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.
2273 episodes transcribedLeisure is one of those words that modernity has terribly corrupted and misused. When most people hear it we think of lounging around doing n...
“It’s tough to be alive now,” the actor Timothée Chalamet recently said. “I think societal collapse is in the air — it smells like it.”It’s o...
People do a lot of things that feel mean. That frustrate us. That cause problems for us. That make the world a worse place. They vote for bad...
Ryan talks to World Series of Poker champion Annie Duke about her new book Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away, the power of walking...
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Each of us goes to work every day and deals with obstacles, with difficult people. We deal with stress at home. We have responsibilities in o...
Today’s episode is an excerpt from The Tao Of Seneca produced by Tim Ferriss’ Audio. Get the free PDF at tim.blog/seneca. In this letter Sene...
This episode comes out for free on 10/15/2022.Ryan talks to Steve Case about his new book The Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprisi...
We’ve talked before about the so-called Stockdale Paradox—the blazing determination inside Admiral James Stockdale that allowed him to believ...
Think of all the responsibilities on Marcus Aurelius’ plate. He’s emperor. He’s head of the army. He’s serving as consul (yes, in the Roman s...
It’s very easy to associate our possessions and our positions with our identity. There’s even an expression to that effect: The clothes make...
This episode comes out for free on 10/12/2022Ryan talks to David Rubenstein about his new book How to Invest, his experiences working for Pre...
No one is more invested in getting better than you. You read books. You have a mentor. You even have a business coach. You go to work confere...
You tell yourself you’ll go to bed after one more episode. You’ll put the phone down after one more scroll. You’ll pay your tab and leave aft...
This episode comes out for free on 10/9/2022Today’s episode features an excerpt from Kamal Ravikant’s book “Love Yourself Like Your Life Depe...
This episode comes out for free on 10/8/2022Ryan talks to author Amy Morin about her book 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, how to f...
One should understand, or at least empathize with, the difficult position a politician quite often finds themselves these days with the proli...
Epictetus said that to live a good life, you have to make good choices. You are what your choices make you, nothing more and nothing less.📕...
📕 Ryan Holiday's new book "Discipline Is Destiny" is out now! We’ve extended the pre-order bonuses for the next week—among them is a si...
Ryan talks to Robert Mckee about his new book Action: The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page, and Game, the importance of showing not telling...
