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In The End It Doesn’t Even Matter | A Strong Soul Is Better Than Good Luck

<p>A couple minutes of traffic on the way to work. The tone that the person was talking to you with. The scratch in your brand new painted wall. The lost pair of AirPods–the cost of replacing them. The speed of the promised promotion, word that a colleague is making a smidge more. The culture war issue of the moment. The tenor of the media coverage for your new project…or the lack thereof. The insult from someone you thought was a friend.</p><p>All these things seemed like they mattered.</p><p>But there will come a time when all the reasons, all the legitimate concerns, the perceived significance of these moments will seem baffling to you.</p><p>---</p><p>And with today's reading and meditation from The Daily Stoic, Ryan discusses why the Stoic's valued long-term resilience over flashes of luck, and how they built that resilience by undergoing a "hard winter training."</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.</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>

You Can’t Be Fragile Like This | Ask DS

<p>Cato, one of the most vaunted and towering Stoics, built a reputation and a career out of his refusal to give an inch in the face of pressure. He fought to keep Rome as it was, as it always had been. He refused political compromise in every form. Cato was Cato. He could never be anything but rigid, upright, and strong.</p><p>But Cato’s <a href="https://dailystoic.com/find-a-way-to-use-what-life-hands-you/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">inflexibility</a> did not always best serve the public good.</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's Ask Daily Stoic, Ryan answers questions during the Q&amp;A session of the Daily Stoic <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/101" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stoicism 101 Course</a>. Topics covered include the similarities between Stoicism and tenants of the 12-Step program, how to do the deep work that you enjoy without getting bogged down by the less enjoyable tasks that come along with it, and how to deal with information overload.</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.</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>

Rainn Wilson On Stoicism’s Role In The Spiritual Revolution

<p>Ryan speaks with Rainn Wilson about his new book <a href="https://geni.us/HSZJv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution</em></a>, why the guy who played Dwight Schrute wrote a book on spirituality, how anyone can find a thread to the transcendent anywhere any time, how Stoicism is helping cure the crisis that young men are in today, what the Stoics would have said about climate change, and more.&nbsp;</p><p>Rainn Wilson is an actor, comedian, author, podcaster, writer, and director. He is most known for his role as Dwight Schrute on the NBC sitcom <em>The Office</em> (2005-2013), for which he earned three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Highlights of Rainn’s extensive film and television credits include <em>Galaxy Quest</em> (1999), <em>Almost Famous</em> (2000), <em>Full Frontal</em> (2003), <em>Six Feet Under</em> (2003-2005) and <em>Mom </em>(2018-2021). Outside of acting, Wilson published his autobiography, <a href="https://geni.us/2iPnF4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Bassoon King</em></a>, in 2015, and co-founded the digital media company <a href="https://participant.com/soulpancake" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SoulPancake</a> in 2008, and as an author and podcaster he spreads a message of building togetherness and community by way of spiritual and philosophical awakening within the global culture. You can follow Rainn on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rainnwilson/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rainnwilson</a> and Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/rainnwilson?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rainnwilson</a>, and on <a href="https://www.soulboom.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">soulboom.com</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.</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>

We Can Go At Any Moment

<p>It’s easy to nod along with a book (or even this email) when you’re reading it. Or to double-tap the like button when you see an inspiring <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram post</a>.</p><p>But how long does this stay with you? How quickly will its message flutter away? It’s a critical problem for all of us out there who are trying to get better. Who are trying to actually <em>live</em> the principles of philosophy, and to rely on it in life’s stressful moments, as well as life’s ordinary hours.</p><p><em>Inspired by the French painter Philippe de Champaign famous painting “Still Life with a Skull,” the sterling silver and brass ring, created by LHN Jewelry in Brooklyn, New York, features the three essentials of existence – the tulip (life), the skull (death), and the hourglass (time).</em></p><p><em>The inside is engraved with Marcus Aurelius’s timeless words: “You could leave life right now…” What’s left to the wearer is to repeat to themselves the final half of his quote: “…Let that determine what you do and say and think.”</em> Grab yours at <a href="http://dailystoic.com/MMring" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dailystoic.com/MMring</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.</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>

In Spite Of Everything, We Must Do This | How Stoics Find And Build Deep Relationships

