It wasn’t fun that it went sideways. It hurt that they hurt you. It took something that you can never get back. That’s life. That’s resiliency. That’s how the obstacle is the way. 📕 Get a signed, numbered first-edition of the 10th anniversary edition of The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday at dailystoic.com/obstacle 📓 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! G...
Sep 23, 2024•8 min•Ep. 2269
We don't need accomplishments to feel good or be good enough. If only Napoleon had listened to his own advice. 📕 Discipline is Destiny by Ryan Holiday 🎟 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 Stoi...
Sep 22, 2024•12 min•Ep. 2260
Scott Galloway joins Ryan to talk about what “The Intergenerational Theft” is, why it is creating a massive problem for this next generation, and what he believes are the solutions. Scott and Ryan also discuss the American dream, why young men are drawn to Stoicism, the dangers of toxic masculinity, defining wealth and success, and what drives each of them in their work. Scott Galloway is a marketing professor at NYU Stern, podcast host of the Prof G Pod , and author of The Algebra of Wealth: A ...
Sep 21, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 2259
None of us own anything. Everything is constantly in flux. What we have today may be gone tomorrow. 📓 Grab your own leather bound signed edition of The Daily Stoic! Check it out 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 at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail 🏛 Get Stoic...
Sep 20, 2024•9 min•Ep. 2266
A lot has happened in the 10 years since The Obstacle Is the Way came out. Ryan is a different person, a different writer, than he was back in 2014 and he was so excited to get a chance to improve and update this book accordingly. There were mistakes to fix, criticism to address (some not so fun), and new ideas to incorporate. 📕 Get a signed, numbered first-edition of the 10th anniversary edition of The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday at dailystoic.com/obstacle Ask DS: Does Ryan have a medi...
Sep 19, 2024•14 min•Ep. 2265
Timm Chiusano was working as a creative executive at a Fortune 100 company in New York City when he decided to start posting daily videos on TikTok, documenting and sharing his appreciation for the little, almost mundane, moments of each day amidst his rigorous schedule. Now a few years later, Timm has over 1 million TikTok followers and just recently quit his corporate job. He is the online mentor for many when it comes to navigating career decisions, corporate politics, and creating a successf...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 2256
The truth is, nothing can undo what we do out of anger. We can’t take back what we’ve said. We can’t turn back the clock on harm we’ve inflicted or mistakes we have made. 💡 Take the first step towards a calmer future by signing up for the course: Taming Your Temper: The 11 Day Stoic Guide to Controlling Your Anger at the Daily Stoic Store: https://dailystoic.com/anger 📚 Grab a copy of How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management by Seneca | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/ ✉️ Wa...
Sep 18, 2024•4 min•Ep. 2263
What the Stoics meant when they said there was an opportunity in every obstacle is that in every obstacle lies the opportunity to practice virtue. “The Obstacle is The Way” is a way to win at life, but the ultimate victory isn’t achieved over the world or others, it’s gained by overcoming yourself, by choosing virtue when you have every reason not to, by doing, as Marcus wrote, only what your nature demands of you. 📕 Get a signed, numbered first-edition of the 10th anniversary edition of The Ob...
Sep 17, 2024•20 min•Ep. 2262
We do what’s right because it’s right. We don’t do what’s wrong because it’s wrong. 📕Grab a signed copy of Right Thing, Right Now by Ryan Holiday | 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/ ✉️ 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 print...
Sep 16, 2024•8 min•Ep. 2261
In today's episode, Ryan talks with the University of Kentucky football team about how Stoicism can help them overcome adversity, the importance of discipline, and philosophical ideas they can turn to that will help them eliminate the noise and stay focused in season. 🎟 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://dail...
Sep 15, 2024•33 min•Ep. 2252
In his first ever podcast interview, Francis Ford Coppola joins Ryan to talk about how Marcus Aurelius, Stoicism, and Epicureanism have impacted his life, both personally and professionally. Francis reflects on his legacy and why it was so important to complete his latest movie, Megalopolis (out September 27), after he began developing it in the early 1980’s. Francis almost abandoned it multiple times and ultimately ended up self-financing the project. Megalopolis is a sci-fi drama Roman Epic fa...
Sep 14, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 2251
Just like the great philosophers (and patient siblings and children and parents) throughout history, we can find wisdom in our difficult relationships. They bring both obstacles and opportunities, challenging us to grow and refine our character. 🎙️ Listen to Ryan’s live answer in Melbourne on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , & Wondery 🎟 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 e...
Sep 13, 2024•10 min•Ep. 2258
They can love you or hate you. But really, the only thing that matters is who you are to yourself. What matters is whether you are living up to your standards, whether you’re following those virtues of courage and discipline and justice and wisdom. Ask DS: What did the Stoics say about balancing between personal and community trials? What is Ryan’s Stoic advice for a new entrepreneur? Why has philosophy from ancient Athens and Rome stuck and not philosophy from the Germanic tribes? 🎙️ Listen to...
Sep 12, 2024•14 min•Ep. 2257
Nate Silver is an American statistician, poker player, and New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail -- but Some Don't . Nate’s latest book is On The Edge: The Art of Risking Everything , where he dives into the worlds of Doyle Brunson, Peter Thiel, Sam Bankman-Fried, Sam Altman, and more. These professional high risk-takers fall into the group that Nate describes as “The River”, a community of people that have increasing amounts of wealth and po...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 2247
Today, on the 23rd anniversary of 9/11, let us be full of love. Let us tell those we love that we absolutely and totally love them. ✉️ 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.co...
