There Is No Greatness Without This | The Portable Retreat
People probably thought Marcus Aurelius was strange. The time he spent alone in his room. The long walks he took by himself. We know they thought it was strange that he was seen reading and writing in...
20 Mar 20239min
Seneca on Conquering the Conqueror
In today’s episode, Ryan presents an excerpt from The Tao Of Seneca produced by Tim Ferriss’ Audio. In this letter, Seneca talks about examining the causes of our fear, the unavoidable threat of death...
19 Mar 202313min
Rob Dyrdek on the Power of Living With Intention
Ryan speaks with Rob Dyrdek about finding happiness and fulfillment by managing his time and energy in more intentional ways, transitioning from self-preservation to generational preservation, how jou...
18 Mar 20231h 5min
How Well Do You Know These Backroads? | The Beauty of Choice
Meditations, you could say, is Marcus Aurelius exploring himself. That’s literally what the title means–the book isn’t for you and I, it’s “things to one’s self,” to himself. He’s exploring his fears,...
17 Mar 20239min
You Can Keep It To Yourself | Ask DS
One of the criticisms of the Stoics is that they left certain things unaddressed. Nowhere in Seneca’s writings, for instance, does he directly address Nero or criticize him by name. Even after he left...
16 Mar 202312min
Bozoma Saint John on the Power of Embracing Memento Mori
Ryan speaks with Bozoma Saint John about her new book The Urgent Life: My Story of My Story of Love, Loss, and Survival, how intense personal traumas have shifted her perspective on life, why the best...
15 Mar 202358min
Mark Your Exit With Grace
Today marks the anniversary of the death of one of humanity’s greatest specimens. On March 17th, 180, in what is now modern day Vienna, Emperor Marcus Aurelius breathed his last breath and died. We do...
15 Mar 20233min
The Only Experience Worth Chasing | These Stoic Quotes Will Improve Your Life
There’s a lot of things to try to do in your life. You should feel the ecstasy of falling in love. You should try to catch the sunrise on one coast, and the sunset on another on the same day. You shou...
14 Mar 20239min
