You Don't Need Everyone, Just More
“It’d be wonderful if we could get everyone on board. If evidence and data and civic duty convinced people to do the right thing, the smart thing, the selfless thing. It feels like we’re living throug...
20 Apr 20213min
This Is The Only Acceptable Form of Anger | Impulse Control
“There is an expression popular amongst basketball coaches. A coach doesn’t “get” a technical foul, they take one. If you’ve ever watched Gregg Popovich coach, you’ve seen it. When his team isn’t play...
19 Apr 20218min
Life Is About What We Can Do For Each Other
“Why are we here? It’s an impossible question to answer, I suppose. Of course, on a fundamental evolutionary level, we’re here to pass along our genes. This is why we strive for success. This is why w...
18 Apr 202118min
Admiral James Stavridis on James Stockdale and the Voyage of Character
On today’s podcast, Ryan talks to Admiral James Stavridis about the voyage of character as detailed in his book Sailing True North, his friendship with the modern day Stoic James Stockdale, the urgenc...
17 Apr 202153min
It All Turns on Concentration
“We often think that greatness is a synonym for brilliance. That great leadership is all about magnetism and communication. For which we need vision and boldness, allies and luck. And of course, to be...
16 Apr 20212min
You Are Not Alone | Pay Your Taxes
“Sometimes it can feel like you’re a solitary warrior. Certainly Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations reads like that at times. He feels like the last honest man. The last good man. The only one keeping the ...
15 Apr 20218min
Author Bonnie Tsui on the Wonders of Water | Pressure, Like Power, Reveals
Ryan reads today's Daily Stoic email and talks to author Bonnie Tsui about her new memoir, Why We Swim, their mutual adoration of swimming, how physical exercise can be a catalyst for creative thinkin...
14 Apr 20211h 7min
Not Who’s Right, What’s Right
“You have your views. You have your side of things. You have the team you’re on, the group you belong to. So instinctually, naturally, you default there. You started out making your argument, believin...
13 Apr 20212min
