Calm isn’t something we get by managing our external environment or by hoping that we luck out. This is something we create. 📕 Pick up your own Premium Leather Edition of Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (Gregory Hays Translation) at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets for London, Rotterdam, Dublin, Vancouver, and Toronto at ryanholiday.net/tour ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email...
Oct 29, 2024•9 min•Ep. 2310
Maintaining healthy boundaries in your life requires discipline. And only through self-discipline and self-control are we capable of achieving the greatness that lies within each of us. 📕 Discipline Is Destiny , the second book in the Stoic Virtues Series, is only $2.99 at all major ebook retailers ! Head to dailystoic.com/did We also have signed copies available at the Daily Stoic Store ! https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📓 Pick up a signed edition of The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing ...
Oct 28, 2024•10 min•Ep. 2309
Register to vote at https://vote.gov 🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets for London, Rotterdam, Dublin, Vancouver, and Toronto at ryanholiday.net/tour ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail 🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📱 Follow us: Instagram , Twitter , YouTube , TikTok , and Facebook See Priv...
Oct 27, 2024•30 min•Ep. 2300
In just a couple of weeks, Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump will be named the next President of the United States of America. Former United States Representative, Adam Kinzinger, joins Ryan today to talk about how important this election is for the future of the American people, how the Republican Party has evolved, and the crucial role of self-sacrifice in democratic integrity. Adam Kinzinger is an American former politician, veteran, and senior political commentato...
Oct 26, 2024•47 min•Ep. 2299
Imagine if you had the tools to be less angry, less distracted, less impulsive. Imagine if the news and social media didn’t make your blood boil, your heart race. That’s what Stoicism can help you do. Because it’s a philosophy designed for the real world, to solve real problems. 💡 The Stoicism 101 2024 LIVE course begins in just THREE days on MONDAY, OCTOBER 28TH. Head here to sign up today: https://dailystoic.com/101 📓 Grab your own leather bound signed edition of The Daily Stoic ! Check it o...
Oct 25, 2024•9 min•Ep. 2306
Not everyone is going to appreciate your perspective or your beliefs. By the same token, you’re not going to agree with everyone else—in your industry, in your company, in your moment in time. 🎙️ Listen to Sean Moncrieff 's podcast Moncrieff Highlights 🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets for London, Rotterdam, Dublin, Vancouver, and Toronto at ryanholiday.net/tour 🎥 Watch H.R. McMaster on the Power of Strategic Empathy on YouTube ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? S...
Oct 24, 2024•18 min•Ep. 2305
Stoicism is not a philosophy for the classroom, but a philosophy for life. You use it and it makes you better. That is, if you take it seriously. If you give it a chance. 💡Sign up for Stoicism 101: Ancient Philosophy For Your Actual Life to give you the absolute best of Stoicism, in just 14 days! 🎙️ Listen to Brigid Delaney’s interview on the Daily Stoic on Apple Podcast & Spotify 🎥 Watch Brigid Delaney ’s interview with Ryan on YouTube ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? ...
Oct 23, 2024•4 min•Ep. 2303
Adam Kinzinger was 1 of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump back in 2021 following the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. Now, as we head into the final days before the 2024 election, Adam joins Ryan to talk about looking beyond politics at the bigger picture of humanity. Adam shares his perspective on how Stoicism can be a solution for toxic masculinity, the impact that shame ( or a lack thereof ) has in shaping society, and why we shouldn’t be afraid to have ...
Oct 23, 2024•46 min•Ep. 2296
Can we really call Marcus Aurelius a “philosopher king?” How great a Stoic was he actually? 💡 We set up Stoicism 101: Ancient Philosophy For Your Actual Life to give you the absolute best of Stoicism, in just 14 days! 📕 Today's episode includes an excerpt from Ryan Holiday's #1 NYT bestselling book Right Thing, Right Now | https://store.dailystoic.com/ 🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets for London, Rotterdam, Dublin, Vancouver, and Toronto at ryanholiday.net/tour ✉️ Want Stoic wisd...
Oct 22, 2024•11 min•Ep. 2302
It doesn’t matter what’s happening in the world. Golden hour is there. It’s there more than once a day, weather permitting. 💡 We designed The Daily Stoic Leadership Challenge: Ancient Wisdom For Modern Leaders to mirror the kind of education that produced historically great leaders like Marcus Aurelius. Check it out at store.dailystoic.com 📓 Pick up a signed edition of The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on The Art of Living : https://store.dailystoic.com/ 🎟 Ryan Holid...
