The Daily Stoic

The Worry Part Is A Choice

<p>We think if we just make enough money, someday we won’t have to worry about it anymore. We think if we just get big enough, strong enough, we won’t have to worry about being pushed around. We think if we can just get through this or that rough patch, we can relax and not be so worried anymore.</p><p>Of course, it never works out that way.</p><p>Does that mean worry is just a part of life? Well, no – <a href="https://dailystoic.com/stress-is-a-fact-being-stressed-is-a-choice/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">unless you <em>choose</em> for it to be</a>.</p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of the Daily Stoic</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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>

Dr. Nate Zinsser, Josh Peck, Annie Duke, Amy Morin, Paul Bloom, and Yung Pueblo on Building Better Habits

<p>Ryan looks back on some of the best discussions of 2022 that he and his guests had about building better habits. Featuring Dr. Nate Zinsser on looking for the positive aspects of your life while maintaining objective awareness, Josh Peck on his journey getting sober, Annie Duke on the power of walking away from things that don’t align with your beliefs, Amy Morin on overcoming mentally challenging situations by gaining perspective, Paul Bloom on the importance of recognizing our own bias, and Yung Pueblo on why serving the common good is the most valuable metric to measure great work by.</p><p>To develop better habits in your own life, check out Session 2 of the <a href="https://www.nyny23.com/#Pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Year New You Challenge</a> on February 1st! Enroll now to secure your spot or <a href="https://www.nyny23.com/#Pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gift it to a friend</a>.</p><p>✉️&nbsp; 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 Best Time Is Now | 9 Peak Performance Tips from Top Performers

<p>Obviously, the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The earlier you get started on something that takes time, the bigger and better the results will be.&nbsp;</p><p>As Seneca once said about the days that pass us by, "They are gone never to return." And that's sad. But as the second half of that expression about trees goes, the next best time is now. Today. Now is an opportunity to start. This is what you deserve.</p><p>Today, Ryan talks to some of the top performing athletes and coaches about the keys that they use to make the most of their days, and how you can apply their insights to your own life.</p><p>Today is the last day to sign up for Session 2 of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nyny23.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic New Year New You Challenge!</a></p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of the Daily Stoic</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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>

History Repeats And It Doesn’t | Focus On The Present Moment

<p>History is the same thing happening over and over again, <a href="https://dailystoic.com/marcus-aurelius/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marcus Aurelius</a> said. <em>There’s nothing new under the sun.</em></p><p>And yet, like all things in philosophy, the opposite idea must also be held true at the same time. The Stoics would also agree with what Stanford professor Scott Sagan once said, “Things that have never happened before happen all the time.”</p><p>---</p><p>In today's Daily Stoic reading, Ryan discusses the power of Marcus's assertion that "concentrating on the task before you like a Roman" is the best way to get through the day. </p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of the Daily Stoic</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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>

Cicero on The Paradox of Virtue

<p>Ryan presents the first of six readings of Cicero's<a href="https://dailystoic.com/cicero/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Stoic Paradoxes</a>. Cicero was considered Rome’s greatest politician, and he has survived as one of history’s most enduring chroniclers of Stoic philosophy and the Stoics themselves. As Ryan explains in <a href="https://geni.us/LivesOfTheStoics299" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lives of the Stoics</a>, these paradoxes are designed to question commonly held beliefs in order to promote reflection and discussion. In that spirit, the first paradox sees Cicero examine the idea that “virtue is the only good.”</p><p>✉️&nbsp; 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>

