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Where Is Your Command Center? | Casey Neistat's 10 Stoic Practices (For Productivity)

<p>We get all sorts of messages. From the world. From social media. From other people. From our bodies. The question–the great difficulty of life–is gathering, deciphering and deciding which of these messages to listen to and act on, and which to ignore.</p><p>One of the best translators of the Stoics, Robin Waterfield (you&nbsp;<em>must</em>&nbsp;read&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/meditations-the-annotated-edition?_pos=1&amp;_sid=77a51e7d7&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">his annotated edition of&nbsp;<em>Meditations</em></a>), renders Marcus Aurelius’s use of the word&nbsp;<em>hegemonikon</em>&nbsp;as&nbsp;<em>command center.</em>&nbsp;Using this military metaphor, he says that we use our mental command center to receive all the messages of life and then send out our own messages to ourselves.</p><p>And while YouTube pioneer and highly successful entrepreneur Casey Neistat was in Austin premiering his new film at SXSW Ryan Holiday caught up with him to find out how he applies Stoicism to his work and life.</p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2NOZ3RqVU5PelNYb3VoTVIta19OMUpJZ1ZKZ3xBQ3Jtc0trYzk3bkY2bVEwdjVWTGlfd0p3N3l6T1pQWWx3dEpnYjZHbEhIa0ZpVDFJWFZzTEF2QjYtdjB5dVh1NXRWOGYzcFltd0JIMHRPYUFXSEk5SVlaWjZPRDhxX054V3lRWU1nNWxMSlUtR1Z0ZnRsMEtFSQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdailystoic.com%2Fdailyemail&amp;v=aDsmoQpZtu0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🎓 FREE GUIDE to Stoic philosophy:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqblRTWlRrZzItc0treTc4SUJWX2xZOURKaGlFd3xBQ3Jtc0ttemtIWWtpSzZNNTJwUnVpZzk5ZFNxOUIzTFBQbmQxWEhoODEwU0k4S3p5Mi1ZR2E5VVBtdjVpV2RvNXhSUDV2dFdPeUpHME9VZzZkVUJzc1h0Q0VHNXhXcmhJY2hMdHpVSlZ0bmRCdWE0QXFSUmh6SQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdailystoic.com%2Ffreeguide&amp;v=aDsmoQpZtu0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/freeguide</a></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2xwTXVpejZ6T1M2QjlQRzlBSm1GUnVCV1FKQXxBQ3Jtc0tubndOM1B1enUxZDFhWVpUWDhYX2czZEtTM0V1TUZkV3J1Q3ozeW9VTEh1UVVPdlVaVzdFa1dNM042MHBnSkt3OWNTTWlnT2dLbWJlSDQyRmpES1F6TGRRZVY3akJ3VjZ1VVNRR3RQazNYbU5qc2xpUQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fstore.dailystoic.com%2F&amp;v=aDsmoQpZtu0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</a></p><p>Instagram: ​<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFduTEhEWUNCZDNFQ3psenRzb0pjVk9hcFNaQXxBQ3Jtc0ttNXBhQ2pLQ0R5dURjbWZVVlJ2U0NQb2ppU0x1MjFFdTZWaS1KSEloN29rN3BZTUJvREdfbE5nSml4WEl6LUpvdG1LT1ZGaGhPM0dndWoyNGRETENKbW85X2xzbzhySk9Gc1dtT2Q5dU9DdGppWHpDdw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fdailystoic&amp;v=aDsmoQpZtu0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic</a></p><p>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbE8tcUFCRWZyUXRIODlLMXMzMmFMUjFPbkVuQXxBQ3Jtc0trajBJT2Job1dKVEVHX0taTVYwS2h3V1p2VW5vZzc1VWJkNWJ6V2R3NmZmbDBGZHJ0T2ZnQkk5alJObFByRDVQLWMyZkg4YTdNdTY4T2kySWFUZFVWdVpEQ1NVVkhRd3RObUpQUGlDN2R5UUE4aFRMSQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Fdailystoic&amp;v=aDsmoQpZtu0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/dailystoic</a></p><p>Facebook:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqazJyRlkzZXI3dVFRMHQ5eWRxa0draEVBdTkzQXxBQ3Jtc0tsLVMyRmx1ZlVybFp4N3BKbzVTckxONktKbjRFam40UlBNZW1keVBKSTk2cGdnN2JmT1RLQkZjYVJyQTc0WFQyTXI5NEd0ZVczODNxZldPUURab1FPREFxdmhQRmpZRWkxNmRleHl1eE5BbDg3Uk5rYw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdailystoic&amp;v=aDsmoQpZtu0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic</a></p><p>TikTok:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTFoWUtBNkJuaElzSjJxZkVZcEdfOGhrWlFDQXxBQ3Jtc0trTF84RzZsM2xGWDc1eWhieVNQblNEM1RSNHBBMTRCUnBlQTVSMkotaWc0czl3dGZKLXV1NEdyeUpNaUw5VFc1TmpPeENyM3NIa1R4SjNrSlNnTGlzQnE5c0g0OGIwWmpwRzduamtoZDlYb2JLX2wwVQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40daily_stoic&amp;v=aDsmoQpZtu0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic</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 Nothing To Brag About | Judge Yourself Not Others

