We must retain possession of ourselves. We must get a hold of ourselves. No matter what they do to us. No matter how unfair or frustrating life (and bullies) can be. Books Mentioned: Letters from a Stoic - Seneca - https://www.thepaintedporch.com Meditations - Marcus Aurelius - https://www.thepaintedporch.com Courage Under Fire - James Stockdale - https://www.thepaintedporch.com Mans Search For Meaning - Viktor Frankl - https://www.thepaintedporch.com Hardship and Happiness - Seneca - https://ww...
Jul 16, 2024•21 min•Ep. 2190
We are in an imperfect world populated with flawed people. We ourselves are flawed. We can’t afford to feel or act superior. We have too much work to do, there is too much good we can do. 💡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 Dail...
Jul 15, 2024•10 min•Ep. 2189
Twenty centuries ago, the Roman era Stoic philosopher Seneca joked that the one thing fools all have in common is that they are always getting ready to live. But they never do it. Is that who you want to be? Check out the full article on https://dailystoic.com/ 🎟 Order tickets to Ryan's tour dates 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 pri...
Jul 14, 2024•32 min•Ep. 2180
Having interviewed over 1,000 people, how does Jordan Harbinger decide who he brings on his wildly successful podcast, The Jordan Harbinger Show ? What guests, topics, or advertisers has he turned down despite how click-worthy or lucrative they are? Listen in to today’s conversation with Jordan Harbinger and Ryan Holiday to hear them talk about why integrity is incredibly expensive, but worth it every time. 🎙️ Listen to Part 1 with Jordan Harbinger on What We Can Learn From The Rich And Famous ...
Jul 13, 2024•49 min•Ep. 2179
We’re in an election year here, not just in America but across the world. Let us learn from Seneca. 📓 Grab your own leather bound signed edition of The Daily Stoic ! Check it out at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📚 Pick up a copy of The Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca by Emily Wilson at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/ 📚 Check out Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero by James Romm at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/ 🎟 Ry...
Jul 12, 2024•8 min•Ep. 2186
Courage is the mother of all virtues, Aristotle said, because in a world that’s not virtuous, it’s a brave thing to go out there and do what needs to be done. Ask DS: What does Ryan do with his journals once they are full? How can Stoicism be practical and relevant in today’s environment? Does Ryan try to teach Stoicism to his kids? (check out Daily Dad for more on this!) What is the best intro book to Stoicism? How does the concept of Antifragile intersect with Stoicism? 📕 Grab signed editions...
Jul 11, 2024•13 min•Ep. 2185
At the time of this recording, Jordan Harbinger had just published over 1,000 episodes of his podcast, The Jordan Harbinger Show. Throughout the years, Jordan has interviewed icons like Kobe, Malcolm Gladwell, Danny Trejo, Mark Cuban and more. Ryan has also had the pleasure of being a guest on the show multiple times since he met Jordan over a decade ago, when his first book Trust Me, I’m Lying came out. In this conversation, Jordan and Ryan talk about what they have learned from interviewing an...
Jul 10, 2024•41 min•Ep. 2174
You keep going. You do your best. Even if life has kicked the crap out of you. 🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets 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 Privacy Policy a...
Jul 10, 2024•2 min•Ep. 2184
Journaling is one of the most essential exercises in Stoic philosophy. You find your own way. You find your own style. You get your own benefits. But only if you do it. 📓 Looking to start a journaling practice or get back into one? The Daily Stoic Journal is more than 50% off right now on Amazon ! You can also grab a signed copy 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 tickets at rya...
Jul 09, 2024•12 min•Ep. 2182
Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations to himself, yet he only speaks positively of people he knows in those pages. This is the price of success, of a platform, of power—that is, responsibility. 📓 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 tickets at ryanholiday.net/tour ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at ht...
Jul 08, 2024•10 min•Ep. 2181
📕 Right Thing, Right Now is out! To purchase your own copy and get exclusive bonuses, head here : https://store.dailystoic.com/ ✉️ 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 Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/p...
Jul 07, 2024•11 min•Ep. 2170
📕 Right Thing, Right Now is out! To purchase your own copy and get exclusive bonuses, head here : https://store.dailystoic.com/ Grab a copy of Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara here Follow Will Guidara on Instagram and X : @wguidara ✉️ 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 ...
Jul 06, 2024•42 min•Ep. 2171
“As a historian, we have to look unflinchingly at the past, looking at the record of events as they happened. But commemoration—what we choose to celebrate and honor—is something different.” - General Ty Seidule 🎙️ General Ty Seidule On Our Responsibility To Study, Understand And Grapple With History 🎟 Order tickets to Ryan's tour dates 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 ...