Professor Paul Woodruff on Philosophy, War and Justice

<p>Ryan speaks with Paul Woodruff about his book <a href="https://geni.us/KWb7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness, and Rewards</em></a>, the ancient purpose of justice, reflections on a lifetime of studying philosophy, what serving in Vietnam taught him about justice, and more.</p><p>Paul Woodruff is a classicist, professor of philosophy, and dean at The University of Texas at Austin, where he once chaired the department of philosophy. Before starting his career at the university in 1972, Paul served as an officer in Vietnam. His work deals with the translation, study, and analysis of works of ancient philosophy, with his best-known offerings focusing on Marcus Aurelius, Socrates, Plato, and philosophy of theater. His books include <a href="https://geni.us/kBjR" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>First Democracy; The Challenge of an Ancient Idea</em></a>, <a href="https://geni.us/jPYgBRA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Necessity of Theater; The Art of Watching and Being Watched, and Reverence</em></a>; <a href="https://geni.us/rJNB6Vo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue</em></a>. The first book of philosophy that Paul ever read was <a href="https://geni.us/NHWnB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Meditations</a> by Marcus Aurelius. Paul’s new book is <a href="https://geni.us/XWdD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Living Toward Virtue: Practical Ethics in the Spirit of Socrates</em></a>.</p><p>✉️&nbsp; 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>

Are You Great Like This? | Ask Daily Stoic

<p>People have different definitions of greatness or success.</p><p>Maybe you think yourself powerful because you have a lot of people working for you. Or successful because you have a full calendar. Or important because you’ve been on TV. Or happy because you go from one pleasurable activity to the next.</p><p>But do you know what Seneca considered <em>the</em> sign of greatness?</p><p>---</p><p>In today's Ask Daily Stoic, Ryan presents part 4 of his live Q&amp;A at Alechemy in which he covers the "life books" that influence him every day, the mentors who he is looking up to right now, his own struggles with defining happiness in his life, and more.</p><p>We’re launching Session 2 of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nyny23.com/#Pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Year New You Challenge</a> on February 1st! Enroll now to secure your spot or <a href="https://www.nyny23.com/#Pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gift it to a friend</a>.</p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of the Daily Stoic</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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 To Do When You Have Fallen Short | The Three Areas of Training

<p>He had considered not going public with it. He had wanted so badly to be able to keep saying, to get credit for being the guy who says, ‘I’m sixteen years sober.’ But he could not.</p><p>So in September of 2020, <a href="https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/day-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the actor Dax Shepard opened up on his podcast about relapsing</a>. The episode was titled “Day 7”—because after a streak of a decade and half he was effectively back at the beginning. “Today, I have seven days,” he said with as much strength as he could muster.</p><p>Beautiful.</p><p>---</p><p>In today's Daily Stoic reading, Ryan discusses Epictetus's assertion that there are three areas in which a person who would be wise and good must be trained: desires and aversions, impulses to act and not to act, and composure of judgment. </p><p>There are just 5 more days left to sign up for Session 2 of the <a href="http://www.nyny23.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic New Year New You Challenge!</a> Sign up today and join Session 2’s discord channel!</p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of the Daily Stoic</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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>

Professor Sarah Churchwell on Genius, Big Dreams and F. Scott Fitzgerald

<p>Ryan speaks with Sarah Churchwell about her book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Careless-People-Murder-Mayhem-Invention/dp/1594204748" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby</em></a>, the complicated figure of F. Scott Fitzgerald, how <em>The Great Gatsby’s</em> celebration of mad dreamers who chase the American Dream informs our pursuit of the same ideal today, and more.</p><p>Sarah Churchwell is professor of American Literature and Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Her work focuses on 20th- and 21st-century American literature and cultural history, especially the 1920s and 1930s, including four books: <a href="https://geni.us/cfiCPp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe</em></a>, <a href="https://geni.us/RSmnqU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Behold America: A History of America First and the American Dream</em></a>, <a href="https://geni.us/1APlz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells</em></a>, and the aforementioned <em>Careless People</em>. She has written for numerous publications, including <em>The New York Review of Books</em>, <em>The New York Times Book Review</em>, <em>The Times Literary Supplement</em>, <em>The Spectator</em>, the <em>New Statesman</em>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Gu</em></a><em>ardian</em> and <em>The Observer</em>. Saraha was also a judge for the 2014 Man Booker Prize, the 2017 Baillie Gifford Prize, and the 2019 Sunday Times Short Story Prize. In April 2021, she was long listed for the Orwell Prize for Journalism.</p><p>✉️&nbsp; 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>

