Maya Smart on Transforming Education and the Power of Reading
This episode comes out for free on 10/22/22.Ryan talks to Maya Smart about her new book Reading for Our Lives: A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six (which you can pick up at the Painted Porch Book...
22 Loka 20221h 7min
The Truly Wise Make Time For Leisure | Ask Daily Stoic
Leisure is one of those words that modernity has terribly corrupted and misused. When most people hear it we think of lounging around doing nothing. We think of any activity absent of activity, as an ...
21 Loka 202212min
Is The World Going Through Hell? | Marks Of The Good Life
“It’s tough to be alive now,” the actor Timothée Chalamet recently said. “I think societal collapse is in the air — it smells like it.”It’s one of those lines that got picked up by dozens of media out...
20 Loka 20228min
Annie Duke on Knowing When to Quit
Ryan talks to World Series of Poker champion Annie Duke about her new book Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away, the power of walking away from things that don’t align with your beliefs, the i...
19 Loka 20221h 28min
Is it Evil or Incompetence?
People do a lot of things that feel mean. That frustrate us. That cause problems for us. That make the world a worse place. They vote for bad politicians. They say offensive things. They make messes. ...
19 Loka 20223min
Can You Play Ball? | How To Read Books Effectively (7 Stoic Tips)
Life throws stuff at us. We have to figure out how to catch it and throw it back. That’s what Epictetus meant when he said we don’t control what happens, we control how we respond.✉️ Want Stoic wisdom...
18 Loka 202213min
This Will Sustain You | Make Honesty Your Only Policy
Each of us goes to work every day and deals with obstacles, with difficult people. We deal with stress at home. We have responsibilities in our community. Some of us have other problems still: A divor...
17 Loka 202211min
Seneca on the Terrors of Death
Today’s episode is an excerpt from The Tao Of Seneca produced by Tim Ferriss’ Audio. Get the free PDF at tim.blog/seneca. In this letter Seneca talks about how to develop mental calm and reject the fe...
16 Loka 20229min