Jul 05, 2024•8 min•Ep. 2178
Happy Fourth of July! While you are grilling and relaxing with friends, remember that the comfort you enjoy now grew out of a philosophy that was made to embrace discomfort and to do the right thing, whatever the costs. Today’s Ask DS features questions asked from the audience at Robert Greene and Ryan Holiday’s live talk in Los Angeles: What does Robert Greene think the future holds with AI and other technology? What set Ryan Holiday apart from Robert Greene’s other research assistants? How do ...
Jul 04, 2024•16 min•Ep. 2176
Tune in to hear part 2 of Ryan’s conversation with Max Joseph, the creator behind the new docuseries HAPPINESS on YouTube . Max talks with Ryan about the philosophy, science, and secrets to being truly happy that he learned on his quest around the world talking with experts. In addition to being a documentarian, Max Joseph co-hosted MTV’s show Catfish and made his feature film debut in 2015 with We Are Your Friends which starred Zac Efron. Some of Max’s other documentaries are BOOKSTORES: How to...
Jul 03, 2024•48 min•Ep. 2166
There is a hidden cost to everything you own. Things don’t just cost you monetarily. They cost you mentally, too. 🎙️Listen to Kevin Rose’s full interview on The Daily Stoic 📚 Pick up a copy of Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk at The Painted Porch: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/ ✉️ 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 S...
Jul 03, 2024•3 min•Ep. 2175
🎥 Watch the YouTube video of What Stoicism Gets Wrong ✉️ 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 Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-s...
Jul 02, 2024•28 min•Ep. 2173
📓 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/ 📚 Pick up a copy of Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry at The Painted Porch 🗓️ By scratching off the Memento Mori Calendar every week, you will not only see how much life you've already lived, but also how much life you've (hopefully) got left: store.dailystoic.com ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email a...
Jul 01, 2024•7 min•Ep. 2172
📚 Grab a copy of The War of Art by Steven Pressfield at The Painted Porch: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/ 🎙️Listen to Steven Pressfield’s interview on The Daily Stoic ✉️ 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...
Jun 30, 2024•26 min•Ep. 2163
You may know Max Joseph from MTV’s show Catfish, which he co-hosted for 7 seasons, or from his movie We Are Your Friends which starred Zac Efron. Max’s latest project is a docuseries called HAPPINESS , in which Max is trying to crack the code on the philosophy, science, and secrets behind true happiness. In this Part 1 conversation, Ryan and Max talk about the challenges of documentary filmmaking, relearning to love reading, when to quit a book, how to make the most of literary classics and more...
Jun 29, 2024•45 min•Ep. 2162
📓 Grab your own leather bound signed edition of The Daily Stoic! Check it out at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📚 Pick up a copy of Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson at The Painted Porch: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/ ✉️ 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...
Jun 28, 2024•7 min•Ep. 2169
🪙 To get your own The Obstacle Is The Way medallion, head to https://store.dailystoic.com/ ✉️ 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 Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice ...
Jun 27, 2024•13 min•Ep. 2168
So often we forget that the things we rely on every day had to be invented at one point or another, such as the notebook. Roland Allen, author of The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper , joins Ryan for a fascinating conversation today about how the notebook was invented and the different ways it revolutionized the world. Great news - Roland's book will be out in the US this fall! You can pre-order a copy of The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen at The Painted Porch U...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 2158
🎙️Listen to Tim Ferriss’ full interview on The Daily Stoic ✉️ 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 Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-...
Jun 26, 2024•3 min•Ep. 2167
🎥 Watch the YouTube video of 9 Stoic Tips For Beating Resistance (With Steven Pressfield and Ryan Holiday) 💡Learn more about the Daily Stoic Life community: dailystoic.com/life ✉️ 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 ...
Jun 25, 2024•19 min•Ep. 2165
📕 Pick up a premium leather edition of The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday at dailystoic.com/obstacleleather ✉️ 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 Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cali...
Jun 24, 2024•9 min•Ep. 2164
🎥 Watch the YouTube video of Ryan’s talk at ACL Live: https://www.youtube.com/@DailyStoic 📕 Right Thing, Right Now is out! To purchase your own copy, head here : https://store.dailystoic.com/ ✉️ 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 ...
Jun 23, 2024•13 min•Ep. 2156
Rich Roll joins Ryan for a conversation about spiritual gurus, self-awareness, and the problems that come with sharing goals publicly. Rich talks about his recent trip to India where he spent time with the Dalai Lama, the struggles he is having writing his next book, and asks Ryan - does our ego ever actually graduate from middle school? Rich Roll is an accomplished ultra-endurance athlete, author of Finding Ultra and host of The Rich Roll podcast. You can connect with Rich on X and IG: @richrol...
Jun 22, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 2154
🎙️ Listen to Cal Newport’s full interview on The Daily Stoic 📓 Pick up a signed edition of The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and The Art of Living: https://store.dailystoic.com/ ✉️ 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 ...
Jun 21, 2024•14 min•Ep. 2161
✉️ 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 Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jun 20, 2024•11 min•Ep. 2160
