The Surprising Habit Hack from Aristotle

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<p>What is the "Tortoise Method" and how can it help us build habits for happiness? Look no further than this excerpt from Chapter 9 of the audiobook of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/750114/aristotles-guide-to-self-persuasion-by-jay-heinrichs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Aristotle’s Guide to Self-Persuasion: How Ancient Rhetoric, Taylor Swift, and Your Own Soul Can Help You Change Your Life</em>&nbsp;</a> by Jay Heinrichs (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/persuasion-expert-you-can-manipulate-yourself-into/id1430315931?i=1000735356695" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">last week's guest on The Daily Stoic Podcast!</a>). </p><br><p>Jay Heinrichs is a New York Times bestselling author of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646966/thank-you-for-arguing-fourth-edition-revised-and-updated-by-jay-heinrichs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Thank You For Arguing</em></a> and is a persuasion and conflict consultant. Middlebury College has named him a Professor of the Practice in Rhetoric and Oratory. Jay has conducted influence strategy and training for clients as varied as Kaiser Permanente, Harvard, the European Speechwriters Association, Southwest Airlines, and NASA. He has overseen the remake and staff recruiting of more than a dozen magazines.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Pick up a copy of Jay’s latest book <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/750114/aristotles-guide-to-self-persuasion-by-jay-heinrichs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Aristotle’s Guide to Self-Persuasion: How Ancient Rhetoric, Taylor Swift, and Your Own Soul Can Help You Change Your Life</em>&nbsp;</a></p><br><p>Follow Jay on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jayheinrichs/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Instagram @JayHeinrichs</a> and check out more of his work at <a href="http://www.jayheinrichs.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.jayheinrichs.com</a></p><br><p>Thanks to Penguin Random House Audio for granting us permission to run this excerpt from <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/aristotles-guide-to-self-persuasion-how-ancient-rhetoric-taylor-swift-and-your-own-soul-can-help-you-change-your-life?_pos=2&amp;_sid=3d7310faa&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Aristotle’s Guide to Self-Persuasion</em></a>.</p><br><p>🏛 The 2025 LIVE session of<a href="http://dailystoic.com/101" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Stoicism 101: Ancient Philosophy For Your Actual Life</a> starts November 10th. 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