It’s Hard Work
Marcus Aurelius wasn’t magically Marcus Aurelius. Cato wasn’t born that way. All their virtues–their assiduous self-control, their patient wisdom, their commitment to justice, their courage at critica...
21 Des 20222min
This Is The Greatest Pleasure | 9 Habits the Stoics Want You to Stop Doing
The Stoics were not afraid of joy, but they found joy in a different place than most people. It wasn’t pleasure. It wasn’t accumulating money. “Just as one person delights in improving his farm, and a...
20 Des 202214min
You’re Not There Now (That’s A Good Thing) | Stake Your Claim
It’s easy to look at history and despair. Humans have been terrible to each other–going back to Marcus Aurelius’s time all the way through today. In fact, sometimes it feels like that’s all we’ve ever...
19 Des 202210min
18 Things You Didn’t Know About Marcus Aurelius
It is amazing that Meditations, year after year and read after read, feels both incredibly timely and incredibly timeless (there’s a reason the book has endured now for almost twenty centuries). It’s ...
18 Des 202218min
Jeremy Jones on Quieting the Mind and Confronting Fear with Snowboarding
Ryan speaks with snowboarder Jeremy Jones about his new book The Art of Shralpanism: Lessons from the Mountains, why having discipline on the mountain saves lives, the relationship between courage and...
17 Des 20221h 8min
Find a Way To Use It | Ask Daily Stoic
It would be nice to be a comedian, wouldn’t it? Not because it might make you rich and famous, though that would be nice. But rather, for the opportunity it would afford to turn all the things that bo...
16 Des 202214min
Difficult Things Are Good For You | A Simple Way To Measure Our Days
When one thinks of a philosopher, they usually picture something like an ancient figure in a toga, or they think of a college professor in a tweed jacket. They don’t think of an athlete. They don’t th...
15 Des 20229min
Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski on the Wonder and Discipline of Mr. Rogers
Ryan speaks with authors Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski about their new book When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids, how hard Mr. R...
14 Des 20221h 8min