<p>Oh, you’ve read the works of Heidegger? You finished all of <a href="https://geni.us/vkAHW3t" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Infinite Jest</em></a>? You made it through all of Jordan Peterson’s <a href="https://geni.us/UGSO8f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Maps of Meaning</em></a>, all of Faulkner’s lesser works, <a href="https://geni.us/v6GFgEt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Finnegan’s Wake</em></a> and <a href="https://geni.us/p3aIeO" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Ulysses</em></a>?</p><p>You must be pretty proud of yourself.</p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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 Virtue That Made Marcus Aurelius So Great

<p>Marcus Aurelius did not come out of the womb a leader. Nor was he an emperor ‘by blood.’ In fact, when first told he was to be king, he wept—thinking of all the bad and failed kings of history. </p><p>So how did he get from there to philosopher king? Book 1 of Meditations shows us. The first ten percent of the book—Debts and Lessons—thanks people who groomed him into one of history’s greatest leaders. He knew it—without his philosophy teachers and rhetoric teachers and, most importantly, his mentor Antoninus Pius, he wouldn’t have became who he became. </p><p>In this episode Ryan Holiday recounts one of the greatest stories in human history and talks about how Antoninus Pius taught Marcus Aurelius the most important virtue of all.</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>

Yung Pueblo on How to Measure What Actually Matters in Life

<p>Ryan talks to the poet Yung Pueblo about his new book <a href="https://geni.us/XLYwXtM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future</a>, why servicing the common good is the most valuable metric to measure great work by, the common threads that tie differing philosophies together, and more.</p><p>Diego Perez is a meditator and New York Times bestselling author who is widely known on Instagram and various social media networks through his pen name Yung Pueblo. Online he has an audience of over 2.7 million people. His writing focuses on the power of self-healing, creating healthy relationships, and the wisdom that comes when we truly work on knowing ourselves. His two books, Inward and Clarity &amp; Connection were both instant bestsellers. Diego's third book, Lighter, debuted as a #1 New York Times best seller.</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>

How To Make Better Use Of Your Time | Ask Daily Stoic

<p>Years before he became president, Harry Truman owned a haberdashery that doubled as a local hang-out. A kid named Albert Ridge would often head there after his shift at the neighborhood grocery store. For the rest of his life, Ridge would tell the story of the time Truman gave him a list of ten books to read. It included books like Plutarch's <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/classics4?_pos=2&amp;_sid=6a6accef0&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Lives</em></a><em>,</em> Caesar's <a href="https://geni.us/gnKcH5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Commentaries</em></a>, and Benjamin Franklin's <a href="https://geni.us/E6h3C" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Autobiography</em></a>.</p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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>

There’s Nothing Like This | Always The Same

<p>The rockstar Warren Zevon had been on the top of the Billboard charts. He’d been on the cover of Rolling Stone. He’d been admired by other great artists and musicians like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Tom Petty. The heights of fame were enjoyable, but it took a jarring diagnosis of terminal lung cancer to give Zevon the kind of perspective that only a *memento mori* moment can give. And when it came, he passed it along in a very simple, very practical piece of advice:</p><p><em>Enjoy every sandwich.</em></p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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 You Strengthen Your Soul