Lean Into Their Strengths Rather Than Disdain Their Weaknesses

<p><a href="https://dailystoic.com/marcus-aurelius/?utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=convertkit&amp;utm_campaign=the-good-in-people" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marcus Aurelius</a> was clearly torn about his fellow man. He was loving and kind and spoke repeatedly of <a href="https://prints.dailystoic.com/products/sympatheia?utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=convertkit&amp;utm_campaign=the-good-in-people" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">serving the common good</a>. He was also clearly frustrated and disappointed with the flaws of the people around him. Like many great men, he had trouble understanding that not everyone had his gifts, not all of them were capable of what he was capable of.</p><p>You can see in&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Meditations</em></a> how he wrestled with these feelings.</p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of the Daily Stoic Journal</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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>

Come Back To The Rhythm | A Stoic Idea Worth Tattooing On Your Body

<p>Marcus Aurelius wasn’t perfect.</p><p>With so many responsibilities competing for his time and attention, he was guilty, as we all have been, of letting his good habits slide. The question is: What do we do when this happens?</p><p>Today, Ryan discusses how Marcus kept his habits in check and how you can, too, as well as the Stoic idea that influenced his newest tattoo, which he got from Andy Pho. Andy is the owner of Upside Tattoo, and he opened a new shop in Hutto, TX in 2022. Follow Andy on Instagram: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbndfUGVzZy1UNWNsdkFVMEZvYnFYeEpwNFhsQXxBQ3Jtc0trNUVxSHc2TUxsWW54aVZFRzFnM3BpNEFGWUtxejVpejNsYkh3OFFYOFotcEVRSzBqTTBrT1ZRVDVRaEk3eC1LRzFFX3Z5M2hmeE9mYjdKVXZ3cmlHSXFmWUtGTmtDNnZQeHdRYUdhbWVtdUdWUTMyYw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fandypho%2F&amp;v=H1DX76EYbHo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/andypho/</a></p><p>We’re launching Session 2 of the <a href="https://www.nyny23.com/#Pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Year New You Challenge</a> on February 1st! Enroll now to secure your spot or <a href="https://www.nyny23.com/#Pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gift it to a friend</a>.</p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of the Daily Stoic Journal</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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>

Don’t Abuse This Power | A Little Better Every Day

<p>In one of the weirdest passages of <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Meditations</em></a>, Marcus Aurelius notes with pride that he never laid a hand on any of his female slaves.</p><p>Not cheating on your spouse, not sexually assaulting a captive person, these are hardly achievements worthy of being feted for. They are the bare minimum, you could argue, to be considered a good, moral, virtuous person. And yet, they are not nothing, especially back then, it’s worth taking a minute to consider.&nbsp;</p><p>---</p><p>In today's Daily Stoic Journal reading, Ryan explores the Stoic idea of bettering oneself with small steps every day by reflecting on quotes from Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius. </p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of the Daily Stoic Journal</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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>

How Cato’s Deadly Rivalry With Caesar Destroyed Rome

<p>Ryan presents the first of four excerpts from Josiah Osgood’s <a href="https://geni.us/aSuoeAN" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic</a>. Here, in chapter one, Josiah sets the stage for Rome’s great collapse by describing the world that Julius Caesar grew up in, how Cato the Younger’s upbringing put him at odds with Caesar, and the explosive events that escalated the tension between them.</p><p>You can listen to Ryan’s recent conversation with Josiah <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0qeozb83R3RVAMHuJlTnri?si=8dad158af91046f5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>✉️&nbsp; 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>