<p>Marcus Aurelius must have wondered what he did to deserve all this. First, he lost his father at age three. Then he was pulled from his first love, philosophy, and pushed into politics. When he finally became emperor, roughly 200 years of peace exploded into 19 years of border wars and civil strife.</p><p>There was a plague.</p><p>There were floods.</p><p>He had crippling health problems.</p><p>At some point, as he buried another one of his children, as he wept over the ceaseless toll from disease and pestilence, he must have thought: <em>Haven’t I given enough?</em> <em>When will this end? What fresh horrors await?</em></p><p>Yet somehow, someway, he never managed to give himself over to this despair. <a href="https://dailystoic.com/you-just-keep-going/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">He kept going</a>.</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's Daily Stoic video, Ryan discusses why the Stoics cherished and preached the value of recognizing the interconnectedness of everything, every being in the world, and how that belief guided them to treating their fellow human beings with love and respect.</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.</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>

What Stoic Rules Make Life Less Erratic? | A Cure For Procrastination

<p>Marcus Aurelius never claimed to be a Stoic.</p><p>Gregory Hays, one of Marcus Aurelius’s best translators (the one we worked with on <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our beautiful premium edition)</a>, writes, “If he had to be identified with a particular school, [Stoicism] is surely the one he would have chosen. Yet I suspect that if asked what it was that he studied, his answer would not have been ‘Stoicism’ but simply ‘philosophy.’”</p><p>---</p><p>And with today's meditation from&nbsp;<a href="https://geni.us/40jUiA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Daily Stoic Journal</em></a>,<em> </em>Ryan discusses why Marcus Aurelius viewed procrastination as a form of arrogance.</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 <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of <em>Meditations</em></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>

Epictetus - Discourses Pt. 3: On Being Sprung From God

<p>In today’s audiobook reading, Ryan presents an excerpt from one of the seminal texts of Stoicism, the <em>Discourses of Epictetus, </em>read by Michael Reid. As a series of lectures given by Epictetus that were written down by his pupil Arrian in 108 A.D., these discourses provide practical advice to think on and practice in order to move oneself closer toward the ultimate goal of living free and happy. In this third section, Epictetus discusses how we should see ourselves in comparison with the gods.</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.</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>

Christina Pazsitzky On Appreciating The Miraculousness Of Existence

<p>Ryan speaks with Christina Pazsitzky in the second of a two-part interview about what really matters in life, why studying history reveals how strange life is, enjoying what you have while you have it, how to navigate social media as a parent, and more.</p><p>Christina Pazsitzky is a stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, host and TV personality. Since starting her comedy career in 1997, Christina has been known for her intelligent, thought-provoking, and hilarious takes on the realities of women’s issues, motherhood, and popular culture. In addition to touring the world, she has released four comedy specials, two of which have been featured on Netflix: <em>Mother Inferior</em> (2017), and <em>Mom Genes</em> (2023).<em> </em>Christina and her husband and fellow comedian Tom Segura host the hugely successful podcast "<a href="https://ymhstudios.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Your Mom’s House</a>" together, and she also hosts her own podcast, the popular “<a href="https://ymhstudios.com/wheremymomsat/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Where My Moms At?</a>” where she discusses motherhood. You can find more about Christina’s work, tour dates, and booking information at <a href="https://christinaponline.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">christinaponline.com</a> and on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thechristinap/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thechristinap</a>, Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@christinap</a>, and<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/christinacomedy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on her YouTube channel christinacomedy</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.</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>

This Timeless Adage Will Determine Your Destiny | Respect The Past, But Be Open To The Future

<p>This is not another note about&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/memento-mori-premium-signet-ring" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">memento mori</a>.</p><p>It’s about a different immutable, inescapable law of human existence that comes to us from the Stoics through Heraclitus (one of&nbsp;Marcus Aurelius’&nbsp;favorites): Character is fate.</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's excerpt from <em>The Daily Stoic</em>, Ryan explains why the Stoics believed it was so important to honor the past, but not to live in it.</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.</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>