Oct 21, 2024•9 min•Ep. 2301
Marcus Aurelius' letters to his rhetoric teacher, Fronto, give us a unique look into his life and relationships. As Brigid Delaney said in her recent interview on the Daily Stoic, "if you want to understand Meditations , Letters to Fronto is a really great place to start." Listen to more of Marcus Aurelius’ Letters to Fronto | Apple Podcasts & Spotify These letters were first edited and translated into English by C. R. Haines. 🎙️ Listen to Brigid Delaney's interview on Apple Podcasts , Spot...
Oct 20, 2024•19 min•Ep. 2292
While we aren’t the ones to blame for the mistakes of our ancestors' pasts, we are responsible for what we do today to combat the repercussions of their actions. Julia Baird and Ryan continue their conversation today about how forgiveness and grace have been a pivotal character trait for many great people throughout history as she discusses in her new book, Bright Shining , which Ryan called “ a powerful book from one of my favorite writers on something we all need more of...and could give more ...
Oct 19, 2024•46 min•Ep. 2291
Life is hard. People are not perfect. If we cannot cultivate the ability to let things be and to let them go, we’ll never get anything done. 🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets for London, Rotterdam, Dublin, Vancouver, and Toronto at ryanholiday.net/tour 📓 Grab your own leather bound signed edition of The Daily Stoic ! Check it out at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at http...
Oct 18, 2024•7 min•Ep. 2298
To be a Stoic is to be a lifelong student. You don’t read the Stoics, you study them. Ask DS: What mentorship lessons did Ryan learn from Robert Greene that he uses to help pay it forward today? How can we balance practicing Stoicism and embracing our emotions? + More! Kick off Stoic Week on October 28th with Stoicism 101: Ancient Philosophy For Your Actual Life | For 14 days you will join a live cohort to collaborate and share thoughts with on our private discussion board. PLUS, you’ll get an i...
Oct 17, 2024•14 min•Ep. 2297
If you convince yourself that nothing can be changed, that your actions don’t matter, you’re right—but you’ve also surrendered. Time and time again, one person can—and does—make a difference. 🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets for London, Rotterdam, Dublin, Vancouver, and Toronto at ryanholiday.net/tour 📕 Grab a signed copy of Right Thing, Right Now by Ryan Holiday | https://store.dailystoic.com/ ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic em...
Oct 16, 2024•2 min•Ep. 2295
The fundamental idea of Stoicism is that we cannot control what happens to us (or the ones we love), we can only control how we respond. Julia Baird knows about cultivating this resilience and Stoic response, after losing her mother and battling health issues, and how approaching grief with a sense of grace can transform ourselves and the world around us. While in Sydney, Ryan had the chance to sit down with Julia in-person to discuss what she learned from researching the lives of Queen Victoria...
Oct 16, 2024•51 min•Ep. 2288
By thinking, by imagining that we’ve just been given a few months to live, we too can see immediately what we should stop doing. We realize we don’t have any more time to waste. 🎙️ Listen to David Kessler’s FULL interview with Ryan on the Daily Stoic | Apple Podcasts & Spotify 📚 Grab signed copies of Finding Meaning and the Finding Meaning Workbook by David Kessler at The Painted Porch https://www.thepaintedporch.com/ ⏳ Get your own Memento Mori reminder | https://store.dailystoic.com/ ✉️ ...
Oct 15, 2024•20 min•Ep. 2294
Though Cicero wrote histories that praised the ethics and virtues of the Stoics, his ego and his expensive tastes got in the way of actually practicing it day to day. Try to remember Cicero’s example. Learn more about the Catiline conspiracy in Lives of the Stoics and in Ryan's interview with Francis Ford Coppola | Apple Podcasts & Spotify . 📓 Pick up a signed edition of The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on The Art of Living: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 🎟 Ryan H...
Oct 14, 2024•12 min•Ep. 2293
The great thing about the internet is that no one is excluded from building a platform, connecting with a community, and sharing their opinions and perspectives. However, there is a dangerous side that comes with this inclusivity. Today, Ryan is calling out the worst advice he has seen on the internet and what the Stoic counter-argument is. 🎥 Watch Renée DiResta’s full interview : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB84B2xfvx0 🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets for London, Rotterdam, D...
Oct 13, 2024•30 min•Ep. 2284
Risk-taking means diving into the unknown, which is scary because anything could happen, but not taking risks is the only guarantee that nothing will change. That’s what Chase Jarvis is here to talk with Ryan about in today’s episode, as his latest book, Never Play It Safe , is a guide for anyone looking to overcome fear around the unknown, trust their intuition, and become comfortable taking the uncomfortable risks in order to get to where they want to go. Chase talks to Ryan about managing ris...