Molly Bloom on Turning Down 5 Million Dollars

<p>Ryan speaks with Molly Bloom about her book <a href="https://geni.us/rTSeFw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Molly's Game: The True Story of the 26-Year-Old Woman Behind the Most Exclusive, High-Stakes Underground Poker Game in the World</a>, the crossroads moment that taught her to overcome challenges through mindfulness, the intoxicating and eye-opening effects of running poker games for the ultra-rich and famous, how hitting rock-bottom taught her that good character is something to be trained, and more.</p><p>Molly Bloom is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and former Olympic class skier. After her competitive skiing career was derailed by injury, Molly became a bartender at the Viper Room in Los Angeles. She eventually started an event and catering company to host high-stakes poker tournaments, which attracted wealthy people, sports figures, and Hollywood celebrities. In 2013, she was sentenced as part of a $100 million money laundering and illegal sports gambling operation and served one year of probation with a $200,000 fine, and 200 hours of community service. Her story was turned into a 2017 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rvMvdXiU-0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">film</a> written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. Molly’s speaking and entrepreneurial work focuses on inspiring and educating people on how to become top performers.</p><p>✉️&nbsp; 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 Just Happening | Ask Daily Stoic

<p>It feels terrible to hear that someone is breaking up with <em>you</em>. Or that <em>your</em> retirement portfolio has dropped significantly in recent months. To find out that the company you’ve invested your entire career in is laying <em>you</em> off. That <em>your</em> father doesn’t accept the person you love or how you live your life.</p><p>We want it to be otherwise, so we’re disappointed. <a href="https://dailystoic.com/stoic-response-mean-selfish-people/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">It hurts, so we take it personally</a>. In Meg Mason’s novel <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/sorrow-and-bliss?_pos=1&amp;_sid=262ab86b5&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sorrow and Bliss</a> (listen to our <a href="https://dailystoic.com/meg-mason/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">great podcast episode with Meg</a>), Martha Friel's mother, who had always been unhappy and resentful, goes into recovery and stops drinking. With time, she comes to realize that she had been living life as if it was happening <em>to</em> her. The adversity. The losses. The frustrations. The disappointments. In actuality, none of this happened to her. <em>It was just happening.</em> It just <em>was.</em></p><p>In today's Ask Daily Stoic, Ryan answers questions after a presentation about applying Stoic principles to modern life. His answers cover which books about or by Marcus Aurelius you should read, and the events in Ryan's life that brought him closer to Stoicism.</p><p>✉️&nbsp;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>

Are You In Touch With Your Future? | Wherever You Go, There Your Choice Is

<p>As Gandhi sat with a reporter one hot afternoon, he began experiencing some stomach pains. An attendant brought him a mudpack to place on his abdomen. “This puts me in touch with my future,” he said with a smile.</p><p>He was joking about his mortality, <a href="https://dailystoic.com/14-stoic-quotes-on-death/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">just as the Stoics</a> and all wise philosophers have. The reporter was a bit surprised. You are so young, he said. And that’s when Gandhi reminded him, as Marcus Aurelius did in <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Meditations</em></a>, that age didn’t matter. Death was the common lot of all people he said, “some in a hundred years, but all sooner or later will die.”</p><p>In today's Daily Stoic Journal excerpt, Ryan examines the power of choice through the Epictetus quote: "A podium and prison is each a place, one high and the other low. But in each place your freedom of choice is to be maintained if you so wish."</p><p>✉️&nbsp;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 Know You’ve Made This Mistake

<p>It is certainly true that people can do some awful things to each other. We hear of a trusted representative who is stealing from their clients. We hear of a man who has been leading a second life, even starting a second family. We hear of a woman who commits an unspeakable crime.</p><p>These gross violations of morality and law do exist. They are things we would never do, we’d never even consider doing them. However, the truth is that most of the wrongs committed day to day are done by ordinary people in ordinary ways.</p><p>✉️&nbsp; 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>