Be This Kind Of Person | Ask DS

<p>In matters of law, Cato was a stickler. In matters of principle, Cato was uncompromising. His opponents found him exhausting. Even some of his friends thought he was impossible.</p><p>Yet as we wrote about recently, people who bumped into him in the street were always surprised. By how nice he was. By how low key he was. There was the man <a href="https://dailystoic.com/stoic-response-to-being-punched-or-insulted/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">who struck Cato in the baths</a>, not aware of whom he was fighting with, only to be unceremoniously forgiven by the great Roman he had assaulted. There were the local dignitaries who didn’t notice the powerful politician in their midst, and were gently reminded that future visitors might not be as easy-going as Cato. Again, few would have described the meticulous Cato as low maintenance, but in an important way–which is to say, ironically in unimportant things–he was. We should follow this example.</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's Ask Daily Stoic, Ryan addresses questions after a talk he gave to employees at the new Austin Public Library about how he curates his bookstore, the importance of having a physical space for books, the huge benefits that reading out loud provides for your brain, and more.</p><p>You can watch the full speech and Q&amp;A on the Daily Stoic YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUY7igobTqY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUY7igobTqY </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.</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>

This Is Real Power

<p>Seneca, Cato, and Marcus Aurelius operated in the real world. They navigated within and around the halls of power. They had people working above and below them, and they needed to figure out how to motivate, influence, understand, and accommodate those people. And while virtue kept them from being too Machavailian, they had to figure out how to affect change and get things done inside a world that wasn’t so virtuous.</p><p>So it’s an interesting question: <em>What is the most Stoic law of power?</em></p><p><em>You can catch the entire conversation with Ryan and Robert in the video below. And don’t miss out on their </em><a href="https://ryanholiday.net/tour/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>two live events</em></strong></a><strong><em> next month:</em></strong><em> Strategy And Philosophy For Turbulent Times.</em></p><p><em>Listen to the two best-selling authors discuss big ideas touching on a wide-range of topics–from apprenticeships to cutting-edge technologies, to productivity habits, to happiness—and </em><strong><em>take your questions</em></strong><em> from the stage.</em></p><p>Grab your tickets to the Los Angeles event <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005EA1891C1248" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on September 19 here</a>, and the Seattle event <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/in-conversation-robert-greene-ryan-holiday-seattle-washington-09-21-2023/event/0F005D77B9DE1DD6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on September 21 here</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwURNy2Lfe8&amp;ab_channel=DailyStoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwURNy2Lfe8&amp;ab_channel=DailyStoic</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.</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>

Christina Pazsitzky On Teaching Comedians Philosophy

<p>Ryan speaks with Christina Pazsitzky in the first of a two-part interview about her new Netflix comedy special <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81192249" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Mom Genes</em></a>, why she believes that comedians should go to college to study philosophy, how she balances her work and home life, why ego is a tool for survival in a comedy career, what the Stoics would have to say about cancel culture, and more.</p><p>Christina Pazsitzky is a stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, host and TV personality. Since starting her comedy career in 1997, Christina has been known for her intelligent, thought-provoking, and hilarious takes on the realities of women’s issues, motherhood, and popular culture. In addition to touring the world, she has released four comedy specials, two of which have been featured on Netflix: <em>Mother Inferior</em> (2017), and <em>Mom Genes</em> (2023).<em> </em>Christina and her husband and fellow comedian Tom Segura host the hugely successful podcast "<a href="https://ymhstudios.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Your Mom’s House</a>" together, and she also hosts her own podcast, the popular “<a href="https://ymhstudios.com/wheremymomsat/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Where My Moms At?</a>” where she discusses motherhood. You can find more about Christina’s work, tour dates, and booking information at <a href="https://christinaponline.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">christinaponline.com</a> and on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thechristinap/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thechristinap</a>, Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@christinap</a>, and<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/christinacomedy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on her YouTube channel christinacomedy</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.</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>

The Biggest Lie In The World | Toxic Habits The Stoics Want You To Stop Doing

<p>You may well have said it yesterday, or overheard someone else saying it, <em>“Oh, I’ll do it in the morning…I’ll do it after I wake up…I’ll get to it later…I just need to do this other thing first.”</em></p><p>It’s one of the oldest, most insidious lies in the world. Yet it’s so common that we don’t even notice it. We don’t even realize that it is a vicious untruth that deprives us and the world of potential, of awareness, of understanding.</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's Daily Stoic video excerpt, Ryan shares what habits did the Stoics say we ought to cease, what vices should we avoid?.</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.</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>