Oct 12, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 2283
There are so many things outside our control. We can’t stop a hurricane, or prevent an earthquake. But we can help our fellow citizens and fellow human beings in the midst of one. You can support those affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton by donating to Habitat for Humanity’s Hurricane Recovery fund : https://www.habitat.org/donate/?link=1614 📓 Grab your own leather bound signed edition of The Daily Stoic! | https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📕 Pick up a signed copy of Right Thing, Right Now by...
Oct 11, 2024•11 min•Ep. 2290
How do we get outside our heads when our stomach is twisting in knots and our heart is pumping out of our chests? We create mementos, as the Stoics did, to remind ourselves of our philosophy and principles. Ask DS: Why did Ryan decide to share his reflections and observations with the masses? How do we teach our children to build resilience? What are the alignments or distinctions between Buddhism and Stoicism? 🪙 We are the creators of our anxiety. Which means we can also be the ones to do some...
Oct 10, 2024•14 min•Ep. 2289
Today, the tables have turned as Ryan Holiday is interviewed by his research assistant, Billy Oppenheimer, to talk about the 10th Anniversary Edition of The Obstacle Is the Way . They discussed why Ryan felt it was important to update and expand the book, what stories and pieces of wisdom were necessary to add, and the experience as a writer of revisiting material you wrote 10 years ago. Ryan also touched on the evolving reception of Stoicism and how his perspectives and writing style have chang...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 2279
As history repeats itself in new and unfamiliar forms, we will once again choose to stand firm, knowing that while the storm may be relentless, our resolve will always be stronger. 📚 Check out Mike Duncan’s books Storm Before the Storm and Hero of Two Worlds at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/ 🎙️ Listen to Mike Duncan’s interview on the Daily Stoic | Apple Podcasts & Spotify ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at ht...
Oct 09, 2024•3 min•Ep. 2287
Most of our problems are not so urgent. The stakes are not so high. Yet we rush, we react emotionally. But how much more magnanimous and wise it would be to wait. To think. To calm down. 📕 Get a signed, numbered first-edition of the 10th Anniversary Edition of The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday at dailystoic.com/obstacle 🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets for London, Rotterdam, Dublin, Vancouver, and Toronto at ryanholiday.net/tour ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox d...
Oct 08, 2024•18 min•Ep. 2286
During the month of October in America, images of death are all around us as we celebrate Halloween—and while it’s a playful time of year, it’s also an opportunity to practice memento mori , a reminder to treat our time as a gift. ⏳ Get your own Memento Mori Premium Signet Ring | https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📓 Pick up a signed edition of The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on The Art of Living : https://store.dailystoic.com/ 🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab ticket...
Oct 07, 2024•8 min•Ep. 2285
A lot can change in 10 years, yet The Obstacle Is the Way remains the timeless formula for turning our toughest trials into our greatest triumphs. 📕 Get a signed, numbered first-edition of the 10th anniversary edition of The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday at dailystoic.com/obstacle ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail 🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at th...
Oct 06, 2024•16 min•Ep. 2276
In Meditations, Marcus Aurelius wrote “You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” Death is inevitable for all of us and practicing the art of Memento Mori reminds us to live each day to the fullest and with virtue. David Kessler, a grief and loss expert, joins Ryan today to talk about why a meaningful life comes from embracing rather than fearing death, how grief can shape our understanding and appreciation of life, the balance between grief and joy, and h...
Oct 05, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 2275
We can flatter ourselves that we’re essential, that we’re one of the good guys, that we’re preventing things from being worse. But are we? Or is that just what we want to believe? 📕 Pick up a signed copy of Right Thing, Right Now by Ryan Holiday | https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📓 Grab your own leather bound signed edition of The Daily Stoic ! Check it out at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📚 Check out Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero by James Romm at The Painte...
Oct 04, 2024•10 min•Ep. 2282
Destiny taps each of us on the shoulder, will we be able to answer? Will we have cultivated the skills and virtues necessary to answer well? That’s what philosophy is about—preparing you for whatever fortune has in store, big and small. Ask DS: What is the Stoic way to process and receive compliments? What is Ryan’s advice to stop obsessing over what could go wrong? How did the Stoics approach parenting and creating a generational impact? 🎙️ Listen to Francis Ford Coppola’s interview on the Dai...
Oct 03, 2024•14 min•Ep. 2281
