The Daily Stoic

Give Yourself This Gift

There is a beautiful passage on the last page of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s, The Little House in the Big Woods. She writes of an evening in the cabin with her family, her father playing the fiddle, her mo...

7 Sep 20223min

Are You Disciplined Enough For This? | 7 Essential Stoic Productivity Tips (From Top Performers)

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6 Sep 202214min

Don’t Be Always Working | A Hard Winter Training

5 Sep 202210min

Plutarch on How To Be A Leader

Today’s episode features an excerpt from Jeffrey Beneker’s How To Be A Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership. How To Be A Leader is a modern translation and collection of essays about successful...

4 Sep 202220min

Tyler Cowen on Identifying Talent and Self-Improvement

Ryan talks to economist and author Tyler Cowen about his new book Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World, the slow journey that is self-improvement, how to identif...

3 Sep 20221h 7min

This Can’t Make You Worse | Ask Daily Stoic

There is nothing less Stoic than disorganization, than chaos, than “winging it.” That’s why we develop a routine, why we set standards (and meet them), why we’re on top of our lives, why we take thing...

2 Sep 202227min

Freedom is An Opportunity For This | A Strong Soul Is Better Than Good Luck

You’d think that the more powerful you are, the more freedom you’d have. The more money and success you have, the more you can do. You’d think that being a millionaire or being a celebrity or being th...

1 Sep 202210min

DJ Vanas on the Warrior Spirit and Fueling Growth

Ryan talks to leadership expert DJ Vanas about his new book The Warrior Within: Own Your Power to Serve, Fight, Protect, and Heal, how to use the warrior mindset to fuel growth in your life, the power...

31 Aug 20221h 10min