Sep 11, 2024•3 min•Ep. 2255
Go read up on the candidates. Check them for the virtues necessary in a leader. Understand no one will check every box, but pick the one you can best trust with the responsibilities of power and the common good. 🎥 Watch How To Overcome Your Depression (Marcus Aurelius' Morning Motivation) on the Daily Stoic YouTube Channel ✉️ 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 p...
Sep 10, 2024•11 min•Ep. 2254
Life is too short to be bitter, too short for feuds, too short to be driven to madness by someone else’s bad deeds. 📕 Pick up your own Premium Leather Edition of Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (Gregory Hays Translation) at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📓 Grab 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 for London, Rotterdam, Dublin, Vancou...
Sep 09, 2024•9 min•Ep. 2253
Not everything that’s hard is good of course, but almost everything good (and worth it) is hard. 🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets for London, Rotterdam, Dublin, Vancouver, and Toronto at ryanholiday.net/tour 🎥 Check out Ryan Holiday’s interview on Modern Wisdom hosted by Chris Williamson ✉️ 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 thes...
Sep 08, 2024•15 min•Ep. 2244
Why did Robert Greene advise Ryan to turn down his first book offer? How does Ryan balance writing about his personal interests and what his audience is expecting? Billy Oppenheimer, Ryan's research assistant, is asking Ryan these questions and many more in today's episode. Ryan talks about what people get wrong about mentorship, the evolution of his writing style, how the writings of the Stoics have influenced him, what his favorite part of the creative process is, and more. Billy Oppenheimer i...
Sep 07, 2024•56 min•Ep. 2243
While it may seem like a “waste of time” today, you’re paying that debt for a better version of your future self tomorrow. 🎙️ Listen to Lt. David Carey’s interview | Apple Podcasts , Spotify, & Wondery 📕 Pick up a signed copy of Discipline is Destiny 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/ ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up ...
Sep 06, 2024•10 min•Ep. 2250
Stoicism was ancient to the ancients too. It’d been old for a long time. Ask DS: What are the Stoics teachings about “know thyself”? What are the main principles of Stoicism that people can apply when they struggle to achieve work life balance? Does Stoicism have the potential to be a social or political movement? + More! 🎟 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?...
Sep 05, 2024•12 min•Ep. 2249
Commonly known as the most famous atheist in the world, Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, and author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion. Today, Ryan asks Richard why he describes himself as a "cultural Christian", what the biggest misunderstandings of his work are, why individuals teeter between faith and reason, and his concept of humans as 'books of the dead,' a metaphor for the evolutionary history encoded in our genes. Pre-order Richard's latest book The G...
Sep 04, 2024•51 min•Ep. 2240
Wisdom tells us that things are as they always have been…and always will be. So don’t take it all so personally. 🎟 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/ ...
Sep 04, 2024•2 min•Ep. 2248
When we say Amor Fati, when we say The Obstacle is the Way, we’re not talking about just sitting there, being provided with fuel. We’re talking about surging forward, pulling ourselves towards the oxygen–going towards the fuel, towards the next thing, never stopping, using all of it. 🪙 Get your own Amor Fati medallion , as a reminder to treat each and every moment—no matter how challenging—as something to be embraced, not avoided. So that like oxygen to a fire, obstacles and adversity become fu...
Sep 03, 2024•20 min•Ep. 2246
Take your much deserved break today. We are human beings after all, not human doings. So go out and live today. Rest from your labor. Come back better for it. Come back improved and sharper for it. 📓 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/ ✉️ 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, me...
Sep 02, 2024•8 min•Ep. 2245
Get an inside look at the relationship between Marcus Aurelius and his rhetoric teacher, Fronto, through this narration of their letters. Fronto was focused on preparing him for political life and public speaking and through these letters you will learn the deep impact he had on Marcus. These letters were first edited and translated into English by C. R. Haines. 🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets for London, Rotterdam, Dublin, Vancouver, and Toronto at ryanholiday.net/tour ✉️ Want St...
Sep 01, 2024•33 min•Ep. 2236
How information (and misinformation) spreads online continues to change with the media landscape. Renée DiResta and Ryan continue their conversation on the role of podcasts as a medium, the pitfalls of audience capture, and the dynamics of social media silos. They talk about the ethical responsibilities of influencers and podcasters, the influence of personal relationships in media, and the impact of counter speech. Renée DiResta is a technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory a...
Aug 31, 2024•50 min•Ep. 2235
Don't forge ahead hoping that someone will come along and relieve you of this task you don't want to do. Don't be the person who says yes with their mouth but no with their actions. Read the full Daily Stoic entry for today: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets for London, Rotterdam, Dublin, Vancouver, and Toronto at ryanholiday.net/tour London — November 12 Rotterdam — November 13 Dublin — November 15 Vancouver — November 18 Toronto — November 20 ✉️ Want ...
Aug 30, 2024•14 min•Ep. 2242
We know that ultimately lives are not measured by superficial or materialistic things…yet we spend so much of our lives focused solely on that. Ask DS: How can we move past feeling guilt or shame? What did the Stoics say about losing loved ones? How can we get better at saying no? + More! 📚 Grab a copy of Die With Zero by Bill Perkins | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/ 🎙️ Listen to Bill Perkins' interview | Apple Podcasts , Spotify, & Wondery 🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets ...
Aug 29, 2024•17 min•Ep. 2241
“If you make it trend, you make it true” is a terrifyingly real quote across the cover of Renée DiResta’s book, Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality . Renée DiResta studies the many ways that people attempt to manipulate or target others online, similar to what Ryan talks about in his first book, Trust Me, I’m Lying . In this episode, Renée and Ryan talk about the shift from traditional journalism ethics to the new realm of social media influence, the psychological impact of o...
Aug 28, 2024•52 min•Ep. 2231
