We’re All Playing a Part | 11 Ways Stoicism Can Improve Your Business
It can be hard to remember this when you see them on the news, lying through their teeth. It can be hard to remember when they cut you off in traffic. It can be hard to remember when they try to stop ...
19 Dec 202320min
What Are You A Slave To? | Stake Your Claim
Dwight Eisenhower gave himself the order.Quit smoking.It had become a 4-pack-a-day habit. It had been part of his life for nearly 40 years. It was comfortable. It was more than a habit, it was an addi...
18 Dec 202311min
It’s Time To Change
You could argue that Meditations is Marcus Aurelius’ daily philosophical battle with himself to overcome this natural fear of change, to avoid getting trapped in a velvet rut, to not get complacent. E...
17 Dec 20235min
Epictetus - Discourses Pt. 5: Against the Sceptics
In today’s audiobook reading, Ryan presents an excerpt from one of the seminal texts of Stoicism, the Discourses of Epictetus, read by Michael Reid. As a series of lectures given by Epictetus that wer...
17 Dec 20237min
Dr. Becky Kennedy on the Stoic Art of Emotional Regulation (and Raising Great Kids)
On this weekend episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan talks with clinical psychologist Dr. Becky Kennedy on how we emotionally vaccinate, the ability to cope through stress, educating our kids on e...
16 Dec 20231h 9min
When Weakness Turns Your Ego Up | A Simple Way To Measure Our Days
So it goes for ego. To the untrained eye, it can be mistaken for confidence. The person’s self-centeredness, their certainty, their entitlement—this seems like the way that only the most important and...
15 Dec 20237min
You Must Seek This Out | Ask Ds
It’s sad that when we think of a philosopher we don’t think of somebody tough. We don’t think of a soldier or a skilled professional. We don’t think of a happily married parent raising kids. We don’t ...
14 Dec 20239min
Do You Have This Ability?
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 ...
13 Dec 20233min
