We have these desires and aversions, these habits we indulge, these things we let ourselves get away with. 💡 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: store.dailystoic.com Get The Daily Stoic Leadership Challenge: Ancient Wisdom For Modern Leaders & all other Daily Stoic courses for FREE when you join Daily Stoic Life | dailystoic.com/life 📕...
Jun 09, 2025•10 min•Ep. 2581
Sometimes the best days don’t start out that way. In this episode, Ryan Holiday shares a personal story about how a seemingly ordinary, maybe even chaotic, day with his kids turned into something unexpectedly perfect. 🎙️ Check out The Daily Dad Podcast | Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work 🎙️ Follow The ...
Jun 08, 2025•15 min•Ep. 2571
In a world obsessed with attention, are we rewarding the worst in us? In today’s PT. 2 episode, Chris Hayes and Ryan dive deep into how virtue signaling has transformed into full-blown vice signaling in today’s attention economy. They discuss the unraveling of traditional journalism ethics, the decline of shared moral standards, and society’s unsettling attraction to vice. Chris Hayes is the Emmy Award–winning host of All In with Chris Hayes on MSNBC and the New York Times bestselling author of ...
Jun 07, 2025•46 min•Ep. 2570
We have to be prepared for what people will do. That isn’t to say we need to become cynical, but it is to say that we have stop fooling ourselves. 🎥 Watch Why Narcissistic Leaders Always Fail (In The End) on The Daily Stoic YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ4gbvjdIao 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic Podcast on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast ✉️ Want Stoic...
Jun 06, 2025•35 min•Ep. 2578
The whole future is uncertain, Seneca reminds us. Live virtuously, of course, but also live immediately. 🪙 We have a collection of items in the Daily Stoic store to help you in your own Memento Mori practice, check them out here: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your in...
Jun 05, 2025•12 min•Ep. 2577
Cleanthes and Socrates exposed themselves to cold. Marcus Aurelius slept on a hard mattress. Seneca practiced poverty on a regular basis. Why did they do this? 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic Podcast on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail 🏛 Get Stoic...
Jun 04, 2025•2 min•Ep. 2576
What if the real problem isn’t politics, the economy, or technology, but where you’re directing your attention? Emmy-winning journalist Chris Hayes joins Ryan to reveal the sinister mechanics of modern media, explore how the digital age fractures our sense of self, and explain why misinformation is most dangerous when it tells us exactly what we want to hear. Chris Hayes is the Emmy Award–winning host of All In with Chris Hayes on MSNBC and the New York Times bestselling author of A Colony in a ...
Jun 04, 2025•39 min•Ep. 2567
There is no mention of what became of the Stoics' wives. We don’t talk about the slights and the condescension they would have put up with as the ‘weaker sex.’ 🎥 Watch “ The Most Powerful Stoic Women In History ” on The Daily Stoic YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6rp-cwYSt4 📓 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/ 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www....
Jun 03, 2025•8 min•Ep. 2574
As Marcus would say, we can't be satisfied with merely "getting the gist" of what we read. "Read attentively," he advised. Read deeply. Aim for quality, not quantity. The Daily Stoic is $1.99 as an ebook for a limited time only. Grab it here now ! 📘 Grab the hardcover edition of The Daily Stoic here: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📔 Pick up your own leather bound signed edition of The Daily Stoic ! Check it out at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic P...
Jun 02, 2025•11 min•Ep. 2573
In moments of chaos, let Stoicism be your guide. In today’s episode, Ryan dives into how to tackle both small and big obstacles by harnessing your inner strength, staying steady in the face of unpredictability, and leading with purpose 📕 Pick up a copy of the 10th Anniversary Edition of The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday at dailystoic.com/obstacle 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic Podcast ...
Jun 01, 2025•28 min•Ep. 2564
The Stoics knew something we often forget: influence starts before you speak. It's in your energy, your posture, your presence. In today’s PT. 2 episode with body language expert Vanessa Van Edwards, she breaks down how to project authentic warmth, gives Ryan tips for navigating social dynamics, and shares how to confidently master the art of saying no. Vanessa Van Edwards is the bestselling author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People , translated into 17 languages, and Cues: Mast...
May 31, 2025•52 min•Ep. 2563
The world is constantly changing. We are constantly changing. Therefore what we get out of these books changes, too. 📓 The Daily Stoic eBook is $1.99 on Amazon! Grab your copy here 📔 Pick up your own leather bound signed edition of The Daily Stoic ! Check it out at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic Podcast on YouTube : https://www.youtube.co...
May 30, 2025•13 min•Ep. 2572
It’s pathetic, isn’t it? What some people do with power—what it reveals about them. 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic Podcast on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast ✉️ 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 Dai...
May 29, 2025•17 min•Ep. 2569
Think about the principles we are standing on. Think of what we are willing to risk for them. 🏛 Preorder the Limited Edition Stoic Virtues Series: https://store.dailystoic.com/products/limited-edition-stoic-virtue-series 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Sto...
May 28, 2025•3 min•Ep. 2568
The Stoics didn’t just preach wisdom, they commanded attention. They knew how to lead with presence, not just ideas. In this episode, body language expert Vanessa Van Edwards joins Ryan to break down the science of real connection through a Stoic lens. She shares powerful, research-backed strategies to communicate with purpose, project warmth without losing authority, and instantly shift how others see and respond to you. Vanessa Van Edwards is the bestselling author of Captivate: The Science of...