Champion Distance Runner Lauren Fleshman on the Power of Sport

<p>Ryan speaks with Lauren Fleshman about her new book <a href="https://geni.us/86PA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Good For a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man’s World</a>, how the Stoics approached many of the gender equality issues that we still debate today, the unique power of sports to shatter perceptions and shift perspectives, and more.&nbsp;</p><p>Lauren Fleshman is a retired world champion track and field athlete who competed in the 1500, 3000, 5000, and marathon events. Lauren graduated from Stanford as a 15-time All-American and five-time NCAA champion, and went on to become the U.S. 5000 meters champion in 2006 and 2010, as well as a top-ten finisher in the 2011 IAAF World Championships. After her running career, Lauren became Co-Founder and Brand Director of a gluten and dairy free energy bar company, <a href="https://geni.us/VDLg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Picky Bars</a>, as well as the Co-Founder of <a href="https://geni.us/lhxMGa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Believe I Am</a>, a business creating sport psychology tools for female athletes. She has also Co-Authored the <a href="https://geni.us/KtGpGh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Believe Training Journal</a> as a resource for runners. Her work can be found at <a href="http://www.laurenfleshman.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.laurenfleshman.com</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>🎧 For a limited time, you can purchase&nbsp;<a href="http://geni.us/Vfzv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Stoic ebook for only $1.99 on Kindle</a></p><p>✉️&nbsp;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>

A Person Without Boundaries Is Not a Person | 7 Stoic Keys To Happiness

<p>It’s clear when you read about <a href="https://dailystoic.com/cato/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cato</a> and <a href="https://dailystoic.com/marcus-aurelius/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marcus Aurelius</a> that these were men of great reserve. <a href="https://dailystoic.com/the-most-stoic-person-in-marcus-life/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Antoninus, too</a>. They were friendly and kind of course, and to people who knew them well, there was frivolity and fun, but they kept something back from strangers.</p><p>They were <em>self-contained.</em></p><p>Today, Ryan examines why having the discipline to create strong boundaries for yourself is how you define who you are, especially in the age of social media, He also presents seven Stoic principles to adhere to on your quest to live the virtuous life.</p><p>📔 Visit The Painted Porch for signed copies of <a href="https://geni.us/JSOAEw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discipline is Destiny</a>.</p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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 Things You Own…Can’t Own You | The Wake Up

<p>To the Stoics, there wasn’t anything wrong with having money. Marcus Aurelius came from money. So did Cato. Seneca came from money and also made a lot of it. In fact, pretty much all the Stoics except for Cleanthes and Epictetus were incredibly rich.</p><p><a href="https://dailystoic.com/how-to-think-about-money/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Money, nice stuff</a>, living the comfortable life…this was not necessarily the problem.</p><p>🎧 For a limited time, you can purchase&nbsp;<a href="http://geni.us/Vfzv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Stoic ebook for only $1.99 on Kindle</a></p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of the Daily Stoic Journal</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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>

Steven Pressfield on Creating Work That Lasts

<p>Ryan speaks with his friend Steven Pressfield during an impromptu walk along Town Lake in downtown Austin, Texas. The two discuss the life experiences behind Steven’s new book <a href="https://geni.us/cnPQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Govt Cheese a memoir</em></a>, the lessons that they've learned from their many mentors, the value of repurposing content, and more.</p><p>Steven Pressfield wrote for 27 years before he got his first novel published. During that time he worked 21 different jobs in eleven states. Steven taught school, drove tractor-trailers, worked in advertising and as a screenwriter in Hollywood. He worked on offshore oil rigs, and picked fruit as a migrant worker. His books include the best-stelling <a href="https://geni.us/592A3cg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Turning Pro</em></a>, <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/war-of-art-break-through-the-blocks-and-win-your-inner-creative-battles?_pos=6&amp;_sid=4fc04c798&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The War of Art</em></a> and <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/war11?variant=43148734693629" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Gates of Fire</em></a>.</p><p>✉️&nbsp;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>

Mark Manson and the Catastrophe of Success

<p>Ryan speaks with Mark Manson about the new <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EmLbOJZULU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">documentary</a> based on his astronomically successful book <a href="https://geni.us/ncdXWQ3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck</em></a>, how being highly successful can ruin one’s life, what he is striving to disrupt in the self-help industry, and more.</p><p>Mark Manson is a self-help blogger and the author of four books, including the New York Times Bestsellers <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Everything-cked-Book-about-Hope/dp/0062888439" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope</em></a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Will-Smith-Bestselling-Autobiography-Paperback/dp/B09NYD1VDN/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_w=ZR0jj&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&amp;pf_rd_p=116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&amp;pf_rd_r=38490J3PYDRJWYMF422Q&amp;pd_rd_wg=XSQ8H&amp;pd_rd_r=d1b9f489-c48f-4367-93ca-95018bc69d3e&amp;pd_rd_i=B09NYD1VDN&amp;psc=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Will</em></a>, and <a href="https://geni.us/ncdXWQ3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck</em></a>. His work focuses on providing life advice that is science-based and pragmatic, and it can be found on his website <a href="http://www.markmanson.net" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">markmanson.net</a>. Mark also releases a free newsletter to subscribers that features one idea, one question, and one exercise every week.</p><p>✉️&nbsp; 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>

