About this episode
<p>Meditations is perhaps the only document of its kind ever made. It is the private thoughts of the world’s most powerful man giving advice to himself on how to make good on the responsibilities and obligations of his positions. Trained in Stoic philosophy, Marcus Aurelius stopped almost every night to practice a series of spiritual exercises—reminders designed to make him humble, patient, empathetic, generous, and strong in the face of whatever he was dealing with.</p><p>Today, Ryan breaks down 100 applicable life lessons from his years of reading and studying Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.</p><p>🎓 Sign up for the Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge to create better habits in 2023:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjZHbnM4TWpreUNyN3l4dVFFVVVJWDhJemZsZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsbWZicEdQSl9xMndXSGNCNU01SndIRl8xV2tadC02bHc2RDRVS19YM181YUVKSU95c05QMERZNjJOUHpYRmZySHRlbUlwZnA2eG9JdE5la3k0QmdYZWtLeXBZNmRWdThxdU8xdkFUaG9PM19rZ1NKSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fdailystoic.com%2Fchallenge&v=THCpkFIA3E0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://dailystoic.com/challenge</a></p><p>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a> for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the new <a href="https://geni.us/NHWnB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">premium leatherbound edition of Meditations (Gregory Hays translation)</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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