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It’s been eight years since The Daily Stoic Podcast launched. In today’s bonus episode, Ryan looks back on the journey to 2,600+ episodes and shares what’s next. 👉 Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content coming soon: dailystoic.com/premium 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The...

What good are you doing? What courage are you showing?  👉 Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content coming soon: dailystoic.com/premium 🎟️ Come see Ryan Holiday LIVE in Austin, Texas on September 17! | https://www.dailystoiclive.com/ 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Sto...

Extrapolation, we have to understand, is the enemy. Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content coming soon:  dailystoic.com/premium 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work 🎙️ Follow T...

What made Lincoln great wasn’t power or genius, it was his moral fiber. Historian and bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Ryan to explore why Lincoln stands above the rest, how ambition can be twisted toward selfishness or greatness, and how moments of pain and principle shape true leaders. Ryan and Doris discuss the pressures of writing about legendary figures, Doris’s years working for...

People will inspire you one moment and utterly disappoint you the next. You can’t let this confuse you. 📚 Books mentioned: The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on The Art of Living by Ryan Holiday: https://store.dailystoic.com/ The War of Art by Steven Pressfield | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/ Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Da...

Life lessons aren’t handed to us, they’re earned the hard way. In this bonus episode, Ryan shares the eight truths he had to learn through failure, patience, and time Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content coming soon:  dailystoic.com/premium 🎥 You can watch this episode on Ryan Hol...

How much worse getting mad is than the things that caused it, Seneca said. 🪙 Carry The Daily Stoic Pause & Reflect Medallion as a reminder to pause. A pause creates space. A pause creates clarity. A pause can change everything. | Grab The Daily Stoic Pause & Reflect Medallion at dailystoic.com/pause 📔 Pick up your own leather bound signed edition of The Daily Stoic ! Check it out at the...

Seneca writes that we think life is short, when in reality we just waste it. The present moment—it is the most valuable thing you own. It is the  only  thing you have. Don’t waste it. Seize it. Live it. In today's episode, you will learn some of the time techniques Seneca used to make the most of his time. Read this article on The Daily Stoic website: https://dailystoic.com/time-manageme...

The test of character is simple: what do you do when you have nothing to lose… or everything? Ryan and General Stanley McChrystal continue their conversation about what true leadership demands, why “later” never comes, how parenting tests your values, and the lessons McChrystal carried into life after the military. General McChrystal is a retired United States Army general best known for his comma...

Sooner or later, it catches up with you. When you compromise with bad people, their consequences become yours.  📚 Sign up for Ryan’s free monthly reading list newsletter: https://ryanholiday.net/the-reading-list/ 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on...

Without wisdom, the other virtues cannot truly flourish—it is wisdom that guides our courage, moderates our discipline, and directs our sense of justice.  Come see Ryan Holiday LIVE in Austin, Texas on September 17! | https://www.dailystoiclive.com/ 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work...

We control who we are. We control what we do. We control the standards we hold ourselves to. Ryan sits down with retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal to talk about the thing that makes or breaks every person: character. They explain what character actually is, why discipline matters more than raw talent, and how great leaders can lose their way. General McChrystal is a retired United State...

We can’t let our accomplishments fool us into thinking that we are immortal, that we can outthink, outrun, outwork death.  📚 The ebook edition of Ryan Holiday's Ego Is the Enemy is just $1.99 for a limited time only! 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic P...

A pause creates space. A pause creates clarity. A pause can change everything. 🪙 Carry The Daily Stoic Pause & Reflect Medallion as a reminder to stop and take a breathe. | Grab The Daily Stoic Pause & Reflect Medallion at dailystoic.com/pause 📓 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/ 📖...

We’re doing better than it sometimes feels. Let us marvel at the cooperation that is possible—considering the flawed and petty humans it depends on.  📚 Books Mentioned:  Zero to One by Peter Thiel Lives of the Stoics by Ryan Holiday Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday 🎥 Watch Dr. Laurie Santos' episode on The Daily Stoic YouTube Channel: https://www.youtu...

The Stoics remind us that time, especially the time we’re healthy and able to actually enjoy life, is our most valuable resource. But knowing that isn’t enough. 🎥 Watch Robert and Ryan's conversation here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvzsEopZ94Q 📕 Grab a copy of The Stoic Capitalist: Advice for the Exceptionally Ambitious by Robert Rosenkranz | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/ 💡 The Wealth...

History has a way of looking calmer than it really was. In this PT. 2 episode, Ryan sits down with historian and author James Romm to talk about the messy, dangerous, and often absurd reality of life in ancient Greece and Rome, especially for the philosophers who tried to “advise” the powerful. From Plato’s naïve trips to Syracuse, to Seneca’s complicated dance with Nero, to Marcus Aurelius resist...

When it comes to doing what’s right, the timing is rarely perfect. 🎥 Watch the video of Ryan running the ORIGINAL Marathon on The Daily Stoic YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAdB5ax0r-0 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : ht...

We want the stamp of approval—from the critics, from the crowd, from the market. This makes sense...except it doesn’t. 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic P...

What makes smart, principled people work for the worst leaders? In this conversation, historian and author James Romm and Ryan dig into the timeless trap that’s snared some of history’s greatest minds, from Plato and Seneca to modern politics. They talk about the seduction of access, the slow erosion of integrity, and why walking away from a tyrant’s court is so much harder than it looks. James Ro...

The point is: It’s always been rough. The point is: It always will be rough.  📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic Podcast on YouTube : https://www.yout...

It's only fools who fly off the handle, it's the immature who say the first thought that pops into their head, it's the irresponsible who act without thinking. 🪙 The Stoics employed a range of techniques to move past their anger. And over the past year, Daily Stoic has been designing a little device to help you apply those techniques to your daily life to help you tame your temper once and for al...

Ask yourself today: Where can you be less possessive? Where can you share the load, elevate someone else, or choose principle over pride? 📔 Pick up your own leather bound signed edition of The Daily Stoic ! Check it out at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pa...

Everything went wrong. But Ryan stayed calm. A real-time Stoic stress test, and a reminder that philosophy is for days just like this. 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work 📚 The Four Stoic Virtues: Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, Courage, are timeless keys to living your best life. The Daily S...

What happens when politics becomes performance and politicians become influencers? In today’s Part 2 episode, former Marine and NYT bestselling author Elliot Ackerman joins Ryan to talk about the idea that “everything’s a racket,” the collapse of institutional trust, and why restraint used to define real leadership. They talk about how cancel culture morphed into shamelessness as a superpower, why...