneca’s writings that Ro...
We Can Find The Gift In It | Reduce Wants, Increase Happiness
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We wrote an email over at Daily Dad (please subscribe if you haven’t!) recently which notes Robert...
Preparation Makes You Brave | Courage is Calling
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s weekend episode of the Daily Stoic podcast, Ryan reads a chapter from his book Cou...
Mick Mulroy on the Beauty of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations and the Collective Need For Philosophy
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan speaks with Mick Mulroy in the first of a two-part conversation about the simplicity of Stoicis...
They Felt This Weight | Don't Make Things Harder Than They Need To Be
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s easy for academics and critics to dismiss the Stoics as depressing or dark. They’re not wro...
Do This. It’s Enough. | Ask Ds
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As John Adams (detailed in David McCullough’s amazing biography) wrote in his own old age, “You ...
Colin Elliott On The Art Of Navigating Lessons From History To The Modern World
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan talks with economic and social historian Colin Elli...
Get Narrow Before Life Does
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s interesting that these three great Stoics spent their final moments not as lone wolves but as...
Don’t Let It Change You | How To Actually Be Happier In 2024 (According to the Stoics)
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
So eventually a group of corrupt Romans contrived to have Cato assigned to a posting in Cyprus, a ve...
You Are An Artist (Whether You Know It Or Not) | Watch Over Your Perceptions
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maybe you don’t see yourself as an artist, just like Socrates didn’t see himself as an athlete, ...
How To Plan Your Day Like Marcus Aurelius
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's weekend episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan reminds us How To Plan Your Day Like Mar...
Author Evelyn McDonnell On Joan Didion’s Life and Legacy (Pt 2)
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan continues his conversation with writer, academic an...
You Don’t Want To Rule The World | You Don't Have To Have An Opinion
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about this recently, but ruling the world is not great. The evidence bears this out. In Li...
Either Way, This Is Not The Answer | Ask DS
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Then there is the stuff that does harm the community—a corrupt politician who tries to overthrow t...
This is Why You Can’t Try To Avoid Criticism
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nobody wants to be criticized. It doesn’t feel good when people judge what you’ve done. We want ...