May 28, 2025•41 min•Ep. 2559
The ancients did not just leave us words on papyrus—they left us a gift that keeps on giving through the ages. 💡 To be a great reader, as we say in our Read To Lead Challenge, it’s not enough just that you read—it’s about HOW you read. It’s about learning how to think more critically, how to digest books above your level, how to find books with the potential of changing your life. You’ll learn how to do just that—and more!—during our Read to Lead Challenge . 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan H...
May 27, 2025•11 min•Ep. 2566
On Memorial Day, it is worth reflecting on this very beautiful and almost baffling bit of human greatness. 📔 Pick up your own leather bound signed edition of The Daily Stoic ! Check it out at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic Podcast on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Si...
May 26, 2025•8 min•Ep. 2565
In today’s episode, Ryan opens up about how despite his career success and net worth, he still struggles with anxiety and stress, not so much about the state of the world but about the constant pressure for things to go right. 🎥 Watch Ryan's interviews with Sahil Bloom and Robert Rosenkranz on The Daily Stoic YouTube Channel Sahil Bloom episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKCA2ymdQtc Robert Rosenkranz episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvzsEopZ94Q 📚 Pick up signed copies of The 5 Ty...
May 25, 2025•19 min•Ep. 2556
Can people actually change or are we just stuck with who we are? In this episode, author and journalist Olga Khazan joins Ryan to unpack the age-old debate: are personality traits fixed or can we reshape them over time? Olga shares what happened when she tried to change her own personality over the course of a year and what science says about whether that’s even possible. Olga Khazan is a staff writer at The Atlantic and author of Me, But Better . You can follow Olga on Instagram and X @Olganato...
May 24, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 2554
As leaders, we cannot allow people to tell us what we want to hear. We have to cultivate honesty, both in ourselves and in those around us. 💡 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 📖 How to Read Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations (A Daily Stoic Guide) is designed to help you get the most wisdom and very best tools Stoicism ha...
May 23, 2025•24 min•Ep. 2562
The world is crazy. Plus, we have our own crazy lives to worry about—that pile of work, the kid who might be coming down with a cold, the house project that must be finished. 🎥 Watch George Raveling’s FULL interview on The Daily Stoic Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ-ZQ2p0WhY 📕 You can grab copies of What You’re Made For by George Raveling at The Painted Porch: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/ 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodc...
May 22, 2025•13 min•Ep. 2561
As Seneca wrote: “Associate with people who are likely to improve you. The process is a mutual one: men learn as they teach.” 💡 Modern Stoics are parents, athletes, entrepreneurs, soldiers, artists, students. They are busy, curious, principled people who want to do more than talk about virtue—they want to live it . And they want to do it with others who share that aim. Join The Daily Stoic Life community today: dailystoic.com/life 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.in...
May 21, 2025•5 min•Ep. 2560
1963 was a transformational year in American history—JFK's assassination, Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech, the Birmingham Campaign, the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, and escalating Cold War tensions. It was a year that changed the soul of America. In this episode, Dr. Peniel Joseph, author and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, joins Ryan to discuss how 1963 ignited a decade of transformation. They discuss the pivotal events of the year, the contrasting strateg...
May 21, 2025•50 min•Ep. 2551
We are not emperors. We are not senators. But we are human beings, connected to all other human beings. 📓 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/ 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic Podcast on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? ...
May 20, 2025•9 min•Ep. 2558
The Stoics remind us that everything has its compensation…if we choose to see it, if we choose to welcome it. 🎙️ Listen to Ryan Holiday's other podcast, The Daily Dad Podcast and sign up for his FREE newsletter The Daily Dad where he delivers timeless parenting wisdom each day. 📕 Check out The Daily Dad by Ryan Holiday , a daily devotional designed to help you become the kind of role model your child needs in a parent. Grab a signed copy here , or get our BRAND-NEW leatherbound edition here —b...
May 19, 2025•9 min•Ep. 2557
Is a world without rude people possible? Perhaps. Likely? Not in our lifetimes. So the question is…how do we deal with them without compromising our character? Learn 5 Stoic tips for dealing with the worst kind of people in today's episode. Read this article: https://dailystoic.com/5-stoic-tips-for-handling-rude-people/ Narrated by: Kat Pichik 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic Podcast on YouTube...
May 18, 2025•14 min•Ep. 2549
What if you could learn a few simple, powerful tricks to handle arguments and conflict more effectively without losing your cool? In today’s Part 2 episode, communication expert Jefferson Fisher shares his practical approaches to communication that will help you stay calm, clear, and in control even in the heat of tough conversations. Jefferson and Ryan talk about the urge to have the last word, the discipline it takes to remain composed in conflict, and the Stoic lessons on emotional control an...
May 17, 2025•45 min•Ep. 2546
They are who they are. Stop expecting them to be anything else. 🎥 In a recent YouTube video , we explored why narcissistic leaders like Nero always fail in the end (the Stoics have some great insights on this), and how the narcissistic leaders in power today are bound to suffer a similar fate | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ4gbvjdIao&ab_channel=DailyStoic 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Sto...
May 16, 2025•28 min•Ep. 2555
Today, Stoicism is more popular than ever. But too many of us are on this path alone. 💡 “Keep company only with people who uplift you,” Epictetus says, “whose presence calls forth your best.” That’s the kind of company you’ll find in Daily Stoic Life—those whose presence bring out your best. Head to dailystoic.com/life to learn more and join us today! 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic Podcast o...
May 15, 2025•13 min•Ep. 2553