This Is How They Found Peace and Priority | Just Say No To Future Misery

<p>An <a href="https://historicjamestowne.org/collections/artifacts/memento-mori-ring/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">explorer at Jamestown</a> in the 17th century.</p><p>A <a href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/stuart-period-gold-renaissance-memento-mori-signe-336-c-c2b4f059e1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">London gentleman</a> during the Stuart Period.</p><p>An <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/661733" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">unidentified person with the initials T.S.</a> who lived during the Renaissance.</p><p><a href="https://www.bmimages.com/preview.asp?image=0161332630" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Another with the initials E.R.</a> who lived sometime during the 16th century.</p><p>We hardly know anything about them. They almost certainly didn’t know each other. But they have two things in common. First, they are dead. Second, while they were alive, they each reminded themselves every day that they would one day be dead. How do we know? Because they each carried a reminder of it on them at all times via their signet ring.</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's reading from <em>The Daily Stoic Journal</em>, Ryan discusses why the Stoics believed that to give in to hope of a better outcome - an outcome that is out of your control - is the same as giving into fear.</p><p>💍<em> Signet rings are still being used today to help remind the wearer of an important symbol or message. Which is why we created the </em><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/memento-mori-premium-signet-ring" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Memento Mori Premium Signet Ring</em></a><em>. Grab yours at </em><a href="http://dailystoic.com/MMring" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>dailystoic.com/MMring</em></a><em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></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.</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>

The Life Of Chrysippus "The Fighter" From Lives Of The Stoics

<p>Known as the “Second Founder of Stoicism,” Chrysippus was a philosophical giant as revered as he was controversial. Today, Ryan reads from his book <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/ryan9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius</em></a> to share the winding and often confounding story of one of the most important figures of Stoicism, and to explain why he died laughing.</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.</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>

Paul Kix On The Civil Rights Movement And What It Means To Be Courageous

<p>Ryan speaks with Paul Kix about his new book <a href="https://geni.us/AnA0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America</em></a>, how Ryan helped him shape his writing career after being laid off by ESPN, the painful realities of the Jim Crow south and 1963 Birmingham, and more.</p><p>Paul Kix is an author, journalist, and podcaster whose wide-ranging work examines sports, politics, social movements, and world history. He is a former senior editor at ESPN Magazine, and has written for numerous publications from the <em>Boston Globe</em> to the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> and <em>The New Yorker</em>. His highly acclaimed writings include his book&nbsp;<a href="https://geni.us/vQIxQCb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Saboteur: True Adventures of the Gentleman Commando Who Took on the Nazis</em></a>, and his articles <a href="https://www.inc.com/magazine/202210/paul-kix/clickup-zeb-evans-dying-to-succeed-2022.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Entrepreneur Who Is Dying to Succeed</em></a>, <a href="http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/24997294/tareq-azim-nfl-most-radical-trainer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Prepare for Death</em></a>, and <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/the-accidental-get-away-driver" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Accidental Get Away Driver</em></a>. You can find his work and writing course at <a href="https://www.paulkix.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">paulkix.com</a>, and on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/paulkix/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@paulkix</a> and Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/paulkix" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@paulkix</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.</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>

You Are Strong. You Just Haven’t Been Tested. | Only Fools Rush In

<p>In August of 1967, Lieutenant Dave Carey was shot out of his A-4 Skyhawk over Vietnam. Soon enough, he found himself a prisoner in Hanoi, where he would subsequently be beaten, tortured and placed into solitary confinement. For six years, he languished there, kept going only by the comrades around him and an occasional pick me up from the Stoics.</p><p>As Carey explained on <a href="https://dailystoic.com/lt-david-carey-on-surviving-a-vietnamese-pow-camp-with-admiral-james-stockdale/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">an incredible episode of the Daily Stoic podcast</a>, fellow prisoners would tap, “Stockdale wants you to remember what Epictetus said,” through from an adjoining cell. Carey came to understand this to mean <a href="https://dailystoic.com/remember-you-dont-control-what-happens-you-control-how-you-respond/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">focus on what you control</a>, focus on the choices you can make.</p><p>---</p><p>And with today's Daily Stoic excerpt reading, Ryan explains why Marcus and the Stoics said time and time again that the ultimate key to success is being yourself no matter what.</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.</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>

