The Daily Stoic
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 interv
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- 1 MeditationsMarcus Aurelius · 6× across 6 episodes
- 2 Lives of the StoicsRyan Holiday · 3× across 3 episodes
- 3 DiscoursesEpictetus · 2× across 2 episodes
- 4 Moral Letters to LuciliusSeneca the Younger · 2× across 2 episodes
- 5 The Daily StoicRyan Holiday · 2× across 2 episodes
- 6 America in the King Years (series)Taylor Branch · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 Average Is OverTyler Cowen · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 Beyond Life and DeathJet Li · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AIEthan Mollick · 1× across 1 episode
- 10 Death Comes for the ArchbishopWilla Cather · 1× across 1 episode
- 11 Discourses and Selected WritingsEpictetus · 1× across 1 episode
- 12 Ego Is the EnemyRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 13 EnchiridionEpictetus · 1× across 1 episode
- 14 Invisible RulersRenée DiResta · 1× across 1 episode
- 15 Moral Letters to Lucilius (Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium)Seneca · 1× across 1 episode
- 16 Never Lose Another Customer AgainJoey Coleman · 1× across 1 episode
- 17 On AngerSeneca · 1× across 1 episode
- 18 On Appropriate ActsHierocles · 1× across 1 episode
- 19 On Being of Benefit to OthersSeneca · 1× across 1 episode
- 20 Right Thing, Right NowRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 21 Shadow DiversRobert Kurson · 1× across 1 episode
- 22 Show Your Work!Austin Kleon · 1× across 1 episode
- 23 Steal Like an ArtistAustin Kleon · 1× across 1 episode
- 24 Stillness is the KeyRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 25 The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene · 1× across 1 episode
- 26 The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of LivingRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 27 The Devil Behind the BadgeRick Jervis · 1× across 1 episode
- 28 The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary ResultsGary Keller · 1× across 1 episode
- 29 The Obstacle Is the WayRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 30 The Unbearable Lightness of BeingMilan Kundera · 1× across 1 episode
- 31 The Years of Lyndon JohnsonRobert Caro · 1× across 1 episode
- 32 Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman · 1× across 1 episode
- 33 Trust Me, I'm LyingRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 MeditationsMarcus Aurelius · 6× across 6 episodes
- 2 Lives of the StoicsRyan Holiday · 3× across 3 episodes
- 3 DiscoursesEpictetus · 2× across 2 episodes
- 4 Moral Letters to LuciliusSeneca the Younger · 2× across 2 episodes
- 5 The Daily StoicRyan Holiday · 2× across 2 episodes
- 6 America in the King Years (series)Taylor Branch · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 Average Is OverTyler Cowen · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 Beyond Life and DeathJet Li · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AIEthan Mollick · 1× across 1 episode
- 10 Death Comes for the ArchbishopWilla Cather · 1× across 1 episode
- 11 Discourses and Selected WritingsEpictetus · 1× across 1 episode
- 12 Ego Is the EnemyRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 13 EnchiridionEpictetus · 1× across 1 episode
- 14 Invisible RulersRenée DiResta · 1× across 1 episode
- 15 Moral Letters to Lucilius (Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium)Seneca · 1× across 1 episode
- 16 Never Lose Another Customer AgainJoey Coleman · 1× across 1 episode
- 17 On AngerSeneca · 1× across 1 episode
- 18 On Appropriate ActsHierocles · 1× across 1 episode
- 19 On Being of Benefit to OthersSeneca · 1× across 1 episode
- 20 Right Thing, Right NowRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 21 Shadow DiversRobert Kurson · 1× across 1 episode
- 22 Show Your Work!Austin Kleon · 1× across 1 episode
- 23 Steal Like an ArtistAustin Kleon · 1× across 1 episode
- 24 Stillness is the KeyRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 25 The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene · 1× across 1 episode
- 26 The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of LivingRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 27 The Devil Behind the BadgeRick Jervis · 1× across 1 episode
- 28 The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary ResultsGary Keller · 1× across 1 episode
- 29 The Obstacle Is the WayRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 30 The Unbearable Lightness of BeingMilan Kundera · 1× across 1 episode
- 31 The Years of Lyndon JohnsonRobert Caro · 1× across 1 episode
- 32 Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman · 1× across 1 episode
- 33 Trust Me, I'm LyingRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 MeditationsMarcus Aurelius · 6× across 6 episodes