Don’t Disgrace Yourself | Ask Daily Stoic

<p>Francis Bacon was a brilliant philosopher whose breakthroughs reverberate through our world today. He was also a human being and a politician. Less glorious than his intellectual achievements were his travails in the public sphere, which ultimately ended in his conviction for accepting bribes.</p><p>No one was more disappointed in this than Bacon, who lamented at the end of his life that he had wasted himself, “in things for which I was least fit, so as I may truly say, my soul hath been a stranger in the course of my pilgrimage.”</p><p>---</p><p>In today's Ask Daily Stoic, Ryan answers questions from the audience as part of his Stoicism 101 course. This is the first of a four part series, and it covers focusing on your own choices as opposed to other peoples', why trying to anticipate everything that could happen is a fool's errand, how to study Stoicism without a sense of superiority, and more.</p><p>🎧 For a limited time, you can purchase&nbsp;<a href="http://geni.us/Vfzv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Stoic ebook for only $1.99 on Kindle</a></p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of the Daily Stoic Journal</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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>

If You Are Studying Philosophy, It Is Well | The One Path To Serenity

<p><a href="https://dailystoic.com/letters-from-a-stoic/?utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=convertkit&amp;utm_campaign=always-be-well" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In one of his letters</a>, Seneca tells us of an old Roman pleasantry that friends would exchange when greeting each other: “If you are well,” one would say after inquiring how someone was doing, “it is well and I am also well.”</p><p>It’s a nice little custom, isn’t it? If you’re good, I’m good, and everything is good. Nothing else matters. Well, Seneca took it one step further.</p><p>---</p><p>In today's Daily Stoic excerpt, Ryan examines Epictetus's assertion that the one path to serenity is in "giving up all else outside of your sphere of choice."</p><p>🎧 For a limited time, you can purchase&nbsp;<a href="http://geni.us/Vfzv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Stoic ebook for only $1.99 on Kindle</a></p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of the Daily Stoic Journal</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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>

A Stoic Isn’t Born. They’re Made.

<p>Marcus Aurelius wasn’t born Marcus Aurelius (literally, his name was Marcus Catilius Severus Annius Verus). Epictetus wasn’t born a sage–to say he was would be to deprive him of the enormous credit due to a man who went from a lowly slave to a wise and powerful philosopher.</p><p>No, becoming a Stoic takes work. It takes practice.</p><p>🎧 For a limited time, you can purchase&nbsp;<a href="http://geni.us/Vfzv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Stoic ebook for only $1.99 on Kindle</a></p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of the Daily Stoic Journal</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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>

Humble, The Poet on Being Free of Passion but Full of Love

<p>Ryan speaks with Humble, the Poet about his new book <a href="https://geni.us/DoP9rT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>How to be Love(d</em></a>), why our passions often get in the way of real love, viewing love as a service to others rather than a reward for ourselves, and more.</p><p>Kanwer Singh, professionally known as Humble, the Poet, is a Canadian poet, author, YouTuber, rapper, and spoken word artist, as well as the son of immigrant Indian Punjabi Sikh parents. In 2010, he left his job as an elementary school teacher in 2010 to become a poet, and since then, he has authored three books, including <a href="https://geni.us/zLGExY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Unlearn: 101 Simple Truths for a Better Life</em></a> and <a href="https://geni.us/1XJLFe2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Things No One Else Can Teach Us</em></a>. He received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 2014 Streamy Awards. His work can be found on his <a href="https://www.humblethepoet.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>, his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/kanwersingh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>, and on <a href="https://twitter.com/humblethepoet?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter </a>and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/humblethepoet/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>@humblethepoet.</p><p>✉️&nbsp; 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 Keep It From Happening | How To Get Through Life's Most Difficult Situations

