Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Dominique Dawes on Olympic Gold and Pursuing Excellence
On today’s Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan and Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes talk about the difficulty of striving for an extraordinary goal during a pandemic, how to maintain creative and athletic moment...
26 Aug 202043min
Is This Teaching You To Appreciate Things?
"How suddenly life can take from us all the things we took for granted. Whether it’s a global pandemic that locks you in your house or one of the capricious exiles that the Stoics experienced, much ca...
26 Aug 20202min
You Must Challenge Yourself
"After returning from particularly notable campaigns, the commanders of Roman legions would distribute small coins to their men as rewards for their service and mementos of their time in those campaig...
25 Aug 20203min
You Should Know This Before You Get Angry
"People will piss you off in this life. That’s a given. You’ll get cut off on the highway. You’ll be spoken to rudely. You’ll get blown off. Someone will drop the ball. Someone’s screaming baby will k...
24 Aug 20203min
Daily Stoic Sundays: 5 Life Changing Quotes from Marcus Aurelius
On today's Daily Stoic Sunday episode, Ryan goes over five of Marcus Aurelius' best quotes and describes how you can live up to his words.This episode is also brought to you by Raycon, maker of afford...
23 Aug 202015min
Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Robert Greene Discuss the Laws of Human Nature
Today's episode features a 2018 interview in which Ryan talks with author and strategist Robert Greene. They discuss the core message of Robert’s latest book (The Laws of Human Nature), the research p...
22 Aug 202058min
We Have to Be Smart
"Dr. William Osler was a giant of the medical field in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was also a fan of the Stoics. He was a deep reader who advised his students to read Shakespeare before...
21 Aug 20203min
You Must Burn the White Flag
"The odds are looking bad. They are asking you to compromise. They want you to betray what you believe in. It would be so easy to take your buyout and leave the mess to the people who come after you. ...
20 Aug 20202min