All You Can Do Is This | Ask DS

<p>Life is unpredictable. Events are uncertain. What can go wrong will. Nice guys sometimes finish last, <a href="https://dailystoic.com/find-a-way-to-use-it/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bad things happen</a> to good people. So much is outside our control.</p><p>These realities are all well-known to a Stoic. As Seneca said, fortune behaves as she pleases. So why did they try then? Why did they work hard on stuff when it might not work out? Why did they invest and sacrifice?</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's Ask Daily Stoic, Ryan answers questions as part of the Daily Stoic Stoicism 101 course, addressing topics which include how to manage our own expectations of other people, why it is important not to thrust your own standards onto other people, and when it is helpful and healthy to remove people from your life.</p><p>📚 Check out the 14-day <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/101" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stoicism 101: Ancient Philosophy for Your Actual Life</a> course at The Daily Stoic Store.</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.</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>

Here’s How To Find Tranquility

<p>We all want more peace, right? More stillness. The quiet confidence that comes from being on the right path,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/philosophy13?_pos=1&amp;_sid=2c6289e4c&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">as Seneca described it</a>, and not being distracted by all those which crisscross ours.</p><p>Well, how do you get that?</p><p>It’s simple,&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marcus Aurelius wrote</a>.&nbsp;<em>Stop caring what other people think. Stop caring what they do. Stop caring what they say.</em></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.</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>

Coach Greg Harden On The Mindset Of Champions

<p>Ryan speaks with Greg Harden about how Stoicism influenced his new book <a href="https://geni.us/uGcwXan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Stay Sane in an Insane World: How to Control the Controllables and Thrive</em></a>, the techniques that he has used to coach so many sports greats to the highest levels of success, the difference between confidence and ego, why Tom Brady likes <em>The Obstacle Is The Way</em>, and more.</p><p>Greg Harden is a life coach, motivational speaker and executive consultant who is best known for his work with 7-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady, Heisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl MVP Desmond Howard, and 23-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps. He began work as a student-athlete counselor in 1986 when legendary Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler brought him in after hearing of the work that Greg was doing in the local community as a clinical therapist. Greg also provides performance coaching to corporate executives and community leaders, and he has trained hundreds of managers and administrators on ‘managing trouble employees’. His work can be found at <a href="https://gregharden.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gregharden.com</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.</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>

They Don’t Want You To Know This | The Stoics Guide To Becoming Wealthy

<p>Those shoes you’re wearing were likely made in a sweatshop by a child in horrendous labor conditions. That luxury handbag is a few dollars worth of leather and a fortune in deceptive advertising and branding. Those two politicians with radically different agendas are ladder-climbing friends behind the scenes, with the same corporate donors. Those big tough rappers whose beef you’re following are two poets laughing all the way to the bank. That fancy car will not only lose half its value when you drive it off the lot…but many of the cars on that same lot share the same chassis, were made in the same factories, and cost a lot less. Those songs were written by teams of songwriters, the pop star given public credit to preserve their ‘authenticity.’ That ripped actor is on steroids, that beautiful actress had plastic surgery and her images are photoshopped…and by the way, both of them are thrice married for a reason.</p><p>This list–not a conclusive one by a long shot–is not a morning dose of nihilism. It is, however, an exercise that <a href="https://dailystoic.com/practice-contemptuous-expressions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marcus Aurelius tried to practice</a> in his own way.</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's Daily Stoic video excerpt, Ryan explains how and why the foundational concepts and daily practices of Stoicism were designed to teach people how to thrive, succeed, and live a rich, happy life. You can watch the video on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m86EhatF9-o" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic YouTube channel</a>.</p><p>🎓 Sign up for The Wealthy Stoic: A Daily Stoic Guide To Being Rich, Free, and Happy - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXpYbEIxQmJzWDlSVndEOHJCS2Vhbk9iZkg5Z3xBQ3Jtc0ttOFZPRWl3RHFXSzlNMTZ2eHVFRmNITGhvWUNBWktKcUZ3VXpXcmpjOTdJWVBleU1BeHFiN0pvUmE3ZGg4Sk1pTWl3NUhTSWJUZG55QTdDQTY2WmQ2Y3VHZ1hMa2JmZUNDRmllZHF6NS1DdGJSSUtvOA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewealthystoic.com%2F&amp;v=m86EhatF9-o" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thewealthystoic.com/</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.</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>

