You Must Be a Good Example
Think of the pressure Marcus Aurelius must have been under. Not just of the temptations and the corruptions of power, but all the eyes that were on him. Forget the judgments of history, there was lite...
13 Mar 20202min
How Prepared Are You To Start Over?
The Austrian writer Stefan Zweig experienced both incredible good fortune and misfortune in his life. He was born into wealth; he met some of the great minds of his time, from Freud to Arthur Schnitzl...
12 Mar 20203min
You Should Always Find Something To Do
There was time to kill in Rome, just as there is today. A dinner started late. A meeting got cancelled. Travel delays meant being stuck in this place or that place for a couple days. Something would b...
11 Mar 20202min
You Might Never Be Famous — And That’s O.K.
Marcus Aurelius talked a lot about fame. He called it a worthless clacking of tongues and liked to point out things like how few people remember the emperors who preceded him, or how the generations t...
10 Mar 20203min
Why Anger Might Be The Worst Vice
There are many different vices out there. It’s long been a debate amongst priests and philosophers if some are worse than others, or if they are all created equal. Even amongst the Stoics there was so...
9 Mar 20202min
Daily Stoic Sundays: How a Stoic Deals with Bad News
Ryan describes how a Stoic can deal with bad news—and not just move past it, but use it to fuel their success.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://a...
8 Mar 20206min
Ask Daily Stoic: How Does a Stoic Deal with Aggressive People?
Ryan talks about the new Daily Stoic offices, reads a selection from The Obstacle is the Way, and answers your questions.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice a...
7 Mar 202019min
Wisdom is the Most Important Virtue
Courage. Temperance. Justice. These are the critical virtues of life. But what situations call for courage? What is the right amount? What is the right thing? This is where the final and essential vir...
6 Mar 20203min