<p><a href="https://geni.us/LjLcpTa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">According to the great Jesuit Monk</a> Anthony DeMello, there are three intellectual feats that we struggle with on a regular basis, that are harder than just about any physical activity on the planet. Just three. They are, he said, in this order:</p><ul><li>Returning love for hate.</li><li>Including the excluded.</li><li>Admitting you are wrong.</li></ul><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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>

Sophia Amoruso on Building Resilience and Defining Success

<p>Ryan talks to Sophia Amoruso about how she has navigated the highs and lows of being a successful business woman, how to become great without becoming a monster, the importance of staying grounded while reaching great heights, and more.</p><p>Sophia Christina Amoruso is an American businesswoman. Amoruso was born in San Diego, California, and moved to Sacramento, California, after High school, soon after relocating to San Francisco. Amoruso founded <a href="https://www.nastygal.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nasty Gal</a>, a women's fashion retailer, which went on to be named one of "the fastest growing companies" by Inc. Magazine in 2012. In 2016, she was named one of the richest self-made women in the world by Forbes. However, Nasty Gal filed for bankruptcy. In 2017, Amoruso founded Girlboss Media, a company that creates content for women in the millennial generation to progress as people in their personal and professional life. Her 2014 autobiography <a href="https://geni.us/cRv4TLd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GIRLBOSS</a> was adapted into a television series of the same name for Netflix.</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>

This Is Your Job As A Citizen | Why You Should Do Something Scary Every Day

<p>The single most important practice in Stoic philosophy is differentiating between <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISn7G7CbB_Y&amp;ab_channel=DailyStoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">what we have control over and what we don’t.</a> Epictetus said,</p><p>“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own…”</p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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 Become What You Give Your Attention To | The Real Power You Have

<p>The Stoics were all about routine and repetition. They talked about <a href="https://dailystoic.com/you-become-what-you-practice/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>fueling the habit bonfire</em></a><em>.</em> They would have agreed with Aristotle: we are what we repeatedly do. We become what we repeatedly study and focus on.</p><p>📕 We created a premium leather-bound edition of&nbsp;<a href="https://click.convertkit-mail.com/gku4m65q64t5hdn0nz0u3/7qh7h8h0r23499sz/aHR0cDovL2RhaWx5c3RvaWMuY29tL21lZGl0YXRpb25z" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Meditations</em></a>&nbsp;- To learn more and to pick up your own copy of this beautiful new edition of&nbsp;<em>Meditations,</em>&nbsp;visit&nbsp;<a href="https://click.convertkit-mail.com/gku4m65q64t5hdn0nz0u3/7qh7h8h0r23499sz/aHR0cDovL2RhaWx5c3RvaWMuY29tL21lZGl0YXRpb25z" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dailystoic.com/meditations</a></p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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 Most Life Changing Marcus Aurelius Quotes

<p>Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor, born nearly two millennia ago (121 – 180). Marcus became the Emperor of the Roman Empire in 161 and ruled for nearly two decades until his death in 180. It is important to realize the gravity of that position and the magnitude of power that Marcus possessed. He held one of—if not the most—powerful positions in the world at the time. If he chose to, nothing would be off limits. There is a reason the adage that power in absolute absolutely corrupts has been repeated throughout history—it unfortunately tends to be true. And yet, as the essayist Matthew Arnold remarked, Marcus proved himself worthy of the position he was in.</p><p>Marcus has only one core work, which was actually never intended for publication: his Meditations (originally titled “To Himself”). This is not only one of greatest books ever written but perhaps the only book of its kind. It is the definitive text on self-discipline, personal ethics, humility, self-actualization and strength. This episode of the podcast is a collection of some of our favorite quotes from this book.</p><p>📕 We created a premium leather-bound edition of Meditations - To learn more and to pick up your own copy of this beautiful new edition of Meditations, visit <a href="https://dailystoic.com/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/meditations</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>

Kate Courtney, Karen Duffy, Meg Mason, and Susan Cain on Using Stoicism to Endure Life's Obstacles