<p>When he was starting out in Hollywood, Judd Apatow began to have panic attacks. The stress of rewriting a script. Getting a film in on time. Managing all the moving pieces on a project. He felt the enormity of the pressure and like a lot of us, he took that to an irrational extreme.</p><p>The Stoics would say panic, stress, and anxiety are feelings, and you can’t prevent them from happening. And if you try to suppress these emotions, like stuffing junk in your closet, it eventually comes exploding out. The bill inevitably comes due…and with interest attached.</p><p>Today, Ryan explores how the Stoics approached getting through life's most difficult situations using the same principle that Friedrich Nietzsche developed as a formula for human greatness: Amor Fati - a love of fate.</p><p>🎧 For a limited time, you can purchase&nbsp;<a href="http://geni.us/Vfzv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Stoic ebook for only $1.99 on Kindle</a></p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of the Daily Stoic Journal</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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 Know What’s Coming | The Sphere Of Choice

<p>We worry about the future. About who might win an election we’re closely watching. About what some foreign leader might do. About the markets and your portfolio. About the climate. It’s so uncertain, we think, unpredictable and potentially overwhelming.</p><p>But is it really?</p><p>In today's Daily Stoic Journal reading, Ryan explores why the Stoics viewed the soul as a sphere which is strengthened or weakened only through one's choices, and how meditating on this can set us off on the right foot in 2023.</p><p>🎧 For a limited time, you can purchase&nbsp;<a href="http://geni.us/Vfzv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Stoic ebook for only $1.99 on Kindle</a></p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more, including the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/the-daily-stoic-leather-bound-book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of the Daily Stoic Journal</a>.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<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>

How Country Living Can Improve Your Life

<p>Ryan celebrates country living with this presentation of the first in a four-part reading of MD Usher’s translation of Princeton University Press’s <a href="https://geni.us/C6QP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to Be a Farmer: An Ancient Guide to Life on the Land</a>. This excerpt examines the benefits of living with nature, dealing with good and bad days on the farm, being neighborly in the country and more.</p><p>Ryan’s conversation with <a href="https://dailystoic.com/m-d-usher/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MD Usher can be heard here</a></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&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjZHbnM4TWpreUNyN3l4dVFFVVVJWDhJemZsZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsbWZicEdQSl9xMndXSGNCNU01SndIRl8xV2tadC02bHc2RDRVS19YM181YUVKSU95c05QMERZNjJOUHpYRmZySHRlbUlwZnA2eG9JdE5la3k0QmdYZWtLeXBZNmRWdThxdU8xdkFUaG9PM19rZ1NKSQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdailystoic.com%2Fchallenge&amp;v=THCpkFIA3E0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://dailystoic.com/challenge</a></p><p>✉️&nbsp;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>

Steven Pressfield, Robert Greene, Jack Carr, Meg Mason, and Adam Hochschild on Writing

<p>Ryan looks back on some of the best interviews of 2022 about writing. Featuring Steven Pressfield on what it takes to build discipline and why it’s so important, Robert Greene on our natural tendency as humans to take the path of least resistance, Jack Carr on how your character impacts your work, Meg Mason on how important it is to develop taste as a writer, and Adam Hochschild on how history can inform the push for change in the present.</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&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjZHbnM4TWpreUNyN3l4dVFFVVVJWDhJemZsZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsbWZicEdQSl9xMndXSGNCNU01SndIRl8xV2tadC02bHc2RDRVS19YM181YUVKSU95c05QMERZNjJOUHpYRmZySHRlbUlwZnA2eG9JdE5la3k0QmdYZWtLeXBZNmRWdThxdU8xdkFUaG9PM19rZ1NKSQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdailystoic.com%2Fchallenge&amp;v=THCpkFIA3E0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://dailystoic.com/challenge</a></p><p>✉️&nbsp; 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>