Try To Be Less Like Yourself
A classic episode of Seinfeld begins with George Costanza having a revelation. "Every decision I've ever made in my entire life has been wrong," George says. "Every instinct I have in every aspect of ...
31 Touko 20232min
Start The Clock. Just Start The Clock. | Plato's View
We don’t like how long they’re taking to get back to us. It’s slowing down the process, keeping us from doing what we want to do. We don’t like the estimate from the vendor who just told us it will be...
31 Touko 20238min
This is The Most Expensive Thing | The Best Stoic Insights On Raising Kids
Since Stoicism was founded, most of the Stoics have been wealthy…and yet almost to a letter, most of them have warned of the dangers and perils of wealth. No one embodies this paradox more than Seneca...
30 Touko 202310min
What Do You Pledge Your Sacred Honor To? | The View From Above
As the Founders signed the Declaration of Independence, they knew that this wasn’t some painless petition. This wasn’t some minor political stand. No, they knew, as they wrote, they were mutually pled...
29 Touko 20239min
Stoicism and Thought Leadership
When an old friend from Ryan’s UC Riverside days reached out early on in the pandemic with an opportunity to speak at one of the premiere non-profit, non-partisan global policy think tanks in the coun...
28 Touko 202333min
Tim Urban On Procrastination, Changing Habits, And Slow Improvement
Ryan speaks with Tim Urban about his new book What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, why everyone who wants to improve at something should aim to do it slowly, what it really means to “t...
27 Touko 20231h 15min
How The Stoics Got Rich | Stop Caring What People Think
When you think of Stoicism, you don’t usually think of words like “rich” or “wealthy.”But you should.Before he founded Stoicism, Zeno was a wealthy and successful merchant from a family of wealthy and...
26 Touko 20239min
It’s Never Too Late To Get Back | Ask DS
Maybe you said some stuff you regret. Maybe the stress of the business has made you a nightmare of a boss lately. Maybe you’ve not been the parent you want to be. Maybe you’ve not been the spouse you’...
25 Touko 202311min