<p>This episode is a compilation of some of the best Stoic wisdom from the Daily Stoic Podcast. Ryan talks to Kate Courtney about the important distinction between optimization vs. maximization, Karen Duffy about how Stoicism can help guide you through pain, Meg Mason about the vitality of being tolerant and forgiving of others, Susan Cain how to take heartbreak and mold something great out of it.</p><p>Kate Courtney: <a href="https://dailystoic.com/kate-courtney/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/kate-courtney/</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Karen Duffy: <a href="https://dailystoic.com/karen-duffy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/karen-duffy/</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Meg Mason: <a href="https://dailystoic.com/meg-mason/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/meg-mason/</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Susain Cain: <a href="https://dailystoic.com/susan-cain/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/susan-cain/</a>&nbsp;&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><p><br></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 Are Not In Decline | Ask Daily Stoic

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A Sense of Urgency | Following The Doctor’s Orders

<p>In the kitchen at Per Se, one of the best restaurants in the world, there is a sign. All it says is: A Sense of Urgency. That’s what a great chef, a great service staff, a great organization has. A great person needs it too.</p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>📕 We created a premium leather-bound edition of&nbsp;<a href="https://click.convertkit-mail.com/gku4m65q64t5hdn0nz0u3/7qh7h8h0r23499sz/aHR0cDovL2RhaWx5c3RvaWMuY29tL21lZGl0YXRpb25z" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Meditations</em></a>- To learn more and to pick up your own copy of this beautiful new edition of&nbsp;<em>Meditations,</em>&nbsp;visit&nbsp;<a href="https://click.convertkit-mail.com/gku4m65q64t5hdn0nz0u3/7qh7h8h0r23499sz/aHR0cDovL2RhaWx5c3RvaWMuY29tL21lZGl0YXRpb25z" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dailystoic.com/meditations</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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>

Thomas Ricks on the Greatest War in American History

<p>Ryan talks to Thomas Ricks about his new book <a href="https://geni.us/lWEZ2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968</a>, the philosophical methods that guided the leaders in the civil rights movement, the grit that it took to fight for the promise made in the Declaration of Indepence, and more.</p><p>Thomas Ricks is an American journalist and author who has won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting multiple times. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller <a href="https://geni.us/SI05" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq</em></a> and <a href="https://geni.us/EEHI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>A Soldier's Duty</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>

Pursue Excellence, Not Credit

<p>Perhaps you remember reading <em>The Odyssey</em> in high school or college (or possibly you picked up</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/odyssey?_pos=2&amp;_sid=950e3ca5a&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emily Wilson’s fabulous new translation</a> at the <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Painted Porch</a>). Even if you haven’t, you’re probably familiar with the cyclops scene. Odysseus and his men find themselves trapped in a cave with Polyphemus, the deranged, man-eating, sheep herding, one-eyed beast. Odysseus hatches an ingenious escape plan: they wait for the cyclops to fall asleep and then stab him in the eye with a sharpened log. Enraged and blinded, Polyphemus staggers to remove the stone he had rolled in front of the entrance of the cave, which frees Odysseus and his men.</p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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>

Why We Admire Marcus Aurelius | Ancient Strategies For Finding Happiness

<p>Marcus Aurelius was smart. He was rich and powerful. He won wars and conquered territories.</p><p>But that doesn’t explain why we are still talking about his <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Meditations</em></a> so many thousands of years later. As Brand Blandshard would observe of Marcus’s writings 1984,</p><p>"Few care now about the marches and countermarches of the Roman commanders. What the centuries have clung to is a notebook of thoughts by a man whose real life was largely unknown who put down in the midnight dimness not the events of the day or the plans of the morrow, but something of far more permanent interest, the ideals and aspirations that a rare spirit lived by."</p><p>📕 We created a premium leather-bound edition of&nbsp;<a href="https://click.convertkit-mail.com/gku4m65q64t5hdn0nz0u3/7qh7h8h0r23499sz/aHR0cDovL2RhaWx5c3RvaWMuY29tL21lZGl0YXRpb25z" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Meditations</em></a>&nbsp;- To learn more and to pick up your own copy of this beautiful new edition of&nbsp;<em>Meditations,</em>&nbsp;visit&nbsp;<a href="https://click.convertkit-mail.com/gku4m65q64t5hdn0nz0u3/7qh7h8h0r23499sz/aHR0cDovL2RhaWx5c3RvaWMuY29tL21lZGl0YXRpb25z" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dailystoic.com/meditations</a></p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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 Are Not Alone | Accepting What Is

