This Is How You Strengthen Your Soul
According to the great Jesuit Monk Anthony DeMello, there are three intellectual feats that we struggle with on a regular basis, that are harder than just about any physical activity on the planet. Ju...
9 Marras 20223min
This Is Your Job As A Citizen | Why You Should Do Something Scary Every Day
The single most important practice in Stoic philosophy is differentiating between what we have control over and what we don’t. Epictetus said,“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and se...
8 Marras 202212min
You Become What You Give Your Attention To | The Real Power You Have
The Stoics were all about routine and repetition. They talked about fueling the habit bonfire. They would have agreed with Aristotle: we are what we repeatedly do. We become what we repeatedly study a...
7 Marras 202211min
The Most Life Changing Marcus Aurelius Quotes
Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor, born nearly two millennia ago (121 – 180). Marcus became the Emperor of the Roman Empire in 161 and ruled for nearly two decades until his death in 180. It is impo...
6 Marras 20229min
Kate Courtney, Karen Duffy, Meg Mason, and Susan Cain on Using Stoicism to Endure Life's Obstacles
This episode is a compilation of some of the best Stoic wisdom from the Daily Stoic Podcast. Ryan talks to Kate Courtney about the important distinction between optimization vs. maximization, Karen Du...
5 Marras 20221h 8min
We Are Not In Decline | Ask Daily Stoic
4 Marras 202215min
A Sense of Urgency | Following The Doctor’s Orders
In the kitchen at Per Se, one of the best restaurants in the world, there is a sign. All it says is: A Sense of Urgency. That’s what a great chef, a great service staff, a great organization has. A gr...
3 Marras 20227min
Thomas Ricks on the Greatest War in American History
Ryan talks to Thomas Ricks about his new book Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968, the philosophical methods that guided the leaders in the civil rights movem...
2 Marras 20221h 15min
