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The Daily Stoic
For centuries, all sorts of people—generals and politicians, athletes and coaches, writers and leaders—have looked to the teachings of Stoicism to help guide their lives. Each day, author and speaker Ryan Holiday brings you a new lesson about life, inspired by the thoughts and writings of great Stoi...
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This is What Money Is Jealous Of | The Stoic Is A Work In Progress
You think they have everything they could possibly want. But the rich, the powerful? They are actually incredibly jealous people.
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How To Think Better in the Age of AI (From the Stoics)
In today’s episode, Ryan shares timeless lessons from the ancients on how to ask better questions, think more clearly, and make the most of AI without...
Gavin Newsom on Ego, Power, and Stoicism
The real test of philosophy is not what it teaches us in quiet moments, but what it demands from us when power, pressure, and ego enter the room. In t...
This Is How You Release Your Anxiety | Quality Over Quantity
Think about what your anxiety costs you. Think about it honestly and painfully.
🪙 We are the creators of our anxiety. Which mean...
How Much Is Left? | The Stoic Protocol for Your Next Zoom Call
What’s left of Stoicism today is, if anything, more robust than it was in the ancient world.
💡 Modern Stoics are parents, athlete...
The Stoic Code General Mattis Lives By
General Jim Mattis has spent his life proving that philosophy is not just for the classroom. In today’s episode, Margaret Hoover interviews General Ma...
This Is Inseparable From Living a Good Life
The four Stoic virtues are not supposed to be pursued in isolation. Instead, they come together under the idea of virtue itself.
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No, This Is The Mission | Kindness Is Always The Right Response
You thought you were supposed to be doing this. You thought your job was to do that. But then what happened? Life happened. Stuff happened. Other peop...
BONUS | Ryan Holiday Responds to Daniel Radcliffe
In a recent interview, Daniel Radcliffe talked about the book "How To Hide an Empire" which has been one of Ryan's favorite reads lately. Here are som...
It Can Change Everything | A Real-Life Example of How to Build a Coaching Tree
Great leaders don’t just build winning teams, they build people who can go on to lead without them. In today’s episode, Ryan talks about the idea of “...
We Owe It All To Them | What Marcus Aurelius Learned From His Mother
In honor of Mother’s Day, Ryan talks with Donald Robertson about the powerful influence Marcus Aurelius’ mother had on his life and philosophy. Even t...
Rock Bottom, Recovery, and Starting Over at 40 | Jon Gustin
Jon Gustin got sober at the beginning of 2023, but as he explains in today’s episode, getting sober was not the end of the struggle. It was the beginn...
The Stoic All the Stoics Admired
Cato’s life was his philosophy, and the Stoics never stopped looking to his example. In today’s episode, Ryan explores why Cato the Younger became one...
It Can’t Think About You | How to Be a Better Friend, According to the Stoics
These are impersonal forces. This is fortune and fate. It’s not targeting you. It’s not favoring or picking on you.
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BONUS | 6 Stoic Rules of Arete (Excellence)
Arete. To the Greeks, it meant excellence. It was the ultimate expression of human greatness—moral, physical, spiritual. It’s what the Stoics were cha...
They’re Not Thinking About You At All
They’re awful. They’re frustrating. They need to be stopped. These are the people who take up so much space in our head.
🎙️ AD-FRE...
You Think You Want Autonomy. You Don’t. | David Epstein
You think you want more freedom, but too much of it can work against you. In this episode, Ryan talks with David Epstein about why constraints can act...
This is the Part To Love | How a Stoic Deals with Obnoxious People
The terrible diagnosis. The betrayal. The broken heart. Are they Stoics really saying you should love that? Is that what it means to “amor fati”—to lo...
When Your Passion Is Master of Your Reason… | We Are a Product of Our Habits
Recognizing your anger in the moment, feeling it rising before it takes over, means you’ve already started mastering it.
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40 Hidden Lessons From Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
You think you’ve read Meditations, but the deeper truths in Marcus Aurelius’ private writings often reveal themselves only after years of revisiting t...
What Comes After Surviving the Unthinkable | Kyle Carpenter
What happens after you survive something that should have killed you? After being critically injured in Afghanistan, Kyle Carpenter faced years of sur...
What You Need is a Small Crisis | Show, Not Tell, What You Know
When we stop resisting and start learning, the obstacle becomes the way.
📕 Grab the 10th Anniversary Edition of The Obstacle Is t...
BONUS | Ryan Holiday's Response to Ivanka Trump
Watch Ryan's response on The Daily Stoic YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1OfTQusvYM
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The Choice That Kept Dr. Edith Eger Alive In Auschwitz
Dr. Edith Eger faced the worst humanity can do, survived Auschwitz, and went on to build a 98-year life rooted in resilience, forgiveness, and meaning...
Why Are You Surprised?
The surprising thing about all this is that you were surprised. How could you not have seen this coming?
Reading Marcus Aurelius c...
Marcus Aurelius's Rules for Living a Better Life
To wrap up Meditations Month, today Ryan explores Marcus’s best rules for using the precious time in your life.
Reading Marcus Aur...
Kyle Carpenter on Courage, Survival, and What Comes After
The Medal of Honor is the highest military award in the United States, given for extraordinary courage in the face of danger. In this episode, Ryan si...
It’s Right There. Take It. | Stoic Lessons Hidden in Bruce Springsteen Songs
You can’t learn history that you don’t take the time to look at, that you think you already understand.
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Nothing Is As Encouraging As This | The Freedom of Contempt
It was a dark world…and Marcus Aurelius desperately needed some light.
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The Most Powerful Lines From Marcus Aurelius
How can a 2,000-year-old book still change the way you think today? In this episode, Ryan Holiday shares passages from Meditations that he’s returned...
Why “Meditations” Needs a New Name—According to William O. Stephens
Most people read Marcus Aurelius the wrong way. In this episode, Ryan sits down with philosopher William Stephens to discuss why the title "Meditation...
It’s Never an Accident | Ask Daily Stoic
Our true character comes out under pressure. So we must train that character, we must develop our bodies, we have to put in the work.
Empower Yourself with This | Why You Need to Get In the Arena
We all have those days where we’d rather just not. Days where we’d rather not deal with that annoying co-worker or petty family member. Days where we’...
Everything Is Connected. We Just Forgot.
It’s strange that we need a day to remind us we’re part of the planet we live on. In this Earth Day episode, Ryan explores the Stoic idea of sympathei...
You Have Access to a Miracle of History
The Stoics weren’t just leaders and philosophers. They were parents, spouses, and friends, who experienced joy, who fell in love, who cherished the be...
You Are On The Right Timeline | Don't Let Your Attention Slide
This isn’t the timeline I’m supposed to be on, you think. This isn’t how it was supposed to go. But what if it is?
Reading Marcus...
Time is Racing Toward Us | Pete Holmes on The Real Point of Philosophy
We think that it’s off in the distance. We think that it’s far away. But this is wrong. Fundamentally wrong.
Reading Marcus Aureli...
31 Life-Changing Lessons from Marcus Aurelius
For nearly 2,000 years, Meditations has guided presidents, generals, and leaders, from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick the Great to Arnold Schwarzeneg...
How Does Stoicism Help You Overcome Guilt and Shame?
In today's episode, Ryan answers questions from a live audience in Sydney, Australia. Some of these questions include:
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The Decades Disappear Like Sinking Ships | Impulse Control
This is happening and it’s happening in one direction. We have to pay attention.
📚 The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing a...