<p>Ghosts are, of course, a silly thing to believe in (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ6kiJ71IZY&amp;ab_channel=DailyStoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Athenodorus’ ghost story notwithstanding</a>). Yet the Stoics would not have scoffed at Eleanor Roosevelt’s feeling of <em>not being alone</em> in the Lincoln bedroom. As the New York Times would write many years ago in an editorial about her claim, “The White House is built of memories…It will remain a haunted house as long as it stands, but only in the benign sense that unseen presences may still be watching the destiny of the Republic…What American, passing by that great pillared residence, in time of stress, could fail to feel reassured to sense the shadowy figure of Lincoln, just as Mrs. Roosevelt describes him, gazing thoughtfully from a window?”</p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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 Professional — An Excerpt from Steven Pressfield’s “Turning Pro”

<p>In this excerpt Steven talks about the difference between an amatuer and a professional, the qualities that a professional expresses, and he explains what it takes to become a professional at whatever you do. Published by Recorded Books on Brilliance Audio.</p><p>📕 Grab a copy of <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/writing8?_pos=1&amp;_sid=642942638&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Turning Pro” at the Painted Porch Bookshop</a></p><p>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href="https://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>

Atticus the Poet on Modern Media and Remaining Anonymous

<p>Ryan talks to the anonymous Instagram poet Atticus about how modern media has distorted old ideas, his experience meeting the Dalai Lama, the decision to remain anonymous in the public eye, and more.</p><p>Atticus, who grew up in Vancouver, has built a career as a bestselling poet by reading for hundreds, from behind a mask. From being an early investor in SpaceX, to launching a coffee business with Elon's cousins, to releasing 3 NYT Bestselling books, an international wine brand, and clothing partnerships with John Varvatos, Levis, Target, and KOHLS. Atticus can help share how to create business around ART while doing what you love (all while staying anonymous).He has now produced many bestselling books of poetry including <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Her-Wild-Poems-Atticus/dp/1501171232" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Love Her Wild</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Between-Stars-Poems/dp/1982104864" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Dark Between Stars</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>

More Often Than Not | Ask Daily Stoic

<p>The Stoics were not perfect. Nothing illustrates this more than Marcus Aurelius’ <a href="http://dailystoic.com/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Meditations</em></a>. Why would Marcus have to write reminders about not losing your temper or not wasting your time if he was not guilty of those very things? Why would he remind himself that the people he was going to deal with that day would be meddling, ungrateful and dishonest if he didn’t struggle dealing with those types of people? Why did he have to remind himself that doing the right thing was better than trying to be remembered? Would he remind himself of the importance of discipline if it came naturally to him?</p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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 Don’t See The Full Picture | We Reap What We Sow

<p>History is a lie. It is written by the victors, as the saying goes. Which means the picture it produces is inherently biased by a particular point of view. It’s also biased towards the things we know about, by our common knowledge.</p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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>

Kamal Ravikant on Facing Death and Loving Yourself

<p>This episode comes out for free on 10/26/22. </p><p>Ryan talks to author and investor Kamal Ravikant about his recent near death experience, why the inner game is the ultimate game, how loving yourself can change your relationship with suffering, and more.</p><p>Kamal Ravikant is the author of the bestselling books, <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/rhmoo8?_pos=1&amp;_sid=5021009ae&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DPP07GE/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Live Your Truth</a>. He’s been a US Army Infantry soldier, held the hands of dying patients, climbed in the Himalayas, spoken to audiences around the globe, walked 550 miles across Spain, meditated with Tibetan monks, and worked with some of the best people in Silicon Valley. But more than anything, he is passionate about writing books that improve lives.</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><p><br></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>

Stoicism Is Not A Form Of Self-Flagellation

<p><a href="https://dailystoic.com/seneca/?utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=convertkit&amp;utm_campaign=nice-stuff" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seneca was a very rich man</a>. He had nice stuff. Critics at the time, and ever since, have found this to be indisputable proof of his hypocrisy. How can a Stoic have expensive ivory tables? Isn’t it unphilosophical to have multiple houses? Or servants?</p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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 Beyond Arrogant | 6 Insanely Useful Stoic Questions

<p>Human beings have been putting things off for as long as there have been things to do. We tell ourselves we’ll do it when we’re older, after we finish, when we have more time, when the seasons change. We tell ourselves we’ll do it tomorrow. And yet…</p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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 Book Was Not Meant For Us | Build Up, Don’t Tear Down

