If You Only Read a Few Books This Year, Read These
Most people don’t read that many books, maybe a few a year at most. So if you’re only going to read a couple books this year, the decision of which ones you choose becomes really important.In today’s ...
15 Feb 13min
11 Stoic Rules For Love
Love isn’t just an emotion. It’s not just a feeling that hits you out of nowhere. It’s an action, something you can practice and something you can get better at. And while philosophy might not seem li...
14 Feb 24min
This Kindles the Soul | Why You Can't Ignore What's Happening
Marcus Aurelius said that if you ever found anything better in life than courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom—the four virtues—it must be an extraordinary thing indeed. Which raises the question: ...
13 Feb 15min
Do Not Delay | Dan Harris & Ryan Holiday on The Pursuit of Wisdom
Life has a way of stripping all our reasons bare, of humbling our plans and assumptions. We must live, as Marcus Aurelius said, as if death hangs over us. Because it does.👉 Listen to the full convers...
12 Feb 13min
There’s a Rhythm. There’s a Rhythm.
It can feel like everything is falling to pieces. It can feel like you’re lost. It can feel like there’s no hope, no way forward, nothing to do. But that’s just because you’ve gotten rattled.👉 Suppor...
11 Feb 2min
Stephen Greenblatt: Why “This Time Is Different” Is Always Wrong
Why do the same patterns keep showing up in completely different centuries? In this episode, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Stephen Greenblatt joins Ryan to discuss how power, fear, ego, and insecur...
11 Feb 55min
You Have to Fight for It | Is There A Dark Side To Stoicism?
It would be wonderful if the world was naturally just, if people were automatically good, always doing the right thing. But of course, they don’t. 📕 Read more stories that will inspire you to live wi...
10 Feb 26min
You Are Responsible For How They Make You Feel | Watch Over Your Perceptions
At the core of Stoicism is the idea that our emotions are our responsibility. No one can make us frustrated. No one can offend us either, Epictetus said, not without us being complicit in the taking o...
9 Feb 8min