- 2 Lives of the StoicsRyan Holiday · 3× across 3 episodes
- 3 DiscoursesEpictetus · 2× across 2 episodes
- 4 Moral Letters to LuciliusSeneca the Younger · 2× across 2 episodes
- 5 The Daily StoicRyan Holiday · 2× across 2 episodes
- 6 America in the King Years (series)Taylor Branch · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 Average Is OverTyler Cowen · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 Beyond Life and DeathJet Li · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AIEthan Mollick · 1× across 1 episode
- 10 Death Comes for the ArchbishopWilla Cather · 1× across 1 episode
- 11 Discourses and Selected WritingsEpictetus · 1× across 1 episode
- 12 Ego Is the EnemyRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 13 EnchiridionEpictetus · 1× across 1 episode
- 14 Invisible RulersRenée DiResta · 1× across 1 episode
- 15 Moral Letters to Lucilius (Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium)Seneca · 1× across 1 episode
- 16 Never Lose Another Customer AgainJoey Coleman · 1× across 1 episode
- 17 On AngerSeneca · 1× across 1 episode
- 18 On Appropriate ActsHierocles · 1× across 1 episode
- 19 On Being of Benefit to OthersSeneca · 1× across 1 episode
- 20 Right Thing, Right NowRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 21 Shadow DiversRobert Kurson · 1× across 1 episode
- 22 Show Your Work!Austin Kleon · 1× across 1 episode
- 23 Steal Like an ArtistAustin Kleon · 1× across 1 episode
- 24 Stillness is the KeyRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 25 The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene · 1× across 1 episode
- 26 The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of LivingRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 27 The Devil Behind the BadgeRick Jervis · 1× across 1 episode
- 28 The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary ResultsGary Keller · 1× across 1 episode
- 29 The Obstacle Is the WayRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 30 The Unbearable Lightness of BeingMilan Kundera · 1× across 1 episode
- 31 The Years of Lyndon JohnsonRobert Caro · 1× across 1 episode
- 32 Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman · 1× across 1 episode
- 33 Trust Me, I'm LyingRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
Time Is a Violent River | Stop Being Surprised By This
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BONUS: The Advice Ryan Got Before Running His First 50K
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We All Need To Be Constrained
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Running 50 Kilometers Through Rome To Understand Stoicism
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What the World’s Richest and Most Powerful People Get Wrong (with Stephanie Ruhle)
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BONUS | What a 9/11 Pilot Will Never Forget (with General Dan Caine)
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Let This Always Be The Answer | I Was the First FDNY Chief on the Scene on 9/11
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You Need To Learn How To Be Better At This | Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself
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The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Ryan Holiday
and i'm reading to you today from the daily stoic three hundred and sixty six meditations on wisdom perseverance and the art of living but yours truly my co author and translator steven hanselman ▶ tap to play from here
Courage Is Calling
Ryan Holiday
as it happens i retold this story and i forgot that i told it in the data stoke but i retell part of the story encourages calling ▶ tap to play from here
How To Forgive When They’re Not Sorry | It’s Not a Principle Unless It Costs You Something
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Main Street Millionaire
Cody Sanchez
and she wrote really good book published by the same publisher that i have called main street millionaire ▶ tap to play from here
You Must Read To Lead | 10 Stoic Strategies To Deal With Anxiety
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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
marcus aurelius opens meditations by thanking the teacher who taught him to read attentively ▶ tap to play from here
Dialogues
Plato
literally in the final moments of his life cato took another pass at reading plato ▶ tap to play from here
The Daily Stoic Journal
Ryan Holiday
this is the daily stoic journal but it doesn't really matter ▶ tap to play from here
BONUS | 3 Life-Changing Lessons From Seneca in 3 Minutes
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You’re in a Hurry and Don’t Know Why | A Hard Winter Training
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The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on the Art of Living
Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
and this is from this week's entry in the daily stoic journal three hundred and sixty six days of writing and reflection on the art of living a yours truly and my co writer and translator steven hanselman ▶ tap to play from here
Moral Letters to Lucilius
Seneca the Younger
here's seneca in moral letters eighteen here's a lesson to test your mind's metal ▶ tap to play from here
Discourses
Epictetus
we must undergo a hard winter training and not rush into things for which we haven't prepared that's apetus in his discourses ▶ tap to play from here
The Moment Ryan’s Italy Trip Went Sideways
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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
does mark s really talk about pompeii at all in meditations ▶ tap to play from here
The Stoic Reminders Hiding All Over Rome
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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
in meditations which he's writing here in the this very building ▶ tap to play from here
Don’t Let It Keep Slipping Away | The Philosopher's School Is A Hospital
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Discourses
Epictetus
that's from epictetus' discourses and today's little riffing is from the daily stoic three hundred and sixty six meditations on wisdom perseverance and the art of living ▶ tap to play from here
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Ryan Holiday
today's little riffing is from the daily stoic three hundred and sixty six meditations on wisdom perseverance and the art of living from yours truly ryan holliday my co author and translator steven hanselman ▶ tap to play from here
What Ryan Holiday Would Ask Marcus Aurelius
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Marcus Aurelius, Philosopher King
William O. Stevens
author of a fantastic biography on marcus relis called marcus realis philosopher king ▶ tap to play from here
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon
when you read decline and fall of the roman empire gibbon presents comedist as even worse ▶ tap to play from here
Discourses
Epictetus
that's the right quote from the from the uh discourses right ▶ tap to play from here
Earlier book on Marcus
Donald Robertson
donald robertson is a friend of mine and he's an outstanding scholar and i love the guy and he likes to heroise marcus right his earlier book on marcus ▶ tap to play from here
You Need To Hit The Road
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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
marcus realis' passage in meditations which referenced being a citizen of the world ▶ tap to play from here
Wisdom Takes Work
Ryan Holiday
in wisdom takes work which you can grab as part of the stoic virtue series ▶ tap to play from here
You Fought The Wall and the Wall Won | When Self-Discipline Becomes a Vice
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The Way to Love
Anthony DeMello
yeah the way to love is a is a little book by anthony demello ▶ tap to play from here
The Obstacle Is the Way
Ryan Holiday
sometimes people will you know they'll order a copy of the obstacles away and say you know my my my friend just got this you know very serious cancer diagnosis ▶ tap to play from here
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
he says actually something similar to this later in meditations where um where he says uh you know you couldn't exist without change ▶ tap to play from here
As Above, So Below | How Seeing Earth From Space Changes You (with Astronaut Mark Kelly)
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BONUS | 7 Books AI Can't Replace
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Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon
so first off this book still like an artist is incredible ▶ tap to play from here
Show Your Work!
Austin Kleon
and to me that's a lot of what show your work is about ▶ tap to play from here
The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Robert Caro
you cannot create the lyndon johnson series or the powerpoint with ai ▶ tap to play from here
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
Ethan Mollick
i like ethan mullich's book cointelligence which is about how do you use machines not to replace tasks ▶ tap to play from here
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
Gary Keller
two books the one thing and then uh i don't think it's here but averages over by tyler cowan ▶ tap to play from here
Invisible Rulers
Renée DiResta
okay i would also recommend renee daresta's book invisible rulers ▶ tap to play from here
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
thinking fast and slow by daniel canneman is also really important ▶ tap to play from here
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