<p>There are very few books like it. Certainly, none written by someone in such an unusual position.</p><p>You see, <a href="http://dailystoic.com/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Meditations</em></a> was not meant to be a book for the reader, it was a book for the author. In Greek, it was titled <em>Eis heauton</em> or “To Himself.” A more recent title also captures the essence: <em>The Emperor’s Handbook.</em></p><p>📕 We created a premium leather-bound edition of&nbsp;<a href="https://click.convertkit-mail.com/gku4m65q64t5hdn0nz0u3/7qh7h8h0r23499sz/aHR0cDovL2RhaWx5c3RvaWMuY29tL21lZGl0YXRpb25z" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Meditations</em></a> - To learn more and to pick up your own copy of this beautiful new edition of&nbsp;<em>Meditations,</em>&nbsp;visit&nbsp;<a href="https://click.convertkit-mail.com/gku4m65q64t5hdn0nz0u3/7qh7h8h0r23499sz/aHR0cDovL2RhaWx5c3RvaWMuY29tL21lZGl0YXRpb25z" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dailystoic.com/meditations</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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>

Musonius Rufus Stoic Fragments: PT 1

<p>This episode comes out for free on 10/23/22. </p><p>Today’s episode features two sections from the lesser known Musonius Rufus Stoic Fragments: That Man Is Born With An Inclination Toward Virtue and That Women Too Should Study Philosophy. Pick up a copy of <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/that-one-should-disdain-hardships-the-teachings-of-a-roman-stoic?_pos=1&amp;_sid=946b5baa5&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">That One Should Disdain Hardships: The Teachings of a Roman Stoic by Musonius Rufus at the Painted Porch Bookshop</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>

Maya Smart on Transforming Education and the Power of Reading

<p>This episode comes out for free on 10/22/22.</p><p>Ryan talks to Maya Smart about her new book <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/reading-for-our-lives-a-literacy-action-plan-from-birth-to-six?_pos=1&amp;_sid=c458496f5&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reading for Our Lives: A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six</a> (which you can pick up at the <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/reading-for-our-lives-a-literacy-action-plan-from-birth-to-six?_pos=1&amp;_sid=c458496f5&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Painted Porch Bookshop</a>), how she developed the ideas in the book over a span of 10 years, how she fell in love with reading, and more.</p><p>Maya Smart is an author and journalist. Throughout her career, she’s written hundreds of articles, including breaking news stories, book reviews, features, and op-eds for a wide range of publications. She’s addressed audiences ranging from 200 to 2,000 at conventions, commencements, and literary events. Along the way, Maya interviewed NY Times bestselling authors like Zadie Smith, Jacqueline Woodson, Angie Thomas, Salman Rushdie, and Colson Whitehead; been a community fellow with the Center for Innovation in Race, Teaching, and Curriculum at the University of Texas; and served on the boards of book festivals, library foundations, and literacy initiatives. Maya holds workshops and speaks publicly on topics that revolve around reading, education, and advocating in support of literacy for all. She also publishes book lists, literacy activities, and other free family resources weekly on MayaSmart.com.</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><p><br></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 Truly Wise Make Time For Leisure | Ask Daily Stoic

<p>Leisure is one of those words that modernity has terribly corrupted and misused. When most people hear it we think of lounging around doing nothing. We think of any activity absent of activity, as an opportunity to completely shut down. And this is a tremendous perversion of a sacred notion.</p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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>

Is The World Going Through Hell? | Marks Of The Good Life

<p>“It’s tough to be alive now,” the actor Timothée Chalamet <a href="https://twitter.com/kylebuchanan/status/1565691664416530435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1565691664416530435%7Ctwgr%5E601e89df19c4568014ca9ab3cb1cf5ad33eb615d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecut.com%2F2022%2F09%2Ftimothee-chalamet-societal-collapse-venice.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">recently said</a>. “I think societal collapse is in the air — it smells like it.”</p><p>It’s one of those lines that got picked up by dozens of media outlets. <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/ryan6?_pos=1&amp;_sid=ce3dfd59f&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Because those outlets know it’s one of those headlines people can’t resist clicking on</a>. As the economist Deirdre McCloskey once put it, “For reasons I have never understood, people like to hear that the world is going to hell.”</p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</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>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;</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>