Turn Down These Voices Inside Your Head | Always Ask Yourself This Question

<p>It is not enough, of course, to simply tune out the noise around you. One can turn off social media. One can cultivate the quiet country life, as the Stoics did on occasion. <a href="https://dailystoic.com/you-can-shut-your-ears/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">One can ignore what is inessential, pay no attention to what makes no difference.</a></p><p>And <em>still</em> there is noise.</p><p>To get to <a href="https://dailystoic.com/glossary/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>ataraxia</em></a>, or a place of <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/stillness-is-the-key-signed-edition" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">stillness and peace</a>, the Stoics knew that controlling for externals was not enough. We had to develop an inner calm too, an ability to recognize our own destructive thought patterns and stop them.</p><p>---</p><p>And with today's passage from the Daily Stoic Journal, Ryan discusses why the Stoics believe that the key to being happier is doing less by doing only what is essential.</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.</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>

Ryan Holiday And Robert Greene Talk Strategy And Philosophy For Turbulent Times

<p>In anticipation of their upcoming live discussion series, Ryan and Robert sat down to discuss where their ideas and interests converge. This casual conversation is a small offering of the type of discourse that they will be presenting in their discussion series: Strategy And Philosophy For Turbulent Times in<a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005EA1891C1248" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Los Angeles on September 19</a>, and<a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/in-conversation-robert-greene-ryan-holiday-seattle-washington-09-21-2023/event/0F005D77B9DE1DD6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Seattle on September 21</a>. There are a limited number of VIP meet-and-greet tickets available, so grab yours before they sell out!</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.</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>

Troy Baker, Molly Bloom, Alexander Ludwig, And Camila Cabello Share How They Were Introduced To Stoicism

<p>Ryan presents a compilation of highlights from interviews with some of his most high-profile, influential, and interesting guests about how they found Stoicism and what it has done to improve their lives.</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.</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>

The Whole Point Is To Not Fit In | No Time For Theories, Just Results

<p>The Stoics stood out in Athens. They stood out in Rome. Whether it was Cato walking around barefoot or Cleanthes proudly doing manual labor. Whether it was Seneca practicing his poverty or Marcus Aurelius reading during gladiatorial games, the Stoics were different.</p><p>It was obvious. It was intentional.</p><p>If I wanted to be like the mob, Chrysippus once said, <em>I would not have become a philosopher.</em></p><p>---</p><p>And with today's excerpt from the <em>Daily Stoic</em>, Ryan explains the importance of prioritizing real action over thinking about what could happen.</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.</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>

It’s Going To Take A While, So You Need To Do This | Ask DS

<p>It takes a lot of flying time to become a certified pilot. It takes years on stage for a comedian to learn how to command an audience. It takes time to get sober, time in therapy to heal a marriage. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU7efgGEOgk&amp;ab_channel=DailyStoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">No book is written overnight</a>, and few fortunes are made in one swoop. No, they start small and accumulate, the power of compounding interest working on them.</p><p>All great things take time. You know this. You know where you want to end up, and yet, and yet <a href="https://dailystoic.com/start-the-clock-just-start-the-clock/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>still</em> you have not started the clock</a>.</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's Ask Daily Stoic, Ryan answers questions from cadets as part of a media and philosophy course at West Point about how to identify and deal with misinformation in the media, the gray areas of censorship on social media platforms, and more.</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.</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>

This Is The Most Dangerous Vice

<p>“The pretense of knowledge is our most dangerous vice, because it prevents us from getting any better.”</p><p>Over 10,000 readers have highlighted that passage in the Kindle edition of <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/ego-is-the-enemy-signed-edition" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Ego is the Enemy</em></a><em>.</em></p><p>The reason it resonates is that the Stoics have been riffing on that very idea for <em>thousands</em> of years.</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.</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>

