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The Daily Stoic

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The audio companion to DailyStoic.com"s daily email meditations, read by Ryan Holiday.Each daily reading will help you cultivate strength, insight and wisdom necessary for living the good life. Every word is based on the two-thousand plus year old philosophy that has guided some of history’s greatest men and women.Learn more at: dailystoic.com

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00:03:25

You'll Have to Beat Me First

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/11/18

There is a famous moment in the history of Sparta, when they were threatened with invasion by Phillip, King of Macedon. Phillip, whose son was Alexander the Great, demanded the submission of the Spartans. It would be better to submit to him now, he said...

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00:02:46

Don’t Run From Pain, Embrace It

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/11/15

It makes sense that we avoid pain. We don’t want to cause it and we don’t want to feel it. We’d rather life be easy. This makes sense—at least in the short term.But the Stoics knew that in the long term, such an attitude made you weak, made you soft. Th...

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00:02:20

Remember that People Avoid the Truth

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/11/14

Time and time again, we hear the Stoics tell us to say what is right, to do what is right, to be comfortable swimming upstream or rejecting the choices of the mob. Marcus Aurelius said this. Seneca said it. Cato said it. Nassim Taleb says it still today...

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00:03:19

There’s Nothing Special About Philosophers

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/11/13

If you ask most people to describe a philosopher, they end up painting a picture of somebody who works at Harvard and wears a lot of wool and tweed and corduroy. Maybe they’ll describe somebody from ancient history, dressed in a toga, talking about big ...

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00:03:45

This Is How You Get Tranquility

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/11/12

Marcus Aurelius said that pain either affects the body or the soul. What’s the difference? “The soul can choose not to be affected, preserving its own serenity, its own tranquillity. All our decisions, urges, desires, aversions lie within. No evil can t...

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00:02:54

You Have To Find The Good In People

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/11/11

Marcus Aurelius was clearly torn about his fellow man. He was loving and kind and spoke repeatedly of serving the common good. He was also clearly frustrated and disappointed with the flaws of the people around him. Like many great men, he had trouble u...

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00:03:01

Remember: You Are Not Everything

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/11/08

One of the most haunting moments in all of literature is the moment when King Lear hits rock bottom. He has destroyed his kingdom. He has lost his family. He has lost his sanity. He says to Gloucester as they stand on a cliff:“They told me I was everyth...

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00:03:26

These Are The Keys To Success

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/11/07

For nearly three decades, Tom Morris, one of the world's top public philosophers and pioneering business thinkers, has been on a mission to bring philosophy back to the center of daily life. Travelling the globe working with world-class business executi...

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00:02:45

Is It Even A Question?

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/11/06

The little known Stoic philosopher Agrippinus was apparently the king of one-liners. There was the time he was informed he’d been exiled and responded, “Very well, we shall take our lunch in Aricia.” There was another time, we are told by Epictetus, tha...

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00:02:44

Don't Die Before Your Time

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/11/05

We’re busy. We’re tired. We have so much to do. We had dreams once, sure, but they slowly deflated. The mortgage, the kids, the job, watching TV, that’s how we fill our days. It’s a slow downward spiral that Bruce Springsteen sang about in Racing in the...

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00:03:28

You've Chosen Your Own Hell

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/11/04

In Marcus Aurelius’s time, Roman religion was a hodgepodge of different rituals and ideas, which were evident in Marcus’s own behavior. For instance, he deified his wife and his stepfather Antoninius, but at the same time spoke repeatedly about how this...

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00:03:05

There is Only One Place to Look

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/11/01

There was a Stoic named Diotimus who messed up. Like really messed up. Sometime around the turn of the first century BC, he committed what can only be described as an unjustifiable crime. He forged dozens and dozens of letters that framed the rival phil...

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00:04:17

Which Founder Will You Be?

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/10/31

It’s easy to whitewash history, to look back at a group of people who did an incredible thing and assume they were all on the same page when it happened. We forget the egos and the personality flaws. We forget their struggles and infighting.The Founding...

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00:04:21

Don’t Follow The Mob

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/10/30

It’s a fitting warning about man’s nature that in the Old Testament, God would command his followers, “Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil,” and to resist the pull of the multitude when they persecute someone on false charges, only to find thou...

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00:03:12

You Must Live Below Your Means

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/10/29

The Roman elite were constantly living beyond their means. Leaders like Cicero lived lavishly—he owned something like nine different villas at the same time. Other Romans believed the path to political power lay in essentially bribing the public with ex...

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00:03:47

It All Rests on Pillars of Sand

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/10/28

Imagine, one day you’re king and the next day you’re not. Literally. That's the story of Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, who was made King of Naples and Spain, only to be forced to flee in exile after the reversal of his family’s destiny. Napoleo...

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00:02:37

You Are Mortal. You Don’t Have To Be Stupid.

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/10/25

Yes, the Stoics talk a lot about death. How it’s inevitable. How life is fragile. How it can be taken from us at any moment. It’s in our power to live well, Seneca said, but not in our power to live long.It’s easy to take from these commentaries that th...

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00:03:41

It’s True: You’re Exactly Where You’re Supposed To Be

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/10/24

Keanon Lowe grew up in a family struggling to make ends meet. His father left when he was nine. When money was tight or when things were hard, his mother would try to encourage him by saying that it was alright. “You’re just where you’re supposed to be,...

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00:02:58

Let This Humble You

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/10/23

Here’s a humbling thought: Even if your life is amazing and successful, even if you mind your own business and are kind to everyone you meet, somebody, somewhere is going to be happy when you’re dead. Somebody who wants to buy your house, somebody who y...

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00:03:01

You Must Read to Lead

The Daily Stoic ·

2019/10/22

Many “smart” people aren’t actually smart. They just know a lot of trivia. Sure, they can tell you all sorts of facts, they have a library of big thick books filled with enormous words, or they can give you the up-to-the-minute news about a political ra...

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