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 Stoic thinkers like Marcus Aurelius and Seneca the Younger. Daily Stoic Podcast also features Q+As with listeners and interviews with notable figures from sports, academia, politics, and more. Learn more at DailyStoic.com.New episodes come out every day for free. Listen 1-week early on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday and to all episodes ad-free, with Wondery+ or Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.
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To survive success and fame and power, to be virtuous in such a situation, one must make it the work of their life.Ask DS: How does Ryan appr...
As a Stoic, nothing in an election changes what is asked or obligated of you. You are still expected to be a person of virtue. 📕 Pick up a c...
We’ve all heard of Marcus Aurelius, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, but what about Henry V? British historian Dan Jones joins Ryan today to ta...
As individuals what is up to us is whether these bad times make us a bad person, whether hard events harden our hearts, whether the wrongs of...
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We can't accept, we cannot tolerate, we cannot rationalize narcissistic leaders. We have to aspire to be real leaders, servant leaders, leade...
Of all the schools of philosophy, none give us a more practical framework for becoming rich, free, and happy than Stoicism. Today, Ryan...
If we don’t take action to help just one person, how can we expect to help them all? Ryan and Sharon McMahon, author of The Small and the Mig...
There is great value in rituals that allow us to confront and even dance with the reality of death. Taking time to process, grieve, and accep...
Having goals and desires in life is fine but needing things to go a certain way to be happy? These pained, intense, anxious moments reve...
“The people that history smiles most kindly upon, are the ones who just kept doing the next needed thing.” These words from Sharon McMahon re...
Being virtuous, like voting, is within our power. Whether it visibly changes the world is not. But we act because it is our duty, and that al...
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 o...
Maintaining healthy boundaries in your life requires discipline. And only through self-discipline and self-control are we capable of achievin...
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