Kevin Rose On Staying Healthy With Entrepreneurship, Zen Buddhism, And Being Vulnerable

<p>Ryan speaks with Kevin Rose about the pros and cons of his entrepreneurial drive, the calming effects of reducing the amount of stuff that you have, the overlap between Zen Buddhism and Stoicism, the dangers of social media, why being vulnerable is the hardest thing to do, and more.</p><p>Kevin Rose is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and television host. Having co-founded the companies Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk, and having been a venture partner at GV, Kevin’s work focuses on tracking and contributing to rising trends in the tech industry. As a host, he has worked on the G4 shows <em>The Screen Savers</em>, <em>Unscrewed With Martin Sargen</em>, and <em>Diggnation</em>, for which he also started a weekly podcast. He currently serves as the CEO of Proof and a partner of True Ventures. You can find Kevin’s work at his website <a href="https://www.kevinrose.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">kevinrose.com</a>, and on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kevinrose/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kevinrose</a> and Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/kevinrose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kevinrose</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.</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>

The Secret To Happiness | How To Let Go And Stop Worrying (10 Stoic Tips)

<p>What is the secret to happiness?</p><p>It’s not an easy question to answer. And it might seem like the Stoics wouldn’t have a good answer either. Because it might seem like they didn’t have much fun, or experience much happiness. After all, they wrote repeatedly about the emptiness of chasing money or celebrity. They reminded themselves that <a href="https://dailystoic.com/treat-it-all-the-same/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fine wine is just rotten old grapes</a>. But that doesn’t necessarily mean their lives were empty and joyless. By one definition of happiness, in fact, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9z-cDPZP2E" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Stoics were some of the happiest people to ever live</a>.</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's Daily Stoic video excerpt, Ryan shares Stoic methods for relieving and eliminating one of the destructive forces that our minds can conjure: worry. You can watch the video on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3w2r5JD0u0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic YouTube channel</a>.</p><p>🎧 Check out <a href="https://dailystoic.com/gretchen-rubin-on-the-power-of-exploring-your-senses/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ryan's interview with Gretchen Rubin here</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.</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>

We’re Broken…But Not Fixed | What Little Wins Can You Find?

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THCpkFIA3E0&amp;ab_channel=DailyStoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We all have bad habits</a>. Some of us procrastinate. Nearly all of us, as Seneca said, are slaves to something–food or sex or booze or ambition. We don’t work as hard as we should, or we work too hard. We’re too quick with our temper, we’re too slow to ask for help.</p><p>It’s easy to be cynical about ourselves. We know, more than anyone, how long we’ve been struggling with things. We know how ingrained our bad habits are, <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/habits-for-success-habits-for-happiness" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">how hard it’s going to be to get over them</a>. But we can’t give up.</p><p>---</p><p>And with today's <em>Daily Stoic Journal</em> excerpt, Ryan explains why the key to maintaining a healthy mindset over the long term is looking for small victories every day.</p><p><em>💪 Good habits make success possible. Whether&nbsp;you’re trying to get a promotion, meet new people, or look and feel healthy, a regimen of good habits is the surest path forward.</em></p><p><em>That’s why we created</em>&nbsp;<a href="https://click.convertkit-mail4.com/8kurlq6gr4soh0ovrn9i4t9/48hvhehr96zlp6tx/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdG9yZS5kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9oYWJpdHMtZm9yLXN1Y2Nlc3MtaGFiaXRzLWZvci1oYXBwaW5lc3M=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Habits for Success, Habits for Happiness</a><em>. Over the course of six weeks, we teach&nbsp;you&nbsp;the perfect slate of good habits that will help&nbsp;you&nbsp;achieve success and happiness in your life. It’s currently discounted $50 off, so head over to&nbsp;</em><a href="https://click.convertkit-mail4.com/8kurlq6gr4soh0ovrn9i4t9/48hvhehr96zlp6tx/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdG9yZS5kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9wcm9kdWN0cy9oYWJpdHMtZm9yLXN1Y2Nlc3MtaGFiaXRzLWZvci1oYXBwaW5lc3M=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>dailystoic.com/habits</em></a><em>&nbsp;to sign up!</em></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.</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>