The Daily Stoic

Powerful people can take from you. Yet the Stoics remind us: our character is our own. 📖 ... more

Brilliance without emotional control is often a recipe for destruction. In this episode, R... more

We will be wronged—by friends, by colleagues, by life itself. When that happens, we have a... more

It is astonishing, this world we live in. And it is a gift, this philosophical tradition w... more

What if the most valuable thing you’ll ever own is already slipping through your fingers? ... more

What does it take to stay good when the world feels like it’s falling apart? And how do we... more

Nobody likes being criticized. Nobody likes it when someone highlights your mistakes. In [... more

We cannot let them sully us—although we have to accept that they are going to do their bes... more

No one ever became excellent by chance, the Stoics said…so if you want to be courageous an... more

The Wild West is full of myths, but behind the gunfights and honor codes is a deeper story... more

We travel for work. We travel to see family. We travel to learn. As always, re-entry into ... more

We have these desires and aversions, these habits we indulge, these things we let ourselve... more

Sometimes the best days don’t start out that way. In this episode, Ryan Holiday shares a p... more

In a world obsessed with attention, are we rewarding the worst in us? In today’s PT. 2 epi... more

We have to be prepared for what people will do. That isn’t to say we need to become cynica... more

The whole future is uncertain, Seneca reminds us. Live virtuously, of course, but also liv... more

Cleanthes and Socrates exposed themselves to cold. Marcus Aurelius slept on a hard mattres... more

What if the real problem isn’t politics, the economy, or technology, but where you’re dire... more

There is no mention of what became of the Stoics' wives. We don’t talk about the slights a... more

As Marcus would say, we can't be satisfied with merely "getting the gist" of what we read.... more

In moments of chaos, let Stoicism be your guide. In today’s episode, Ryan dives into how t... more

The Stoics knew something we often forget: influence starts before you speak. It's in your... more

The world is constantly changing. We are constantly changing. Therefore what we get out of... more